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Brown: Failure to bring nuclear waste to NV is an ‘incredible loss of revenue for our state’
While campaigning for U.S. Senate in 2022, Sam Brown, now the Republican frontrunner for the U.S. Senate nomination in 2024, told a campaign gathering that he supported bringing nuclear waste from the nation’s nuclear power plants to Yucca Mountain in Nevada. The Los Angeles Times Tuesday published audio of previously unreported remarks Brown made during […]
Insurance tax helps state revenue exceed projections
Nevada’s general fund revenue is 5% higher so far in fiscal year 2024 than earlier forecasts from the state’s Economic Forum, Legislative fiscal analyst Michael Nakamoto told legislators Monday. Nakamoto told the Joint Standing Committee on Revenue the state’s general fund, projected year-to-date at $3.7 billion, is up approximately $64.1 million from two months ago, […]
Feds agree to deadline for endangered species listing of rare NV fish
Federal wildlife managers Thursday agreed to decide whether or not to list a rare Nevada fish as a threatened or endangered species within the next year after failing to meet a federally required deadline. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agreed to a court-ordered deadline requiring the agency to reach a decision on the Fish […]
Millions of salaried workers to become eligible for overtime under new Biden rule
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor Tuesday announced a final rule that means millions of salaried workers who are employed in the executive, administrative or professional industries will become eligible for overtime pay. The rule will affect roughly 4 million workers in the first year of implementation and will be broken into two checkpoints. […]
Abortion rights petition okayed by Nevada Supreme Court
An initiative petition circulated by Nevadans for Reproductive Freedom, an organization working to enshrine abortion rights in the Nevada Constitution, can proceed, thanks to the Nevada Supreme Court’s affirmation Thursday of the petition’s language, which focuses on reproductive rights, including contraception, vasectomies, tubal ligation, and infertility treatment. Donna Washington and the Coalition for Parents and […]
Silver appointed to Gaming Commission
Gov. Joe Lombardo announced Thursday he’s appointing retired Nevada Supreme Court Justice Abbi Silver to the Nevada Gaming Commission. Silver will replace Commissioner Ogonna Brown, whose term ends next week. “Justice Silver is one of Nevada’s brightest visionaries and trailblazers, and I’m confident that she will greatly enhance the work of the commission in her […]
New DOT partnership will streamline airline consumer complaints
A new partnership between the U.S. Department of Transportation and a bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general aims to streamline efforts to resolve airline consumer complaints. Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced the program at Denver International Airport Tuesday. The program comes in response to the record numbers of airline […]
Hope for Prisoners’ founder Ponder dismissed from lawsuit against non-profit
The former chief operating officer of Hope for Prisoners, a non-profit reentry program for former inmates, can proceed with his wrongful termination suit against the organization but not against its founder and chief executive officer, Jon Ponder. The Current reported Monday that the organization’s former COO Grant McCandless was terminated in 2020, after an internal […]
USDA suspends UNR’s slaughterhouse operations again for inhumane treatment
For the fifth time in as many years, the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture has suspended operations at Wolf Pack Meats, the slaughterhouse operated by the University of Nevada Reno, after it took five shots from a bolt gun to render a ram unconscious on March 15. After the first firing of the captive bolt, the […]
Shortage of healthcare providers on Lombardo’s radar
Gov. Joe Lombardo wants the state’s Patient Protection Commission to help find a cure for the state’s shortage of healthcare professionals. In an executive order issued Friday, Lombardo notes the PPC was created to review the health care needs of Nevadans. “In order to achieve its objective, the PPC must now work to address current […]
U.S. Senate Republicans push for Mayorkas impeachment trial
WASHINGTON — More than 40 U.S. Senate Republicans lobbied Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday to hold a full impeachment trial for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Schumer and other Democrats have indicated they’d be open to immediately voting to dismiss the House-passed articles of impeachment rather than holding a trial in the Senate. The […]
Nevada one of the most at-risk states for ‘legal looting’ by private equity firms
Nevada is one of the states most vulnerable to the profit-hungry influence of private equity firms, according to a new analysis by a national watchdog group. Nevada ranked 5th overall in the Private Equity Stakeholders Project’s Private Equity Risk Index, which the group launched this week. Only New Mexico, North Carolina, Arizona and Florida are […]