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Instead of trying to score political points while spatting over minor budget details—the merely dreary trajectory the session had been on—Lombardo & lawmakers now face the prospect of cuts more devastating than those implemented in either the Great Recession or the pandemic. Commentary:

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NV's U.S. senators sent a series of letters to several federal agencies expressing their frustration at the lack of transparency and demanding data on how many Nevadans had been fired, without success.

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Ford said the “attempt to destroy the CFPB isn’t just bad policy — it’s a handout to the worst actors in the financial industry at the expense of hard-working Americans and Nevadans."

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“It’s embarrassing that President Trump called (Ukraine President Volodymyr) Zelenskyy a dictator,” Rosen said. “Clearly this war was started by the real dictator Vladimir Putin who attacked a democratic sovereign nation.”

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The debate over whether to massively expand the state’s film tax credit program in hopes of transforming Las Vegas into “Hollywood East” has returned to the Nevada State Legislature. And, like with many sequels, the drama may be amped up.

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People shouldn’t be “pushed into ruin” if they get sick and are unable to pay medical debt, says Democratic Assemblymember Max Carter.

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The Las Vegas City Council voted six to one Wednesday against an ordinance proposed by Councilwoman Victoria Seaman to form a citizens’ advisory committee to meet quarterly to discuss animal welfare issues and report possible solutions to the council.

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Republicans are planning to pay for new spending by cutting funding on government programs the GOP doesn’t believe are as important or necessary, with hundreds of billions in savings supposed to come from changes to Medicaid.

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“Nature was assumed to be feminine, but control over it was masculine,” wrote author Susan Schrepfer in her book Nature’s Altars. “Rather than identifying a site embedded in time and place these designations celebrated taking possession as a manly act.” via @gristnews.bsky.social

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Lombardo vetoed a similar bill in 2023, doubting the impact of development on heat. But several studies have concluded that dense buildings, heat-absorbing asphalt, and cement are responsible for the urban heat island effect in Nevada.

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Once in office, Lombardo warmed to policies that could diversify Nevada’s one-trick pony economy, even as he opposed the federal spending measures enacted during the Biden administration that made the initiatives possible.

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Advocacy groups representing small business owners and taxpayers sued the IRS, Treasury and DOGE late Monday, alleging the Trump administration and DOGE are violating several federal privacy laws.

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Once constructed, the campus will rely almost entirely on public dollars for ongoing operational costs but be run by a board composed entirely of gaming executives. "Expertise is perceived as largely missing and problematic,” notes a memo from one nonprofit.

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She declined to give the Musk/DOGE access to a centralized database that includes information about income, addresses, retirement benefits and sometimes even medical records for any American with a Social Security number. via @19thnews.org

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Farmers across the United States are finding themselves in precarious economic positions, as they attempt to navigate a strained farm economy and a barrage of executive orders from the Trump administration that put some farm programs in limbo.

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Some Republicans are raising concerns about how reducing the federal workforce by potentially hundreds of thousands of people and canceling spending approved by Congress will affect the country — especially the regions filled with loyal GOP voters.

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Nevada congressional Democrats have denounced some of Musk-Trump's actions on occasion. But they and industries they're close to have also been keeping calm and carrying on, in a mutually enabling feedback loop of whistling in the dark. Commentary:

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"President Trump’s executive order banning transgender people in our military is not only unconstitutional, it does nothing to help our country’s security or the safety of everyday Americans,” Ford said.

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Nearly two years after Gov. Joe Lombardo vetoed the majority of legislation that modestly expanded tenant protections and sought to change the eviction process, housing justice organizers and legal aid providers say the housing crisis has worsened.

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One underlying dynamic of pronatalism is that, as frequently espoused by the new technocrat right, the world does not simply need more babies, but more of certain kinds of babies. via @19thnews.org

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"You know how when big bad national things happen they always seem to hit Nevada harder than other states? Republicans cutting Medicaid would be like that." Commentary:

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“We’re going to get something,” said Vellardita. “That’s all I’ll say at this point. If we don’t get anything, we’re prepared for ‘26."

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More than a dozen state attorneys general, including Nevada's, and numerous current and former government employees filed lawsuits Thursday aiming to stop billionaire Elon Musk from shuttering federal agencies.

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“These are situations where seniors are crawling up the stairs or are trapped in their unit because an elevator has been inoperable for months,” said Assemblymember Venicia Considine, the bill's sponsor.

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Amodei is not representing the interests of Southern Nevada or the overwhelming majority of Nevadans who supported the Avi Kwa Ame designation. Commentary:

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Nevada Department of Transportation officials said Wednesday that the state's NEVI strategy was “ready to be released when the federal government paused the program, placing the process on hold pending further federal guidance.”

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Perpetually ranked one of the worst states in the nation for mental health services, NV is the only state that requires applicants for licensure as a psychologist to pass a test that is deemed by critics to be racially biased and was scrapped last year by the national organization that developed it.

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Sgamma was the author of a section on energy policy in Project 2025. Via @coloradonewsline.com

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Immigration will be the likely focus of U.S.-Mexico relations under the Trump administration. But there's also a growing water crisis along the U.S.–Mexico border, and it can only be managed if the two governments work together. Commentary:

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Only a fraction of Nevadans work for an employer that is required to offer paid family and medical leave, but one state lawmaker is hoping that might change this year.

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Nevada’s water supply outlook is in trouble after snowpack in the state fell below normal for this time of year, following disappointing snowfall and persistently warm temperatures.

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A federal judge has issued a nationwide order preventing the National Institutes of Health from changing how much the agency pays universities and medical schools for “indirect costs” that come along with research grants.

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With the Trump administration indicating little interest in the federal government’s consumer protection role, it could be up to states to prohibit and prevent corporate landlords from using algorithm software to inflate rents via price fixing.

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The bill would allow temporary suspension of Nevada’s cage-free egg law during national shortages caused by disease outbreaks or natural disasters. nevadacurrent.com/2025/02/11/n...

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A federal judge on Monday blocked a Trump administration directive that academic institutions throughout the country warned would lead to slower scientific progress, longer waits for cures, and fewer jobs.

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From not enough students to keep schools open, to recruiting police and firefighter applicants who don’t smoke weed – leaders from Boulder City, Henderson, and Reno apprised state lawmakers Monday of the headwinds facing their individual municipalities.

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“Defendants now plea that they are just trying to root out fraud...But the freezes in effect now were a result of the broad categorical order, not a specific finding of possible fraud. The broad categorical and sweeping freeze of federal funds is, as the Court found, likely unconstitutional..."

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Daggett first identified the connection between Trump’s anti-feminist and pro-oil rhetoric in 2018, when she proposed the theory of “petro-masculinity” to describe, in part, how rising authoritarian movements invoke fossil fuels to appeal to men who feel left behind.

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According to the report, the Bureau of Land Management permitted the Thacker Pass lithium mine without meaningful consultation with Tribal governments in the region, and without their free, prior, and informed consent — a violation of international human rights standards.

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Following a federal judge’s order, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has lifted the funding freeze on $156 million in community solar for Nevada, but other program funds remain paused.

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NV's Aaron Ford and other Democratic attorneys general from throughout the country on Friday asked a federal judge to enforce a temporary restraining order he issued late last month, alleging the Trump administration is not complying with the court’s ruling.

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The state budgeting process began with a $335 million oopsie, and while it may have been resolved, a potentially much larger fiscal crisis looms: the Trump administration.

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Nevada’s congressional Democrats and their colleagues should implement a freeze of their own: effective immediately, they should stop pretending there's something normal about what's going on. Commentary:

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“Once sports betting was legalized, it was a rush to the death...Everyone ran to get into sports and it’s gone crazy. The rules have been bent." nevadacurrent.com/2025/02/07/g...

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Vought, who worked as OMB director during President Donald Trump’s first term in office, was confirmed on a 53-47 party-line vote that followed Democrats keeping the chamber in session overnight to highlight their opposition. nevadacurrent.com/2025/02/06/d...

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Despite the wind, the crowd waved signs and banners. A large portion of the protest signs denounced Elon Musk. The crowd chanted “Deport Musk.”

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“Don’t think, ‘oh, we can take a break and be a little transphobic but we don’t have to be homophobic...It doesn’t work like that. We need (elected Democrats) to stay in the game.” nevadacurrent.com/2025/02/06/t...

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Trump recently signed an executive order barring openly transgender service members from the U.S. military and another that restricts access to gender-affirming care for kids. nevadacurrent.com/2025/02/05/d...

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“Today, virtually every baby born on U.S. soil is a U.S. citizen upon birth,” the judge said. “That is the law and tradition of our country. That law and tradition are and will remain the status quo pending the resolution of this case.” nevadacurrent.com/2025/02/05/d...

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Even some Republicans gave the idea the cold shoulder. nevadacurrent.com/2025/02/05/d...

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