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Former state senator discards Republican mantle in run for Clark County Commission • Nevada Current Becky Harris, a former state senator and the first woman appointed as chairperson of the Nevada Gaming Control Board, is dropping her Republican Party affiliation to run as a non-partisan candidate fo...

“Both parties are failing to govern in an effective manner and act in the interest of the voters,” said Clark County Commission candidate Becky Harris. “We need candidates who are not affected by a party and want to help the community.” nevadacurrent.com/2025/11/04/f...

Former state senator discards Republican mantle in run for Clark County Commission • Nevada Current Becky Harris, a former state senator and the first woman appointed as chairperson of the Nevada Gaming Control Board, is dropping her Republican Party affiliation to run as a non-partisan candidate fo...

Former state senator discards Republican mantle in run for Clark County Commission nevadacurrent.com/2025/11/04/f...

Animal rescue board alleges founder used charity funds for personal use • Nevada Current The executive director of a Las Vegas animal rescue organization that raised money to treat Reba, the bulldog who died after being abandoned in a plastic tote, has used proceeds from the nonprofit org...

Last month, VPRP executive director Jamie Gregory told the Current she earns $74,000 a year in salary. Bylaws she provided indicate the executive director is to earn $20 an hour for 30 hours a week, which would total $31,200 annually. nevadacurrent.com/2025/10/30/a...

Trump partners with crypto betting platform suing Nevada, other states • Nevada Current President Donald Trump’s latest business partnership may place him at odds with Nevada and other states suing to stop prediction markets from accepting what regulators say are nothing more than illega...

The endeavor raises questions about Trump’s conflict of interest in appointing the commissioners charged with oversight of his venture, as well as bets being placed on outcomes of events or issues that as president, Trump could control.
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Amid fears of eroding democracy, Mesquite council rejects limits on public comment • Nevada Current For the second time this year, efforts by Mesquite elected officials to streamline city council meetings by eliminating some public comment died when proposals before the council failed to garner a mo...

Mesquite, once a predominantly LDS community, is NV’s fastest growing city. Some residents suggest a good old boy network, frustrated by longer meetings, a lack of decorum, and the influence of newcomers, is attempting to control public dialogue. nevadacurrent.com/2025/10/29/a...

Nevada State Education Association (@nsea.bsky.social) The Nevada State Education Association (NSEA) represents teachers, education support professionals, and other licensed professionals throughout Nevada. www.nsea-nv.org

Nevada teachers’ union, @nsea.bsky.social, to announce endorsement this morning of @aarondfordnv.bsky.social over Gov. Joe Lombardo, who the union opposes because of his commitment to vouchers and other school choice issues.

Feds nix NV Energy bid to refund money to projects Trump killed • Nevada Current Federal regulators are rejecting NV Energy’s effort to return deposits to would-be clean energy producers felled by President Donald Trump’s elimination of clean energy tax credits for projects on fed...

Trade orgs said NVEnergy's requested waiver, denied by FERC, would have allowed projects jeopardized by Trump to withdraw without penalty and ensure the return of their deposits. nevadacurrent.com/briefs/feds-...

NV Energy peak demand charge, tweak to net metering, violate state law, say experts  • Nevada Current The Nevada Attorney General’s Bureau of Consumer Protection contends rate changes approved last month by the Nevada Public Utilities Commission as part of a $119 million rate hike for NV Energy are pr...

The Nevada Attorney General’s Bureau of Consumer Protection contends rate changes approved last month by the Nevada Public Utilities Commission as part of a $119 million rate hike for NV Energy are prohibited by state law. nevadacurrent.com/2025/10/22/n...

Subsidized spay and neuter service offered for pit bull and bully mixes in Clark County  • Nevada Current A $15,000 donation from longtime animal activist Linda Faso to Hearts Alive Village Clinic will help Southern Nevadans spay and neuter their pit bull and bully mixes, preventing more from ending up in...

“Pit bulls and pit bull mixes make up the majority of shelter intake... and are also the breed most likely to be euthanized,” says Hearts Alive Village, which hopes to remove barriers such as cost and access to veterinary care. nevadacurrent.com/briefs/subsi...

Home sale profits dwindling but still above pre-pandemic levels, says report • Nevada Current Nevada home sellers are holding their own in this buyers’ market, reaping profits slightly above the national average. They’re also holding on to their properties longer before putting them up for sal...

Homeowners in the U.S. made a median profit of 49.9% on homes and condos sold during the third quarter. That’s down from 55.4% a year ago, according to the report. nevadacurrent.com/2025/10/20/h... nevadacurrent.com/2025/10/20/h...

Proposed pet sale ban in City of Las Vegas gets mixed reviews • Nevada Current The City of Las Vegas, once a leader in the effort to stop the sale of pets from stores, is expected to revisit a ban on pet sales next month after repealing a previous ban a year after it was passed....

“There are nearly 800 animals on our campus today at the
Animal Foundation," CEO @hilariegrey.bsky.social told the committee. “With so many animals... there’s just no reason for the puppy mill pipeline and sales to continue.

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Frontrunner for Mesquite police chief was cited for battery against a teen • Nevada Current Mesquite Acting Police Chief Tracy Fails, who is widely considered to be among the leading contenders for chief of police, is defending his actions in a 2010 incident that resulted in a citation again...

Although Mesquite is now the fastest growing city in Nevada, the police department and city government, according to residents, remain in the control of a ‘good old boy’ network. nevadacurrent.com/2025/10/15/f...

Metro’s cooperation with ICE violates state law, says ACLU of Nevada lawsuit • Nevada Current The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada is challenging the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s agreement with the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement to assist the federal agency by ...

“This isn’t intended to disparage LVMPD,” @aclunv.bsky.social Executive Director Athar Haseebullah said at a news conference announcing the legal action. He suggests Metro acquiesced to Trump’s threats against local and state governments. nevadacurrent.com/2025/10/13/m...

Vegas Loop gets approval to bring Teslas up for air  • Nevada Current A plan by Elon Musk’s Boring Company to maximize its Las Vegas investment while digging an at least 68-mile long labyrinth of tunnels beneath the tourism corridor won approval Thursday from the Nevada...

“This is a tough thing for people to swallow, because you came in under the guise of one thing, of being in the tunnels, and now you’re saying ‘we’re not going to be in the tunnels,’” NTA chairman Vaughn Hartung told the Boring Company representatives. nevadacurrent.com/2025/10/10/v...

Tahoe agency okays removal of hundreds of trees to make room for ‘glamping’  • Nevada Current A development designed as an opportunity to enjoy Tahoe’s great outdoors requires the removal of 300 hundred towering pine trees on nine acres of privately owned land in Douglas County near the Lake T...

“Camping is evolving,” Julie Regan of the TRPA said of the project at a meeting in late September. “How people experience the great outdoors is evolving.”

But enjoying the great outdoors should not require the removal of healthy trees, say critics. nevadacurrent.com/2025/10/09/t...

Casinos can do more with AI than enhance customer service and replace humans, experts say  • Nevada Current From kiosks designed to speed customer check-in to vibrant casino games, Nevada’s tourism industry is putting artificial intelligence to work.  But one of AI’s potential best uses – its ability to ass...

“AI is being used on the operations side, but not necessarily on the compliance side,” says attorney Michael Beckwith of Dickinson Wright, who is speaking Tuesday at the Global Gaming Expo about maximizing the ability of AI to prevent fraud and money laundering. nevadacurrent.com/2025/10/07/c...

Nevada among top ten most expensive states to own a car, report says • Nevada Current The costs of owning a car in Nevada (not including the purchase) will set you back about $3,298 a year, according to research from ConsumerAffairs. That’s the ninth highest annual cost of car ownershi...

Owning a car in Nevada costs about $297 (10%) more than the national average, based on the costs of insurance, repairs, and gas.
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Federal judge rules Chattah is ineligible as Acting U.S. attorney to prosecute cases • Nevada Current A federal judge Monday granted defense motions to disqualify Nevada’s Acting U.S. Attorney Sigal Chattah in three felony cases brought by Chattah after her term as Interim U.S. Attorney expired in Jul...

The purpose of the act used by Trump to name Sigal Chattah as Acting U.S. Atty "would be defeated if the Executive Branch... could choose whomever it wanted, whenever it wanted, and fill the vacancy simply by declaring that person to be first assistant.” nevadacurrent.com/2025/09/30/f...

Cortez Masto sides with Republicans in shutdown fight for second time this year  • Nevada Current Nevada’s senior U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto was one of only two Democrats voting with Republicans against a government shutdown Tuesday. Cortez Masto was also one of ten Senate Democrats who vote...

Cortez Masto was also one of ten Senate Democrats who voted with Republicans in March to avert a shutdown. nevadacurrent.com/2025/09/30/c...

Nevada has 3rd worst record in U.S. for reporting nursing home falls • Nevada Current A study from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reveals Nevada has the third-worst record among the states for failing to report nursing home falls that result in a major injury and requ...

Nationally, 43% of nursing home falls involving Medicare patients are not being reported, according to the report. In Nevada, 60% of nursing home falls were not reported. nevadacurrent.com/briefs/nevad...

Citing safety risks from overdevelopment, Tahoe residents take Washoe to court • Nevada Current The Washoe County Commission failed to address “serious threats” to public safety and wildfire evacuation when it approved development amendments adopted in 2023 by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency,...

“These are not minor changes. They intensify development in areas already vulnerable to wildfire and traffic congestion,” former firefighter Doug Flaherty, an Incline Village resident, told @washoecounty.bsky.social in August. nevadacurrent.com/2025/09/24/c...

Plunge in home sales contributes to drop in construction employment, say experts   • Nevada Current A precipitous decline in new home sales in Southern Nevada is contributing, experts say, to a loss of construction jobs, which fell statewide by 4,400 in August, according to the Department of Employm...

In January, homebuilders in Southern Nevada sold 974 homes. That’s steadily declined to 653 homes sold in August, according to data from Home Builders Research. nevadacurrent.com/2025/09/23/p...

Ford’s effort to halt release of Nevadans’ personal SNAP data stymied by state • Nevada Current A federal court on Thursday issued a temporary restraining order sought by a coalition of 22 Democratic attorneys general, including Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford, opposing President Donald Trump...

Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo did not respond to questions about the state’s decision to turn over the data, or whether he was aware @aarondfordnv.bsky.social, who is challenging Lombardo for governor, intended to fight the effort. nevadacurrent.com/briefs/fords...

Driven by falling construction employment, Nevada lost 3,800 jobs in August • Nevada Current Nevada lost a net 3,800 jobs in August, led by a drop of 4,400 jobs in the construction industry, the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR) announced Thursday.  Construction job...

NV lost a net 3,800 jobs in August, led by a drop of 4,400 jobs in the construction industry, DETR announced Thursday.

The U.S. lost a total of 7,000 construction jobs in August, according to the Department of Labor. nevadacurrent.com/briefs/drive...

Taxi companies warn regulators competition from Musk’s Teslas will kill industry  • Nevada Current Representatives from nearly every taxi and limousine company in Southern Nevada say a plan by a subsidiary of Elon Musk’s Boring Company to operate Teslas as taxis in the Las Vegas tourism corridor wi...

“We already have people that drive 12 hours and barely pay their bills,” Mario Locascio of Deluxe Taxi told the Taxicab Authority. “I don’t know what the goal is. They are trying to just destroy the industry of cab and limos and bussing.” nevadacurrent.com/2025/09/18/t...

Former LV Chamber CEO appointed LV Ward 2 councilwoman • Nevada Current Kara Kelley, the former President and CEO of the Las Vegas Chamber, will serve out the remainder of former Las Vegas City Councilwoman Victoria Seaman’s term, the City Council voted unanimously Wednes...

Kelley may be best remembered for a 2008 Chamber study on public worker salaries that concluded state worker pay and the accompanying benefits diverted money from public services. She was targeted in union ads highlighting her pay of close to $300,000 a year. nevadacurrent.com/briefs/forme...

PUC approves undisclosed amount of NV Energy’s rate hike request  • Nevada Current The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada scrapped “more than a third” of NV Energy’s $224 million rate hike request, approved a daily peak demand charge for residential and small business customers i...

The changes in rate design are an effort to reduce what regulators say is a $50 million annual subsidy paid by full-service ratepayers to offset the lower costs enjoyed by rooftop solar customers. nevadacurrent.com/2025/09/17/p...

Lombardo announces reelection campaign, warns against a Democrat in power  • Nevada Current Gov. Joe Lombardo returned to his alma mater, Rancho High School, to announce what he called “probably the worst kept secret” — his bid for reelection in 2026. “Nevadans didn’t send me to Carson City ...

Lombardo is expected to walk a perilous tightrope – maintaining enough proximity to Trump, who won Nevada last year by 3.1%, to avoid criticism from the president and MAGA, while warding off any disdain from other Republicans and Democrats. nevadacurrent.com/2025/09/16/l...

Doctor running for Congress embraces Trump, despite differences • Nevada Current Dr. Aury Nagy, a Las Vegas neurosurgeon who is running in the Republican primary for Congressional District 3, a seat currently held by Democrat Rep. Susie Lee, says he is guided by science, a notion ...

Dr. Aury Nagy says scientific inquiry reveals the gender “that’s hardwired into your brain can be different than the gender that’s expressed externally. That’s just biology, and I think most people aren’t aware of that.” nevadacurrent.com/2025/09/11/d...

Jones’ decision not to run opens coveted seat on Clark County Commission   • Nevada Current Clark County Commissioner Justin Jones announced Monday he will not seek a third term in office. Jones, who represents District F on the commission, said in a statement he’ll “instead work hard to ele...

Political insiders are suggesting state Assembly Speaker Steve Yeager, a Democrat, is a likely candidate for the commission seat.
“He would be great,” Clark County Commission Chairman Tick Segerblom said of Yeager. 
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