Government
ACLU of Nevada threatens lawsuits over noncompliance with in-jail voting law
The ACLU of Nevada is prepared to file lawsuits against numerous county and municipal jails for failing to comply with a voting access law that went into effect at the beginning of this year. ACLU of Nevada Executive Director Athar Haseebullah told state lawmakers on the Interim Committee on Legislative Operations & Elections that lawsuits […]
$100m Nevada Facilities Fund a ‘watershed moment’ for charter schools, leaders say
Nevada charter schools are clamoring to access the millions of dollars in financing now available to support capital projects, such as buying or expanding school buildings. The Nevada Facilities Fund is a $100 million revolving loan fund setup by the State Infrastructure Bank to provide long-term, low-cost facility financing for charter schools that serve under-resourced […]
Energy regulator nominees face Senate committee
President Joe Biden’s three nominees to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission faced questions from a U.S. Senate committee Thursday, with senators probing their views on fossil fuels and climate policy, the reliability of the nation’s electric grid and gas delivery system and how to handle the pressing need for new electric transmission lines, among other […]
Clark County learns lessons from first spin in decades around Las Vegas Grand Prix track
The Las Vegas Grand Prix generated close to $1.5 billion in overall economic impacts, but not without significant costs to residents and government workers, according to a debriefing presented Tuesday to the Clark County Commission. The county estimated visitor spending on the Formula 1 event in late November amounted to $884 million. The average Grand […]
Lake Tahoe remains murky after 25 years and a $2.9 billion investment
A nearly $3 billion effort shepherded by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency during the last two decades to ‘Keep Tahoe Blue’ has prioritized spending on recreation and transportation over improving water quality, according to the agency’s own data. “The TRPA is more concerned about economics than the lake’s restoration. And the lake is in really […]
People don’t want to go the DMV. The DMV is trying to make it so you don’t have to.
The DMV is rolling out a new mobile appointment system, offering online written driving tests and preparing to close its Henderson location, lawmakers were told last week. DMV officials updated the legislative Interim Growth and Infrastructure Committee on new programs that are being implemented to help direct people toward online services and alleviate long wait […]
Lithium Americas to get massive federal loan to develop Thacker Pass mine
The U.S. government offered Canada-based Lithium Americas a financial lifeline Thursday to develop a Nevada lithium deposit that contains the largest-proven lithium reserves in North America. Citing a need to secure a domestic supply of lithium for electric car batteries, the Biden administration agreed to provide a $2.26 billion conditional loan for the construction of […]
UMC, Culinary Health warn of private equity’s ‘endless pursuit of profits over patients’
Nevadans in need of health care are experiencing the negative impacts of corporate consolidation and private equity investment groups “driven by an endless pursuit of profits over patients,” state lawmakers were told Monday. “The market is starting to feel the effects of what medicine run by faceless corporations can mean to patients,” University Medical Center […]
Is Nevada’s Wildlife Commission on the brink of extinction?
The Nevada Wildlife Commission’s endorsement Friday of a plan to remove 75% of wild horses and burros from the state’s public lands, along with its refusal to consider a ban on controversial coyote killing contests, are both out of step with the desires of residents and tourists and could hasten efforts to revamp the board, […]
IRS launches its new free tax filing program
The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service launched its new, free tax filing program in Nevada and 12 other states Tuesday. Nearly 20 million people qualify for the Direct File program including 480,000 Nevadans, according to the Treasury Department release. In Nevada and the dozen other states participating in the Direct File […]
House spending bill eliminates VA testing on dogs, cats, monkeys
The spending bill passed by the House of Representatives Wednesday includes language that would end what animal advocates say is cruel and unnecessary taxpayer-funded testing performed on dogs, cats, and monkeys by the Department of Veterans Affairs. “The Department shall implement a plan under which the Secretary will eliminate the research conducted using canines, felines, […]
Nevada offers fewer consumer debt protections than almost every other state, report says
Nevada is one of the worst states in the nation when it comes to offering consumer debt protections, according to a new analysis by the National Center for Access to Justice at Fordham Law School. Nevada ranked 47th in the nation on NCAJ’s Consumer Debt Litigation Index, which analyzes states against 24 specific policies designed […]