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"This is the latest example of the president’s mission to implement unlawful federal overreach no matter the consequences," said Nevada Attorney Aaron General Ford.
Nevada joins multistate lawsuit against Trump administration over antipoverty program data • Nevada Current
A group of states is challenging a Trump administration rule that would force them to provide data on people receiving antipoverty benefits.
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The project developer said the solar project would support “the growing energy needs of emerging western U.S. industries, including large data centers and AI-related development,” according to a development plan prepared for BLM.
BLM advances frozen solar project in Nye County • Nevada Current
Federal land managers are moving forward on a massive proposed solar project about eight miles southeast of Pahrump — one of few to be cleared following renewable energy permitting hurdles under the T...
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“There’s a big difference between the federal space and the local space, right? And when we talk about affordability and inflation rates and everything, I can’t control that,” said Lombardo, who rode to his first term victory largely by pummeling Dem Gov. Steve Sisolak for the ills of “Bidenflation"
Lombardo defers to feds on affordability, inflation issues: ‘I can’t control that’ • Nevada Current
Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo says there’s nothing he can do about affordability and warns claims to the contrary are “bullshit.” The governor, a Republican, faces a reelection challenge in November from D...
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More than 20,000 unaccompanied immigrant children Monday lost their legal representation because the Trump administration has not entered into a new agreement to take over their legal services after it let a longstanding contract with a nonprofit expire.
Unaccompanied immigrant children face deportation after legal services agreement expires • Nevada Current
WASHINGTON — More than 20,000 unaccompanied immigrant children Monday lost their legal representation because the Trump administration has not entered into a new agreement to take over their legal ser...
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Retaining 3rd grade students to raise 4th grade reading test scores is a political ruse, writes a retired educator Greg Wieman. COMMENTARY.
Retention of 3rd graders is far too late • Nevada Current
The countdown clock is ticking loudly. Mandatory retention of low-level readers at the end of 3rd grade in Nevada is set to begin in 2028. It is time to pull the plug on, not resuscitate, this piece o...
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An interim legislative committee voted to sponsor a bill modeled after legislation passed by New Mexico earlier this year. The legislation would, among other things, restrict armed federal agents near polling places. #nvleg
Lawmakers eye proposals to shield elections from federal interference, speed up ballot processing • Nevada Current
Nevada lawmakers next year may consider legislation meant to shield state-run elections from federal interference. The Nevada State Legislature’s Joint Interim Committee on Legislative Operations and ...
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The federal plan “seeks to impose unrealistic reductions on Nevada and our water users,” and “could have devastating economic and environmental impacts on Nevada,” Lombardo said.
Nevada faces ‘unrealistic reductions’ in ‘fundamentally flawed’ Colorado River plan, officials say • Nevada Current
The federal government has released its long-awaited 10-year plan to manage worsening water shortages along the Colorado River, including deep cuts to Nevada’s allocation of the drought-stricken river...
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Trump “made it clear today that the so-called Anti Weaponization Fund is still alive, which is exactly why we are attempting to formally end it,” Tillis said.
Trump defends massive settlement for ‘great American Patriots’ of Jan. 6, attacks GOP senators • Nevada Current
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump defended his highly criticized, nearly $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” settlement fund on social media and in a Cabinet meeting Friday, as two key Republican sena...
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In addition the restrictions and cuts imposed by the Big Beautiful Bill, access to care will be further hampered as a result of the Trump administration announcing the end of a Medicare prescription drug subsidy program.
Medicare & Medicaid's 61st birthday not so happy thanks to Trump's big bill, advocates warn • Nevada Current
For 55-year-old Ivon Meneses, Medicaid has become a lifeline to afford treatments for her myriad of health problems including asthma and diabetes, which has come with a slew of medical complications f...
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“The Biden administration did not handle immigration policy well either,” Cortez Masto said.
Cortez Masto slams Trump immigration policies, and Biden's too • Nevada Current
Nevada Democratic U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto this week called President Trump’s immigration policies “extreme” and “un-American” and said former President Biden “placed too little emphasis on bo...
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"You can almost hear Nevada’s travel industry and its private-public partners gleefully hum Joni Mitchell’s Big Yellow Taxi as they seek state and federal funding to pave over more paradise and put up more parking lots." Commentary:
Tahoe's next state legislative battle: Public safety or tourism development • Nevada Current
What was once one of the most beautiful, isolated drives in Nevada is now among the most harrowing due to an endless stream of visitors and unfettered tourism development. Highway 28 winds along the ...
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One problem for Trump in a postponement is that the Senate is currently controlled 53-47 by Republicans but could shift to Democrats in the November midterm elections. The seats held by Cornyn and Tillis could both be filled by Democrats.
Trump says he might pull Blanche nomination for AG until GOP holdouts leave office • Nevada Current
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to pull acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s nomination to lead the Justice Department until two Republican holdouts, Sens. Thom Tillis of ...
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“The burden has now become placed on us as humans. If we want to have a private conversation, we really need to take extra steps to have that private conversation,” an attorney said while arguing a case involving Nevada’s nearly 40-year-old privacy statute.
Smart phones render Nevada privacy law vague and outdated, says attorney • Nevada Current
A law invoked by Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson in separate cases – one against a former Mesquite police chief and the other against a current Henderson city councilwoman – for allegedly...
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A look at Buck's tenure so far in the Nevada State Senate shows a pattern of voting against bipartisan housing legislation, including an effort championed by Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo that directly supports a new housing subdivision in the very congressional district Buck hopes to represent.
Republican congressional candidate opposed bipartisan-backed housing bills, including Lombardo's • Nevada Current
Housing affordability is expected to be a key issue this election year, ranking as a top concern in surveys of voters, especially younger ones who feel home ownership is simply out of reach. In her ca...
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The People’s Medic was created to provide free health screenings, street medicine, food, and other resources to unhoused individuals, including during “Sidewalk Sundays” on the Historic Westside.
Southern Nevada medic group bridges gaps in homeless community with ‘Sidewalk Sundays’ • Nevada Current
Down in the Historic Westside, behind a mosque, stand two tents and an RV that operate a medical clinic for unhoused individuals every week. With limited equipment and a volunteer system, The People’s...
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Ford stopped short Monday of endorsing Democrat U.S. Rep. Dina Titus’ request last week that Lombardo halt tax abatements to data centers on federal land until the Legislature can weigh in. Lombardo hasn't responded to media or Titus' office about her request.
Ford, Lombardo avoid taking sides on state tax breaks for data centers on federal land • Nevada Current
Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo and his Democratic challenger for the state’s top spot, Attorney General Aaron Ford, won’t say whether Nevada taxpayers should subsidize a proposed data center approved on...
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The initiative comes as the Trump administration has sought unprecedented access to millions of Americans’ medical records. Via @kffhealthnews.org
Trump administration demands hospitals share emergency room records • Nevada Current
A tiny federal agency tasked with protecting the public from injuries caused by lawn mowers and coffeemakers is demanding that some of the nation’s biggest health systems turn over detailed, personall...
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“Whichever Party Terminates the Filibuster FIRST will be the Party that survives and thrives,” Trump wrote.
Trump tells Senate to cancel recess so it can end the filibuster and pass his voting bill • Nevada Current
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday called on the U.S. Senate to cancel its five-week August break, keeping lawmakers in session to advance several of his priorities, despite not having the ...
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Under the program, people facing a cardiovascular condition or diabetes are screened and and connected with food banks. Eligible Nevadans receive “a food prescription” that provides them access to a wide variety of nutritious foods, including lower-sodium options, dairy, and lean proteins.
Prescriptions for nutrition: Nevada program connects food banks to health care • Nevada Current
For families across northern Nevada, fresh groceries can mean the difference between costly health outcomes and fewer trips to the emergency room. Poor nutrition remains one of the leading risk facto...
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During the primaries and caucuses presidential hopefuls have tended to treat Nevada with some indifference, not really looking Nevada in the eye, but over its shoulder at some state that’s cuter. Commentary:
NV going 2nd. Or 22nd. Does it matter? • Nevada Current
Nevada will go second on the 2028 Democratic presidential primary calendar, following South Carolina, a group of national party mandarins announced Friday. Apparently there’s still another step in the...
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Citing the recent Supreme Court decision gutting the Voting Rights Act, Brazile said Democrats must break down the barriers many Americans face to have their voices heard. “We must start our process where democracy must still be fought for in the full view of the nation," she said.
South Carolina 1st, Nevada 2nd on 2028 presidential nominating calendar, Democratic panel says • Nevada Current
WASHINGTON — The Democratic National Committee’s Rules and Bylaws Committee voted Friday that South Carolina should hold the party’s first primary in the 2028 presidential election cycle. The recomme...
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A federal judge in South Carolina ordered the Trump administration to fund hundreds of environmental justice grants it illegally canceled last year, a decision that could impact $20 million in federal funding rescinded from the Walker River Paiute Tribe in Nevada.
Judge orders EPA to fund climate grants, including $20 million for tribe in NV • Nevada Current
A South Carolina federal judge ordered the Trump administration to fund hundreds of environmental justice grants it illegally canceled last year, a decision that could impact $20 million in federal fu...
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Local and federal officials have been conducting interviews with Southern Nevada residents living in overdose hot spots to get more insight into those struggling with substance use, including their housing status, and if and how they have access to overdose interventions like naloxone.
Overdoses haven't fallen as much in NV as in rest of nation, officials trying to find out why • Nevada Current
Nevada overdose rates have dropped by 2% since last year, but that’s a smaller decline than in most of the rest of the country, and local health officials aren’t sure why. The number of people dying f...
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The data center could be the first built on land BLM land, Titus noted. "How the regulatory approval and state incentive processes are applied to this project will have immense consequences for the future of data center development across the Silver State...and potentially across the country."
Titus calls on Lombardo to freeze data center tax abatements • Nevada Current
Nevada Rep. Dina Titus is targeting state tax breaks for the only data center project approved on U.S. Bureau of Land Management acres, a controversial proposal three miles outside Boulder City limits...
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Of all the wildlife in the Clark County Wetlands Park, one of the most unexpected is the beavers.
Beavers in Las Vegas? A secret garden in Sin City spotlights river restoration success • Nevada Current
On the eastern edge of the Las Vegas Valley sit hundreds of acres of watery wetlands. A secret garden of sorts, the Clark County Wetlands Park seems like stepping into another world. The air slightly...
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Explaining her vote for what she called "onerous voter ID requirements," and stock market trading restrictions that exempt Trump, Lee said “I have to vote on the legislation in front of me, not the legislation I wish I had.”
Susie Lee among 13 House Democrats voting with GOP for hybrid voter ID/stock trading bill • Nevada Current
WASHINGTON — U.S. House Republicans passed a measure to curb stock trading by members of Congress that was packaged with an unrelated voter ID bill, part of President Donald Trump’s push for major fed...
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The City of Henderson has not received any new data center applications, but city oficials say staff has been working on revising the city’s development agreement process since April with data centers in mind.
Henderson City Council reject data center moratorium • Nevada Current
The Henderson City Council rejected a proposal Tuesday to implement a six month moratorium on new data center applications, instead choosing to change the city’s development agreement process. The vot...
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“This is a problem that’s beyond any individual borrower,” Shelbie Swartz, the executive director of the Institute for a Progressive Nevada, said of the number of people in default. “When it’s one in four Nevadans, this is such a systemic issue.”
More than 90,000 Nevadans in default on student loans, federal data shows • Nevada Current
More than a quarter of student loan borrowers in Nevada have defaulted on their payments, according to federal data. Around 9 million people are in default nationwide – a fifth of all student loan bor...
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"It’s not just that someone, for example, has a serious or complex medical condition, but that that condition impacts their ability to work or to volunteer or to go to school. You can imagine there’s a lot of complexity to what that looks like.”
Nevada health officials brace for new Medicaid work requirements • Nevada Current
Nevada health officials are preparing to phase in sweeping new work requirements for the largest safety-net insurance program in the state, a move that will impact an estimated 280,000 Nevadans who be...
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For months, the Trump administration has not released $65 million Congress appropriated for legal representation of unaccompanied children in immigration cases. That means children may have to press their immigration claims on their own, vastly raising the probability they will be deported.
Thousands of immigrant kids risk losing legal aid after Trump administration delays funds • Nevada Current
WASHINGTON — As many as 20,000 unaccompanied immigrant children are at risk of losing their federally funded legal representation due to the Trump administration withholding appropriated funds, immigr...
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