Nevada Politics 411

Consumer confidence dives to lowest point in 12 years • Nevada Current Monthly consumer confidence in January has sunk to its lowest point since 2014, The Conference Board announced Tuesday. “Consumers’ write-in responses on factors affecting the economy continued to ske...

Remind me, which "Day One" was Trump talking about...?
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How About Real Reform of ICE & CBP Amodei Pretending to Support Reform

How About Real Reform of ICE & CBP
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Nevada Republican who negotiated bill that funds ICE says operation needs to ‘pivot’ - The Nevada Independent Rep. Mark Amodei criticized Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s response after Border Patrol killed Alex Pretti over the weekend.

Congressman Amodei, how about adding real reforms to your committee's bill:

1-Prohibit ICE & CBP from wearing masks
2-Require ICE & CBP officers wear & turn on body cameras
3-Require independent State & Local investigations of crimes committed by ICE & CBP

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" Doomsday Clock at 85 seconds to Midnight" Threats from climate crisis and AI, Planet closer to destruction as Russia, China and US become more aggressive and nationalistic, says advocacy group

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Still no coverage of the ICE murders in Minnesota by the NV Independent. How does a news outlet miss the the biggest story in the Nation?

Warm temperatures hamper snowpack formation in Nevada • Nevada Current Snowpack in Nevada and the Eastern Sierra – a major source of water for the Truckee River in northern Nevada – are below normal at 74% of median for the time of year. While precipitation in December w...

Under current conditions the Colorado River is expected to have only 57% of normal flow into Lake Powell. Lake Mead is also projected to reach 1,040 feet in August 2027, which would place So Nevada in a Tier 2 water shortage in 2027, triggering automatic reductions.
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Number of people living in extreme heat to double by 2050 if 2C rise occurs, study finds Scientists expect 41% of the projected global population to face the extremes, with ‘no part of the world’ immune

If the 2C threshold is breached, the new dataset indicates the number of people experiencing extreme heat will increase from 1.54 billion people (which was 23% of the world population in 2010) to 3.79 billion (41% of the projected world population in 2050).
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Still no condolences from Cong Amodei, he did take his post down from his "X" account cheerleading the DHS budget approval in the House.

The NV Democratic Congressional delegation have all posted statements on the horrific murder in Minneapolis this weekend, but Cong Mark Amodei has evidently been too busy this weekend to update even his "X" account (he does not have a Bluesky account). His last post on Friday was a pro-DHS diatribe.

Another U.S. citizen has been shot and killed by ICE in Minneapolis, this time a 37-year-old ICU nurse, Alex Pretti. I’m calling for an immediate, impartial, and transparent investigation - with appropriate state and local involvement, congressional oversight, and full accountability. (1/2)

See my statement below regarding my vote against the FY26 Homeland Security Appropriations bill. ⬇️

Judge for your self which NV News Outlet is giving you the most authentic news this morning (it was the same last night too). Maybe the same is true every day...

From Attorney General Aaron Ford:

My personal guiding principle has always been "agree where you can and fight where you must." And I believe this is a time when we must fight back.

The Lombardo-Trump economy

Governors of Colorado River states summoned to DC in hopes of breaking negotiations impasse • Nevada Current Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has invited all seven Colorado River Basin governors and their negotiators to meet in Washington D.C. next Friday as states approach a federal deadline to reach a volunt...

Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo and the state’s top river negotiator, John Enstminger, are scheduled to attend a meeting in D.C. called by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to discuss Colorado River management options.

UnitedHealth’s Nevada companies limit benefits for autistic children, say parents and providers • Nevada Current An expensive therapy praised as the gold standard for helping autistic children gain the skills they need to become self-sufficient is being limited by insurance companies as autism diagnoses in Ameri...

An expensive therapy praised as the gold standard for helping autistic children gain the skills they need to become self-sufficient is being limited by insurance companies as diagnoses have more than doubled in the last decade.

Joe Lombardo proposed a budget with a $300 million deficit and spent $25 million on new office furniture.

Why would we continue to trust him with the state’s economic future?