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Trump keeps promises to Nevada voters. Except the economic ones. • Nevada Current “When he was campaigning Trump told you he was going to raise tariffs, so he’s doing what he campaigned on,” is a thing people say. Fair enough. When he was campaigning, Trump also promised “Starting ...

“When I take office your 401 (k) or IRA will start losing money very quickly, almost like nobody’s ever seen before” was not among Trump’s campaign promises. But he delivered on it anyway.
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a man in a suit and tie is standing with his hands in his pockets . ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing with his hands in his pockets .

I don't want to say the Schumer optics are bad but Gavin Newsom just invited him on his podcast.

If Trump really wanted a good economy, he would have left it alone • Nevada Current This is the second time Trump has inherited a strong economy. He could have done nothing, except one thing that he's actually quite good at: falsely taking credit.

Trump built his career bullying people, suing people, and conning people. Nothing in his history suggests he has the desire, let alone the skillset, to fix what he’s broken. (And no, Nevada, holy sacred No Tax On Tips amen will not save you.)

More than a dozen NPS workers fired from Lake Mead as part of mass federal workforce purge • Nevada Current More than a dozen federal workers at Lake Mead National Recreation Area were among those fired last week as part of the Trump administration’s move to terminate all recent hires across federal agencie...

"In all likelihood, the $3,000 of kits will get stuck in a closet while they expire...Who knows what will happen to that money? It just feels so wasteful."

HOA bills range from displaying religious items to charging EVs   • Nevada Current Nevada has 3,711 HOAs which represent the owners of 623,917 housing units – half of the state’s 1.3 million homes, according to the state. Wielding powers generally reserved for government tribunals, ...

Most of these look more homeowner-friendly than homeowner-hostile. For a change.

Lawmakers propose tougher traffic laws, critics prefer smarter infrastructure • Nevada Current Laws already exist to punish reckless driving, and legislative efforts being considered this session won’t address the underlying conditions that make roads hazardous, argue critics of the proposals

The redundant piling of laws upon laws aside, ginning up public support for laws by naming them after victims has had its moments, but now it's unnerving, or worse.

Largest public subsidy in state history makes legislative debut • Nevada Current Critics of corporate tax breaks contend they pit states against one another in “a race to the bottom.”

Looks like a couple industries saying to each other "hey what do you wanna bet if we make a powerpoint we can get the state to give us a bunch of money?" And there's ample precedent for industries to believe it'll work.

Lombardo joins chorus urging congressional Republicans to rethink Medicaid cuts • Nevada Current Lombardo wrote that an “abrupt reduction in federal funding would not only disrupt care for those who rely on Medicaid, but would also destabilize public and private healthcare providers, leading to w...

Democrats make Lombardo say "Medicaid."

Medicaid cuts would be painful in all states, but Nevada would get hurt more than most • Nevada Current Only two states and the District of Columbia would see a larger portion of Medicaid enrollees lose coverage

You know how when big bad national things happen they always seem to hit Nevada harder than other states?

Republicans cutting Medicaid would be like that.

NV deprived of $38M in EV charging funds following Trump program suspension • Nevada Current The Trump administration halted a federal program that promised Nevada $38 million to build faster, more efficient electric vehicle chargers along the state's highways.

States that tend to give short shrift to government programs and services to begin with are also the ones that can be most vulnerable to the Trump administration's willy-nilly edicts, decrees, and royal pronouncements. @jensolis.bsky.social reports a case in point...

Licensing scheme contributing to shortage of psychologists in Nevada, say critics  • Nevada Current Nevada, perpetually ranked one of the worst states in the nation for mental health services, is the only state that requires applicants for licensure as a psychologist to pass a test that is deemed by...

Perpetually ranked one of the nation's worst states for mental health services, NV is the only one where applicants for licensure as a psychologist must pass a test deemed by critics to be racially biased, and that was scrapped by the organization that developed it, @danagentrylv.bsky.social reports

Lawmaker hopes to extend paid family leave law to Nevada’s private sector • Nevada Current Only a fraction of Nevadans work for an employer that is required to offer paid family and medical leave, but one state lawmaker is hoping that might change this year.

Paid leave in NV? There's a bill for that, @aprilcore.bsky.social reports:

Legislation would allow third party control of properties if landlords refuse to meet safety codes • Nevada Current Clark county officials told state lawmakers Wednesday of numerous occasions of landlords refusing to fix substandard and dangerous living conditions throughout apartment complexes that put the health ...

“These are situations where seniors are crawling up the stairs or are trapped in their unit because an elevator has been inoperable for months,” said Assemblymember Venicia Considine, the bill's sponsor. @mjlyle.bsky.social reports:

Nevada congressional Democrats should stop sanewashing Musk & Trump • Nevada Current The only reason Nevada’s Democrats should be reaching across the aisle right now is to grab any Republican who they think can be reasoned with and see if they can shake some damned sense - or guts -  ...

"...one thing that assuredly will not save us is congressional Democrats — still shell-shocked, evidently — 'working across the aisle' and vying for a seat 'at the table.'"

Good sports: How betting is getting bigger than the game • Nevada Current When fans, both casual and committed, place their bets on Super Bowl LIX, many will be focused on proposition bets, such as the distance of Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes’ first touchdown pas...

ICYMI this week from @danagentrylv.bsky.social

Burgum's order puts Nevada's national monuments at risk • Nevada Current Newly confirmed Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has directed federal officials to review and possibly revise all national monuments and mineral leasing withdrawals in the U.S., a move critics say could...

ICYMI this week from @jensolis.bsky.social

Joe Lombardo’s predicament • Nevada Current Governor Joe Lombardo has a problem, one that runs deeper than just tussling with a Nevada Legislature controlled by Democrats. It’s that his political situation is all wrong for the current moment. I...

ICYMI this week, guest column from @bradleyschrager.bsky.social

Trans people in Nevada and Trump-fueled antagonism square off • Nevada Current For the last seven months, Frankie Perez has been collecting paperwork, scheduling appointments and taking every needed step to return to the Air National Guard.  Perez, 38, had previously served four...

ICYMI this week from @mjlyle.bsky.social

Lawmakers: Trump policies could tank Nevada revenue, create state budget crisis • Nevada Current The Nevada state budgeting process began with a $335 million oopsie, and while it may have been resolved, a potentially much larger fiscal crisis looms: the Trump administration.

ICYMI this week from @aprilcore.bsky.social

Let them eat memes • Nevada Current What do Donald Trump and Joe Lombardo have in common? If you said they both gave speeches within one week of each other in which neither of them mentioned the price of eggs, you’re right. But while bo...

My column
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Cortez Masto splits votes on Trump’s energy and natural resources nominees • Nevada Current The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted Thursday to advance President Donald Trump’s nominees to lead the Interior and Energy Departments — but only one received a blessing from Nevada...

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Immigration groups urge NV congressional delegation to toughen up against Trump agenda • Nevada Current When President Donald Trump first took office eight years ago on a campaign built around anti-immigrant rhetoric, many local organizers thought they could at least count on the state’s Democratic cong...

By @mjlyle.bsky.social
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Democrats 'at a loss' to understand how Lombardo sent them a budget with a $335M deficit • Nevada Current Gov. Joe Lombardo may have struck a conciliatory tone toward legislative Democrats in his state of the state speech last week, but errors made by his office are bringing early acrimony to the state bu...

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Lombardo silent on Trump’s clemency of January 6 violent offenders • Nevada Current President Donald Trump’s indiscriminate release of some 1,600 January 6 insurrection defendants, including those convicted of violent crimes against police, is meeting with mixed reviews from law enfo...

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Workers claim home care agencies engaging in ‘toxic and immoral anti-union campaign’ • Nevada Current Two Las Vegas home care agencies hired an anti-labor consultant to pressure workers and thwart ongoing attempts to unionize, according to local organizers. SEIU Local 1107 in late November alleged tha...

Also by @aprilcore.bsky.social
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Details be damned: Lombardo pledges full commitment to Trump immigration plans • Nevada Current A mere 48 hours after saying it was “too soon to opine” on the prospect of using the Nevada National Guard to aid the incoming Trump administration in mass deporting immigrants, Gov. Joe Lombardo sign...

By @aprilcore.bsky.social
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Workers claim home care agencies engaging in ‘toxic and immoral anti-union campaign’ • Nevada Current Two Las Vegas home care agencies hired an anti-labor consultant to pressure workers and thwart ongoing attempts to unionize, according to local organizers. SEIU Local 1107 in late November alleged tha...

Also by @aprilcore.bsky.social
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Governor on prospect of using NV National Guard for mass deportation: 'Devil's in the details' • Nevada Current When asked whether he would consider authorizing the Nevada National Guard to aid President-elect Donald Trump in mass deporting millions of undocumented immigrants, Gov. Joe Lombardo said “the devil’...

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