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Nevada Current is a nonprofit online source of political and policy news and commentary.
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“He’ll make America sick again,” said Lawrence Gostin, a professor of public health law at Georgetown University. https://t.co/LpDBAtXTBC
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This article first appeared on KFF Health News. The availability of safe, effective COVID-19 vaccines less than a year into the pandemic marked a high point in the 300-year history of vaccination,...
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Tribal leaders noted that water settlement bills have historically been passed during lame duck congressional sessions. https://t.co/Lz6MRI9y9Y
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Colorado River Basin tribes have significantly boosted water supply in Lake Mead through voluntary contributions
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The Trump administration stands to inherit a healthy labor market with decent job growth across many sectors. https://t.co/kP2rQZ4Xgk
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The economy added 227,000 jobs in November, making for a strong jobs report despite a slight increase in the unemployment rate. Although the labor market has cooled this year, the Trump administrat...
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A U.S. law that would force the Chinese parent company of social media giant TikTok to either sell the service or face a U.S. ban is constitutional, a panel of federal appeals judges ruled. https://t.co/GLzse5Mt5V
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The law Congress passed this year to force the Chinese parent company of social media giant TikTok to either sell the service or face a U.S. ban is constitutional, a panel of federal appeals judges...
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Advocates also caution that state efforts to bolster patient protections will be undermined if the Trump administration cuts federal funding for Medicaid and the insurance marketplaces established through the Affordable Care Act. https://t.co/4D8Nhfa87h
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This article first appeared on KFF Health News. Worried that President-elect Donald Trump will curtail federal efforts to take on the nation’s medical debt problem, patient and consumer advocates are...
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For the first time in years, representatives from Lower Basin states — NV, AZ, and CA — and Upper Basin states — CO, NM, UT, and WY — did not appear on a panel together or meet during the annual Colorado River conference. https://t.co/0yxc8Mqats
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Western states that rely on the Colorado River are in a heated deadlock over how to manage the troubled river, and are doubling down on their own regional plans, despite growing pressure from the...
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Trump picks auctioneer to lead the IRS. Via @MO_Independent
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Former Missouri Congressman Billy Long was tapped on Wednesday evening by President-elect Donald Trump to lead the Internal Revenue Service. Trump called Long — who served six terms representing a...
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For at least the next 2 years, the choices made by Amodei will likely be more important than those made by any other Nevadan in Congress. Cheering a Musk-Ramaswamy congressional end-around as “good news” is not an auspicious start. Commentary: https://t.co/6Fd6ipezk1
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Of Nevada’s two U.S. senators and four U.S. House member, Amodei is arguably now the most influential and powerful Nevadan in the U.S. Congress. That makes him the Nevada member of Congress who is...
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Former MGM CEO taking over Resorts World knew in 2019 of allegations that company executives, including then-MGM Grand president Scott Sibella, were turning a blind eye to gamblers with questionable sources of income. https://t.co/ASoz7sJ1Xo
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Former MGM Resorts CEO Jim Murren, who is taking over the financially troubled Resorts World Las Vegas, according to a news release, knew in 2019 of allegations that company executives, including...
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NV, AZ, and CA have managed to increase water elevation in Lake Mead by nearly 20 feet in 2 years, and conserved more water in 2023 than any previous year since 1984. But the lake is still at only 33% capacity. https://t.co/zxRfPR539I
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Water users in California have conserved enough water since 2022 to raise Lake Mead water levels by 16 feet — an effort that has provided temporary stability to the Nevada reservoir, as western...
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The move brings Henderson in line with other Southern Nevada municipalities, which began welcoming community cats in 2015. https://t.co/88jub2AEPK
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After years of rebuffing calls from residents and animal activists, the Henderson City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a pilot program to permit the trapping, neutering, vaccinating and...
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Spikes accompanying the economy’s emergence from the pandemic retreated & leveled off, and Southern Nevada rents today are about what they would have been if there hadn't been a pandemic - a reflection of already rapidly rising rents prior to the pandemic. https://t.co/5ekXUZBAI4
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Following some aggressive spikes that accompanied the economy’s emergence from pandemic shutdowns, Southern Nevada rents today are about what they would have been if the pandemic hadn’t happened, a...
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"Groups advocating for book censorship are not 'protecting' students; they are only projecting their biased views of appropriate educational literature." Commentary: https://t.co/GqV3rwgL8p
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Preserving the integrity and effectiveness of public schools is a continual struggle; particularly with those that seem intent on dismantling public education. Unreasonable demands from parent groups...
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Moody’s is assuming any new tariffs will not be as extreme as what Trump promised on the campaign trail because “any shakiness that we start to see in the economy is going to cause some pullback in more extreme policy suggestions.” https://t.co/CjXw4bEeY4
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Nevada is projecting $12.4 billion in tax revenue over the next two fiscal years — $412 million, or 3.4%, more than what the state is projected to collect for the current biennium. The Economic...
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Animal advocates have long been frustrated by the city’s failure to budget for shelter improvements, even while it spends tens of millions of dollars to buy property and partner in recreational facilities. https://t.co/8Yrl2ZCw9L
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The City of Henderson’s animal shelter is ill-equipped for its mission, generating burnout and fatigue among an inadequately staffed workforce, and misusing public funds by killing healthy feral...
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“It’s not that influential to have a bunch of women in power if ... they are going to align themselves with status quo." https://t.co/X49Cm0qZ4p
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Members of the U.S. Congress and state legislatures nationwide are overwhelmingly men, and the highest political glass ceiling in the country remains unbroken after the re-election of a man found...
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Trump said Tuesday he has selected a skeptic of COVID-19 precautions to run the National Institutes of Health, the sweeping federal agency tasked with solving many of the country’s biggest health challenges. 🔗⬇️
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WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday he has selected a Stanford University professor of health policy and skeptic of COVID-19 precautions to run the National Institutes of Health,...
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“It won’t get better until we demand better. I don’t know that you can look at that video any other kind of way, other than to say that Brandon Durham’s life was taken erroneously and he was murdered.” 🔗⬇️
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The fatal shooting of a 43-year-old father inside his own home by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department after he called police to report a break-in is receiving national attention and prompt...
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Horsford was one of several House Democrats who introduced a bill Tuesday to rein in the executive’s ability to implement tariffs, citing the added cost to American families. https://t.co/aMK4CsGpjf
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President-elect Donald Trump’s announcement Monday that he would impose harsh tariffs on the United States’ closest trading partners will work against his pledge to bring down consumer prices,...
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'It’s also important to spread the word that there are good people trying to hold up a light in the darkness. As Sovern puts it, “What we can do are little bits of tons of hard work.”' Commentary: https://t.co/DDuFCau5Wh
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The week before Thanksgiving, I spoke with an immigration attorney in Madison, Grant Sovern, who helped found the Community Immigration Law Center (CILC) — part of a flurry of new services created in...
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