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Lombardo announces arrest in alleged benefit fraud case • Nevada Current A caseworker with the Nevada Division of Social Services is being credited with flagging suspicious applications for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits that led to an arrest Fri...

Gov. Joe Lombardo's office did not respond when asked whether the caseworker’s discovery indicates the system to prevent fraud is working in Nevada. nevadacurrent.com/briefs/lomba...

NV Energy asks PUC to delay peak demand charge start date • Nevada Current NV Energy wants permission from the Public Utilities Commission to push back implementation of its controversial peak demand charge until Oct. 1. The legality of the demand charge is being challenged ...

“It’s interestingly timed with the election and the fact that the charge probably won’t be as apparent in November when bills come out, depending on how warm it is in LV in October,” former Nevada Consumer Advocate and federal energy regulator Jon Wellinghoff said. nevadacurrent.com/briefs/nv-en...

Politics of power: NV Energy’s demand charge could sway race for governor, says expert  • Nevada Current Community and energy industry advocates are calling on Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo to halt NV Energy’s controversial peak demand charge that is expected to increase some bills by $20 a month and is s...

Gov. Joe Lombardo, faced with an electorate struggling to pay its power bills, likely has few options, says
Jon Wellinghoff.
“He is just going to stew in the fact that his Public Utilities Commission made this decision.” nevadacurrent.com/2026/03/11/p...

County commissioner, hunting guide plead guilty to reduced charges in bear killing  • Nevada Current Pershing County Commission Chairman Joe Crim has been ordered to pay a $5,000 fine and is barred from hunting for a year after entering a guilty plea to a misdemeanor stemming from a bear killing.  Cr...

The killing came to light when a routine report filed by hunters with the state revealed a hunter slaughtered an eight-year-old male bear weighing 575 pounds on Nov. 10, 2023 near Ophir Creek. The area was not approved for bear hunting. nevadacurrent.com/briefs/count...

Lombardo files for reelection, touts open lines of communication with White House  • Nevada Current Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo, noting the achievements of his first term and promising more to come, filed Thursday in Las Vegas for a second term.  “When I first took office, I made a promise that we ...

“We got the work done in three and a half years. We’ve seen meaningful progress, but too many people are still struggling," Gov. Joe Lombardo said Thursday after filing for reelection. nevadacurrent.com/2026/03/05/l...

No sacred cows in Hill’s Nevada  • Nevada Current Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Alexis Hill says she’s willing to go where few politicians will venture – a place where time-honored, but perhaps antiquated laws prevail in a culture that rewards the...

Candidate for gov Alexis Hill says she’s willing to go where few politicians will venture – where time-honored, but perhaps antiquated laws prevail in a culture that rewards the rich, as families endure a daily struggle to get by. nevadacurrent.com/2026/03/05/n... nevadacurrent.com/2026/03/05/n...

Lombardo praises projects made possible by Biden’s 'disastrous policies'  • Nevada Current From blanketing the state with high-speed internet to widening a critical Northern Nevada interstate, Nevada Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo has hailed programs enabled by former President Joe Biden’s sp...

From blanketing the state with high-speed internet to widening a critical Northern Nevada interstate, Nevada Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo has hailed programs enabled by former President Joe Biden’s spending initiatives, which the governor previously panned. nevadacurrent.com/2026/03/04/l...

Congressional candidates in NV adhere to party lines over Trump’s war with Iran • Nevada Current Republican candidates seeking to represent Nevadans in Washington D.C. are praising President Donald Trump’s military attacks on Iran, even as they avoid responding to questions about the president’s ...

Rep. Dina Titus “will not consider voting for an Authorization for Use of Military Force unless the Administration makes a compelling case to Congress to justify a prolonged military conflict with Iran," a spokesman said Tuesday. nevadacurrent.com/2026/03/03/c...

HOA task force punts on effort to alter dispute resolution process  • Nevada Current State regulators are considering tweaking the default option for homeowners who have a dispute with their community association. A proposal before the Nevada Real Estate Division’s Common-Interest Com...

Attorney fees in HOA disputes often exceed $10,000, says a 2011 legislative exhibit, including one case in which lawyers charged an association $20,000. Those costs are passed through to homeowners.  nevadacurrent.com/2026/02/27/h...

NV Energy shareholders to shell out $63 million to overcharged customers  • Nevada Current The Public Utilities Commission agreed Tuesday to accept NV Energy’s offer to pay more than $63 million to customers who were overcharged by the utility since 2002.  The agreement comes after NV Energ...

“It’s unacceptable that it took NV Energy so long to do the right thing,” Chispa Nevada Program Director Audrey Peral said in a news release following Tuesday’s meeting. “If it weren’t for NV Energy customers... the public would never know about this.”  nevadacurrent.com/briefs/nv-en...

Protracted legal fight expected in Nevada v. Kalshi • Nevada Current The Nevada Gaming Control Board’s legal effort to preserve the state’s golden goose – a flourishing gambling industry devoid of federal intervention – is expected to be a multi-year endeavor that coul...

“Trade on anything,” is the platform’s slogan. But prediction markets alone don’t make money, says the lawsuit filed by the Nevada Gaming Control Board last week. Sports bets, the suit alleges, make up 90% of Kalshi’s revenue. nevadacurrent.com/2026/02/24/p...

DMV, AG’s office gave inaccurate info in lawsuit about communications with ICE  • Nevada Current The Nevada Dept. of Motor Vehicles provided inaccurate information in a legal proceeding  about DMV chats with federal immigration officials via Signal, an encrypted messaging platform, according to a...

The Nevada Dept. of Motor Vehicles provided inaccurate information in a legal proceeding about DMV chats with federal immigration officials via Signal, an encrypted messaging platform, according to a document obtained by the Current. nevadacurrent.com/briefs/dmv-a...

Lombardo silent on Trump’s pledge to restore Biden-era solar subsidies to Nevada • Nevada Current President Donald Trump’s agreement with Gov. Joe Lombardo to restore subsidies to develop solar farms in Nevada, revealed during a December podcast, is among the best-kept secrets in an industry devas...

“I walked him through it, and he goes, ‘Okay, sounds good. I’m glad you brought it up. I’ll call Burgum and tell him it’s allowable in Nevada.’” Lombardo recalled of a November meeting with Trump on policy that stalled NV solar projects. Asked this week for an update, Lombardo didn't respond.

Trump appoints Kelesis as U.S. attorney as Chattah fights disqualification before Ninth Circuit • Nevada Current A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is deciding whether to uphold U.S. District Judge David Campbell’s disqualification of Acting U.S. Attorney Sigal Chattah’s participation in p...

“Isn’t the whole point (of the law) to prevent backfilling of vacancies by putting in somebody as the first assistant after the vacancy arises?” Judge Eric Miller, a Trump appointee, asked. nevadacurrent.com/2026/02/12/t...

Trump agrees not to withhold school funding over DEI • Nevada Current Attorneys General from 19 states, including Nevada, have secured an agreement with the Trump administration to abandon its effort to yank federal funding from K-12 schools that refuse to scrap diversi...

The funding that was at risk provides support to students from low-income families, English language learners, special education students, children in foster care, and those who lack housing. nevadacurrent.com/briefs/trump...

Judge gives DMV five days to produce communications with ICE, Homeland Security  • Nevada Current Carson City District Judge Kristin Luis says she’s leaning toward imposing civil penalties against the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles for failing to comply with the law in its responses to reques...

“The DMV does not deny that Signal chats existed with DMV employees,” ACLU of Nevada attorney Sadmira Ramic said during a hearing in Carson City Friday. “They don’t even deny that they may have discussed DMV business on there.” nevadacurrent.com/2026/02/06/j...

Judge refuses NV Energy request to consolidate legal challenges to billing changes • Nevada Current A legal effort to derail NV Energy’s attempt to change the way it calculates customers’ bills will be heard in Clark County District Court, Judge Mary Kay Holthus ruled Tuesday. Holthus rejected a mot...

Attorneys for the Nevada PUC and NV Energy
argued Tuesday that consolidating the Bureau of Consumer Protection’s case with one filed by Vote Solar
would prevent conflicting rulings and conserve court resources. nevadacurrent.com/briefs/judge...

Hounded to death: Bear advocates seek regulation of hunting tactic, respect from regulators  • Nevada Current Nevada’s black bear hunt amounts to an unsportsmanlike escapade, say wildlife advocates, who contend the state-sanctioned practice of hounding reduces the sport to shooting fish in a barrel. With a re...

In the last three years, 95% (42 of 44) bears killed by hunters in Nevada were hounded – chased by hunting dogs until they climbed trees out of fear and exhaustion, or ended up on a cliff with nowhere to run. nevadacurrent.com/2026/01/30/h...

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Lombardo breaks silence on Minneapolis shooting • Nevada Current Gov. Joe Lombardo, who has been criticized for his silence on the killing of two Minnesota residents at the hands of federal law enforcement agents this month, says he’s reserving judgment on the shoo...

Gov. Joe Lombardo said protecting the right to peaceably assembly is “a top priority for officials at every level," but under Lombardo’s watch, LVMPD was widely criticized for its tactics during Black Lives Matter protests, including killing a protestor. nevadacurrent.com/briefs/lomba...

Fed violence in MN prompts reactions from NV AG, governor candidates, except for Lombardo • Nevada Current The fatal shooting of a Minnesota man at the hands of U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents could splinter one of President Donald Trump’s most loyal special interests groups – the gun lobby, and may ...

Gov. Joe Lombardo, who has hitched his reelection wagon to Trump and his efforts to rid the U.S. of undocumented immigrants, did not respond to questions about the shootings. nevadacurrent.com/2026/01/27/f...

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...

Amy Novak, who owns a Las Vegas school attended by autistic children, attributes the newly-imposed limitations on benefits to “corporate greed” and worries other providers will join UnitedHealth Care.
nevadacurrent.com/2026/01/23/u...

NV Energy does an about face, offers to make overcharged customers whole  • Nevada Current NV Energy, which balked just weeks ago at fully reimbursing overcharged customers, is reversing course and proposing to pay $63 million to more than 100,000 residential customers it’s overcharged sinc...

NV Energy owed customers a total of $65.4 million, but initially offered to reimburse a portion of affected customers just $2.5 million, claiming regulations limited their obligation to repay customers for just six months of overcharges. nevadacurrent.com/briefs/nv-en...

Investors own a quarter of Nevada’s houses, but are ‘misunderstood’ says report • Nevada Current A new report says investors own 24.84% of Nevada’s single-family homes, equating to about 303,000 properties. That’s 6% higher than the national average and the seventh highest share in the nation beh...

Efforts abound at the local and federal levels to limit large investor purchases of single-family homes. The report says such policies miss the mark. nevadacurrent.com/2026/01/19/i... nevadacurrent.com/2026/01/19/i...

Congressional Dems warn Trump rule for screening foreign tourists is another hit to NV's economy  • Nevada Current Democratic members of Nevada’s congressional delegation are calling on U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to revamp her proposed rules for allowing foreigners to enter the U.S.  In a letter ...

The NV officials are asking Kristi Noem to rescind and revise the proposed rules with input from local leaders in order to strike the “appropriate balance between safeguarding national security and preserving the economic vitality of states like Nevada.” nevadacurrent.com/briefs/congr...

Gambler who alleges he was drugged at MGM Grand seeks more answers from workers • Nevada Current A high roller who alleges he was drugged while gambling at MGM Grand in 2021 will be permitted to question five hotel employees who may have potential knowledge of evidence, even though the period for...

LVMPD has withheld
MGM Grand casino video which purportedly shows no wrongdoing, claiming it is evidence in the case, which is closed. A video that lacks images of a criminal act is generally not considered evidence, according to legal experts. nevadacurrent.com/2026/01/15/g...

NV Energy balks at call to fully repay overcharged customers  • Nevada Current NV Energy, which has overcharged customers at both ends of the state by as much as $65 million since 2002, says it regrets the errors, but doesn’t intend on making customers whole, according to the co...

NV Energy, which has overcharged customers by as much as $65 million since 2002, says it regrets the errors, but doesn’t intend on making customers whole, according to the company’s filing last week with the Nevada Public Utilities Commission. nevadacurrent.com/2026/01/13/n...

NV Energy balks at call to fully repay overcharged customers  • Nevada Current NV Energy, which has overcharged customers at both ends of the state by as much as $65 million since 2002, says it regrets the errors, but doesn’t intend on making customers whole, according to the co...

NVEnergy, which has overcharged customers by as much as $65 million since 2002, says it regrets the errors, but doesn’t intend on making customers whole, according to the company’s filing last week with the Nevada Public Utilities Commission. nevadacurrent.com/2026/01/13/n...

Homes in the U.S. are less affordable than in the past, says housing analyst • Nevada Current Residential properties in 99% of U.S. counties analyzed in a new report were less affordable in the last three quarters of 2025 than historical averages, going back to the pre-Great Recession days of ...

Clark County was the 223rd most affordable county of the 594 analyzed in the report, while Washoe County was 220th. nevadacurrent.com/2026/01/12/h...

Reba’s Law to be tested by prosecution of man who threw girlfriend’s kitten at a wall  • Nevada Current A Henderson man who threw his girlfriend’s three month-old kitten against a wall and then into a parking lot and sent the video to her in an alleged attempt to intimidate her, must stay away from his ...

“The links between domestic violence and animal abuse are well-documented and apparent in this case,” Gina Greisen of NV Voters for Animals said Thursday. “We’re having a rash of animal cruelty cases, and we're among the worst in the nation for domestic violence.” nevadacurrent.com/2026/01/08/r...