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by Dana Gentry, Nevada Current LAS VEGAS — A cap on the size of swimming pools in Southern Nevada, intended to reduce water lost to evaporation, will save about 10 acre feet a year – compared to the millions of acre feet Colorado River states must agree in the next month to
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by Michael Lyle, Nevada Current CARSON CITY — Gov. Steve Sisolak Tuesday acknowledged there is nothing the state can do to address rising gas prices, touted efforts to fix the housing crisis, and said he was open to working with lawmakers on increasing the state’s minimum wage and providing more
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by Michael Lyle, Nevada Current WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans blocked U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto’s bill that would protect patients in states where abortion is banned who seek to travel out of state to access services. Cortez Masto, along with U.S. Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, recently introduced
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by Michael Lyle, Nevada Current LAS VEGAS — Nevada medical providers are already seeing an influx of patients from across the country seeking abortion services and are warning about a potential tidal wave that could wash over on Nevada’s system of care. Adam Levy, a medical provider at Birth Control
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by Michael Lyle, Nevada Current A report released Thursday by the nonpartisan election organization FairVote, which has been a proponent for ranked choice voting, showed Nevada congressional and statewide candidates in five Republican primaries and one Democratic primary were decided by less than 50% of the votes — and in two
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by Ben Jealous, Nevada Current Nearly six years to the day after beloved St. Paul school cafeteria worker Philando Castile was fatally shot by a police officer during an otherwise routine traffic stop, Jayland Walker died in a hail of bullets fired by police officers in Akron, Ohio. While the
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by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current TONOPAH — Thanks to a decades-old amendment to the landmark Voting Rights Act, Clark County is federally required to provide ballots in Spanish and Tagalog. Now Nye County will offer assistance in another non-English language: Shoshone. Nye County will be the first and only county in
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by Michael Lyle, Nevada Current CARSON CITY — As Nevadans struggle to afford rising costs and skyrocketing rents, minimum wage workers will receive a slight bump in their pay. Beginning July 1, the state’s minimum wage increases to $10.50, up from $9.75, for workers not offered health coverage.
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by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current CARSON CITY — The safe storage of mining waste has been a critical part of the debate over a lithium mine in northern Nevada, and now environmental advocates are pointing to a report warning that flawed analysis of the mine may lead to failures that could
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by Patrick Donnelly, Nevada Current Nevada’s is among the most unique biodiversity of any state in the union – and it’s under assault by industry, mining, sprawl, and the ravages of climate change. Substantial reforms are needed to the state’s management of rare and imperiled species to avoid
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by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current WASHINGTON — Tribal leaders from Nevada and across the country will have direct access to advising the U.S. Department of the Interior for the first time in history with the creation of a tribal advisory panel. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland last week launched
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by Dana Gentry, Nevada Current PAHRUMP — Families interested in helping foster children can learn how Saturday, June 25 at a community forum in Pahrump. The event is free and open to the public, and will feature a question-and-answer session featuring foster parents and state officials. “Pahrump illustrates the dire need
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by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current WASHINGTON — Nevada will be receiving a total of $1.5M for projects across the state meant to fund sagebrush habitats in an effort to combat invasive grasses and wildfire, protect wetlands, and support the regional economy. Funding from the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
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by Dana Gentry, Nevada Current LAS VEGAS — U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto is one of the most endangered Democratic senators facing re-election, presenting Republicans with perhaps their best opportunity to break the 50/50 logjam in the Senate, according to political experts. Some polls show her trailing Republican candidate
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by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current LAS VEGAS — A Nevada tribe and conservation advocates urged the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday to reverse an order allowing ongoing construction and development of a geothermal energy project in Churchill County they say threatens to destroy a sacred site and drive
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by Jennifer Shutt, Nevada Current WASHINGTON — The federal agency in charge of managing much of the West’s water warned Tuesday that it will act unilaterally to reduce water usage in the Colorado River Basin if state and tribal leaders can’t reach an agreement this summer. Bureau of Reclamation