Fix for what ails Tahoe is costly, lawmakers learn  • Nevada Current Preserving Lake Tahoe’s clear, blue water depends in large part on reducing vehicle travel. The basin, however, lacks reliable and efficient transit for residents, tourists, and commerce, and a fundin...

“It’s not the people coming to Tahoe that place the largest strain on this fragile ecosystem...It’s the cars they travel in.”

SNAP work requirements don’t boost jobs, but drop participation, research finds • Nevada Current As states enact stricter work requirements for the federal food stamp program, a new analysis suggests those requirements won’t enhance employment and will push more people off of food assistance.

“It’s just this dissonant, unhelpful interaction that you have with the government ... 'I lost my job, I need food benefits.' Well, you can only get food benefits if you have a job.”

Updated with comment from Archbishop of Las Vegas: "We know that he will be unfazed by the President’s ad hominem attacks and sophomoric rhetoric."

Trump plans Nevada visit as prices skyrocket, consumer sentiment dives to record low • Nevada Current When Donald Trump comes to Nevada this week to celebrate “no tax on tips,” the venue will be packed with local MAGA faithful to cheer him on. Meanwhile, outside the room, the overwhelming majority of ...

Unlike the energy crisis of the 1970s and early 1980s, the Great Recession, or the pandemic, the economic carnage crushing consumer sentiment today can be directly traced to the decisions made by one person.
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As Iran talks collapse, Trump picks fight with Pope Leo, posts image of himself as Jesus • Nevada Current WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump lashed out at Pope Leo XIV Sunday night following the pontiff’s sharp criticism of the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran and wider Middle East conflict. In a lengthy post, l...

“I have no fear of the Trump administration or of speaking out loudly of the message of the Gospel, which is what I believe I am here to do, what the church is here to do,” Leo said.

Democratic candidate for governor slams data center tax breaks • Nevada Current As the rapid rollout of data centers across Nevada creates tensions between municipal governments and residents, Democratic gubernatorial candidates are tapping into voter discontent with the status q...

“Nevadans have already spent millions in taxpayer funds to incentivize an industry that does not need handouts,” Hill said.
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Despite a tenuous ceasefire agreed to Tuesday evening Eastern time, Iran is still controlling the strait.

The "fundamental right to vote is not owned by a party," Horsford said.

Four challengers—including a former state legislator, a mutual aid organizer and two educators—are hoping to unseat a controversial regent known for making past comments that have been condemned by state university faculty members.

House Democrats call for Congress to come back into session to rein in Trump on Iran war • Nevada Current WASHINGTON — House Democrats on Capitol Hill Thursday slammed President Donald Trump’s rhetoric on Iran as “beyond the pale” and urged House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., to reconvene Congress and rein in the president’s war powers. The eight Democrats, who represent districts in California, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington state, made a largely symbolic attempt […]

“The words and actions of this president have proved that he is unhinged and unwell,” said Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, D-Pa.

"Trump has benefited from a public worn down by repetition... Surely this is appalling, they may think, but also, somehow, this is what he always does. That dual feeling is part of the harm. A damaged baseline makes serious escalation harder to recognize and judge."Via @us.theconversation.com

Justice of the Peace Jessica Goodey, State Bar of Nevada General Counsel Daniel Hooge, and newly appointed Clark County District Judge Pete Thunell are competing for the Dept. 26 seat vacated by retired District Judge Gloria Sturman.
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Conservation group appeals to 9th Circuit in Rhyolite Ridge lithium mine fight • Nevada Current Attorneys for conservation and Indigenous rights groups filed an appeal Wednesday in the effort to stop an open-pit lithium-boron mine from being built on the only known habitat of an endangered wildf...

Ioneer wants construction to start by the end of this year and production in 2029, however, the project has been delayed twice amid legal challenges and the loss of a major investor.

Stop trying to Utah our Nevada • Nevada Current Imagine spending years showing up. You attend meetings. You give input. You sit through presentations that go on too long. You speak anyway. You bring your family. You tell your story. You do exactly ...

Why is a Nevada U.S. Rep. Mark Amodei spending his time trying to manage Utah’s public lands?
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Southern NV Health officials mark declining overdose deaths, new primary care outreach for unhoused • Nevada Current Southern Nevada health officials in the last year found a decrease in opioid deaths, expanded overdose intervention resources like naloxone, and launched a street medicine program to provide primary h...

Southern Nevada health officials in the last year found a decrease in opioid deaths, expanded overdose intervention resources like naloxone, and launched a street medicine program to provide primary health care to unhoused people.

Higher gas prices could extend into next year, says Trump administration energy agency • Nevada Current Gas prices “will rapidly come back down,” as soon as the war against Iran ends, President Donald Trump said during his address to the nation last week. That’s not what his Department of Energy said Tu...

The Energy Information Administration's outlook acknowledged the projections released Tuesday could be overly optimistic. And the agency's assessment did not consider any scenarios in which the war continued beyond April.

Trump threatens ‘a whole civilization will die’ in Iran; Schumer calls him 'extremely sick' • Nevada Current WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump continued to escalate his rhetoric against Iran Tuesday, even as some Republicans in Congress began to back away from his declarations, threatening that “A whole ci...

“I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will,” Trump wrote on his social media platform.

Judge puts legal challenge to NV Energy’s peak demand charge on April docket  • Nevada Current A hearing on a legal challenge to NV Energy’s peak demand charge will be held on April 28, according to an order issued Monday by Clark County Judge Mary Kay Holthus. Holthus granted an ex parte motio...

A judge granted a motion made by the Nevada Attorney General’s Bureau of Consumer Protection to schedule a hearing on the utility's peak demand charge billing process and whether it violates state law.

Democratic primary for state treasurer features assemblymember, deputy treasurer, Obama appointee • Nevada Current The state office best known for overseeing the state’s Millennium Scholarship and unclaimed property programs is set to have a new top boss this year. Nevada State Treasurer Zach Conine, a Democrat, i...

Three Democrats are vying to succeed the current state treasurer, who is term-limited out: Deputy State Treasurer Tya Mathis-Coleman, state Assemblymember Joe Dalia, and entrepreneur-turned-educator Jay Maharjan.

What is CREC and how does it shape Pete Hegseth’s religious rhetoric? • Nevada Current Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s conservative evangelical religious beliefs drew attention even before his confirmation hearings in January 2025. He is a member of the Communion of Reformed Evangelica...

CREC leaders call for the implementation of biblical law and a theocratic state structured on Christian patriarchy. Theocratic states are ruled according to religious laws, which in the case of the CREC means a conservative evangelical understanding of Christianity. Via @us.theconversation.com

Satisfaction with NV Energy falls amid demand rate controversy, overcharge debacle • Nevada Current Overall customer satisfaction with NV Energy among Southern Nevada residential customers fell from 93% in 2021 to 77% last year, according to research commissioned by the utility. Among small and medi...

Overall customer satisfaction with NV Energy among Southern Nevada residential customers fell from 93% in 2021 to 77% last year, according to research commissioned by the utility.

April starts with record low snowpack in Northern Nevada, water managers prepare • Nevada Current March heat has left critical snowpack at record-low levels across northern Nevada, leaving water managers the difficult task of managing a fraction of the water provided in previous years.

March heat has left critical snowpack at record-low levels across Northern Nevada, leaving water managers the difficult task of managing a fraction of the water provided in previous years.

State officials’ message to Trump: Hands off Nevada’s mail ballots • Nevada Current Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford, alongside Secretary of State Francisco Aguilar, announced the state is suing to stop President Donald Trump’s executive order they say would restrict voter eligibil...

"The governor should be advocating for the sovereignty of our state in the same way that we are to ensure that people in this state have their voices heard and their votes counted,” Ford said.

The 2026 race for lieutenant governor is all about 2028 (if it's about anything at all) • Nevada Current The two people with the most on the line in the 2026 race for Nevada lieutenant governor aren’t running for lieutenant governor. One of those people is Democratic U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto. Whi...

The two people with the most on the line in the 2026 race for Nevada lieutenant governor aren’t running for lieutenant governor.
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Nevada’s unregulated ‘crypto kiosks’ are a paradise for scammers, AARP warns • Nevada Current Nevadans are losing millions of dollars each year to cryptocurrency scams, and much of the fraud is aided by the hundreds of largely unregulated “bitcoin ATMs,” state lawmakers heard last week. Crypto...

Nevadans are losing millions of dollars each year to cryptocurrency scams, and much of the fraud is aided by the hundreds of largely unregulated “bitcoin ATMs."

Storey County clerk-treasurer cracks top 10 in ‘most dangerous election deniers’ list • Nevada Current Election denier and Storey County Clerk-Treasurer Jim Hindle placed eighth in a “America’s Top 10 Most Dangerous Election Deniers” list published by All Voting is Local, a nonpartisan organization tha...

Storey County Clerk-Treasurer Jim Hindle placed eighth in a “America’s Top 10 Most Dangerous Election Deniers” list published by All Voting is Local, a nonpartisan organization that advocates for free and fair elections.

Ford would ‘halt’ NV Energy demand charge, battle Trump policies, says campaign energy plan • Nevada Current If elected governor, Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford will “halt” NV Energy’s mandatory demand charge to be imposed next year in Southern Nevada. The plan is one of several affordability-based energ...

Ford’s plan notes that NV Energy’s approved rate renders it “the first investor-owned utility in the country to apply a mandatory demand charge on its residential customers.”

Trump dumps Bondi • Nevada Current WASHINGTON — Attorney General Pam Bondi is leaving the Department of Justice and will be replaced for now by President Donald Trump’s former personal defense lawyer, the president announced Thursday. ...

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche will move up in an acting role, Trump said.

No space, no shade, and a $24,000 price tag – No Kings organizers call for change  • Nevada Current Last weekend thousands of Nevadans marched in cities and towns across the state for the third “No Kings” protest nationwide, but high costs, felled trees, and miscommunication have organizers criticiz...

Other cities, including Reno, have “free speech zones” where protesters can legally congregate in large numbers across ample public space. In downtown Las Vegas, more than a thousand protesters were limited to sidewalks and one northbound lane of a street.