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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...

“I’m interested to see what comes out and what’s produced to the court,” the judge said. “I have to say, based upon what I’ve reviewed so far, I’m leaning towards a penalty, but I want to see all the records produced.”

story by @danagentrylv.bsky.social / @nevadacurrent.com

Amodei joins ranks of Republican House members who won't seek reelection • Nevada Current Nevada’s lone Congressional Republican, U.S. Rep. Mark Amodei, announced he is retiring from Congress at the end of his term.  Amodei has represented the reliably Republican-leaning Congressional Dist...

Can't wait to see who jumps into this race now.

Southern Nevada activists organize ICE response network • Nevada Current The Trump administration’s violent immigration raids in Minneapolis have stirred locals in Southern Nevada to organize their own resistance networks to protect their communities from federal immigrati...

Interest in LV Defensa, a grassroots rapid response network in Nevada, surged in membership by hundreds after federal agents killed two American citizens Minneapolis last month.

"People aren’t afraid to say that ‘this is wrong’ and that ‘I need to fight back,'" an organizer told @nevadacurrent.com

February 6, 2026 Today, Rep. Mark Amodei released the following statement: "Serving the people of Nevada has been the honor of my lifetime. Nobody is prouder of our Nevada Congressional District than me. Thank you for the honor. Every achievement worth doing began with listening to Nevadans and fighting for our values. I came to Congress to solve problems and to make sure our State and Nation have strong voice in the federal policy and oversight processes. I look forward to finishing my term. After 15 years of service, I believe it is the right time for Nevada and myself to pass the torch."

U.S. Rep. Mark Amodei is retiring #Nevada

'Just...the cost of doing business': Lawmaker blasts scofflaw vibes drifting up from Musk's tunnels • Nevada Current Alleged safety violations at an underground tunnel project in the heart of Las Vegas, and a controversial meeting facilitated by the governor’s office about them, came into sharper focus Tuesday as st...

“It’s clear that many things have gone wrong” in Las Vegas, Democratic Assemblymember Howard Watts said. “I’m concerned that breaking the law and breaking the rules has essentially just become the cost of doing business for companies in Musk’s orbit.”

#BoringCompany #VegasLoop #MuskyTunnels #Nevada

Trump administration wants to delete language acknowledging tribe from Death Valley visitor center • Nevada Current The Timbisha Shoshone exhibit at the Furnace Creek Visitor Center  in Death Valley is currently under review after the Trump administration advised National Park Service officials to remove certain la...

The Timbisha Shoshone exhibit at the Furnace Creek Visitor Center in Death Valley is currently under review after the Trump administration advised National Park Service officials to remove certain language from a display.

reporting by @jensolis.bsky.social, @nevadacurrent.com

State workers’ comp attorneys undefeated but underutilized • Nevada Current Last year, the Nevada Attorney for Injured Workers (NAIW) agency, which has nine attorneys in Las Vegas, four attorneys in Carson City, and 20 secretaries and legal researchers, took on around 650 cas...

The @nevadacurrent.com has an intern from UNLV this semester, and he's already producing some great stuff! 😀

NV's first publicly financed rail transit could be to transport Tesla workers • Nevada Current Northern Nevada transportation officials are looking into the feasibility of using existing rail lines along Interstate-80 to support commuter rail service from Downtown Reno to the Tahoe-Reno Industr...

Northern Nevada transportation officials are looking into the feasibility of using existing rail lines along Interstate-80 to support commuter rail service from Downtown Reno to the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center.

story by @mjlyle.bsky.social

No, reelecting Lombardo won’t protect Nevada from Trump • Nevada Current There’s a theory — perhaps you’ve heard it — that says Donald Trump hasn’t launched chaos-creating over-the-top militarized deportation tactics in Nevada, as he has in Minnesota, for a couple reasons:...

"The idea that Lombardo or any other Republican can or will save Nevada or any other state from Trump assumes Trump can be trusted or relied upon."

column by @jhughjackson.bsky.social / @nevadacurrent.com

‘Not at the same level...yet’: ICE actions near schools in MN put Nevadans on alert • Nevada Current A 5-year-old boy, wearing a Spiderman backpack and a bright blue winter hat, detained by immigration enforcement agents after returning home with his dad after preschool. A chaotic scene outside a hig...

“The federal government has essentially shown it has no limitations. How can we prepare? Nevada could be a targeted location.”

State lawmaker questions whether LVCVA should be all-in with Vegas Loop, Boring Co. • Nevada Current If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging. That is the attitude some state lawmakers have about the Vegas Loop, Elon Musk’s Boring Company project, a 4-mile underground tunnel system beneath the La...

Nevada State Sen. Fabian Doñate is questioning the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority's persistent and enthusiastic support for Elon Musk's Boring Co. #VegasLoop

Ford highlights court battles against ‘illegal, unconstitutional, entirely immoral’ Trump actions • Nevada Current The State of Nevada is now up to 40 lawsuits against the Trump administration, according to Attorney General Aaron Ford. Ford, a Democrat, held a press conference Tuesday to highlight his office’s leg...

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford, a Democrat, held a press conference Tuesday to highlight his office’s legal efforts against the Trump administration, whose actions he called “not only illegal and unconstitutional but entirely immoral.”

In the car with the Minneapolis community patrols working to disrupt ICE operations • Minnesota Reformer As Elle Neubauer drove before dawn past the darkened windows of the immigrant-owned businesses on Lake Street in Minneapolis, her co-pilot and friend Patty O’Keefe scanned the passing vehicles with bi...

The @minnesotareformer.com continuing their important coverage of ICE: "There are now at least four times more immigration agents in the state than there are Minneapolis police officers."

Clark County land trust program aims to provide housing families can afford • Nevada Current The prospect of purchasing a brand new 2,000-square-foot single-family home in the northwest part of the Las Vegas Valley for around $300,000 would be scoffed at by local realtors. But the opportunity...

The prospect of purchasing a brand new 2,000-square-foot single-family home in the northwest part of the Las Vegas Valley for around $300,000 would be scoffed at by local realtors.

But the opportunity to do just that is coming later this year, thanks to a new program spearheaded by Clark County.

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Green Valley HS Receives “Suffs The Musical” Grant The Green Valley High School Performing Arts Department is excited to announce that they are one of ten schools in the country to be awarded production grants to perform “Suffs The Musical!”  “Suffs T...

Cool news from CCSD: Green Valley HS is going to do Suffs!

New year brings new laws for food delivery apps, AI disclosure and more • Nevada Current Food delivery apps will no longer be able to list restaurants on their platforms without first verifying those restaurants have business licenses and health permits, thanks to a new law that goes into...

Happy new year to everyone except ghost kitchens and unlicensed bounce houses! #nvleg

The Biggest Las Vegas New Stories of 2025 - City Cast Las Vegas Unless something wild happens before the end of 2025, these are the top 10 news headlines of the year in Las Vegas.

What was the biggest Las Vegas news story of 2025? I went on City Cast Las Vegas to discuss. 📡

Detroit Police officials overseeing gunshot sensors don’t know their locations — and say that’s fine • Michigan Advance When gunfire rips through some Detroit neighborhoods, ShotSpotter hears it first — but where exactly that signal comes from is a secret kept even from police. Critics of Detroit’s gunshot detection…

This story out of Michigan. Oy.

Enrollment climbs in charter schools, drops in Clark and Washoe school districts • Nevada Current All but three public school districts across the state saw student enrollment drop this year, according to the data compiled by the Nevada Department of Education. Statewide enrollment in K-12 public…

I write this story every year: Charter school population continues, school district enrollment dips #nevada

KPop Demon Hunters Is TIME's Breakthrough of the Year What started as a passion project became a global phenomenon.

“Zoey is very high energy and excitable. Those are the very traits I was told to suppress growing up. The stereotypes associated with Asian women are that we are submissive, docile. All my life I’ve been told, ‘You’re too much.’ That too-muchness gave me a platinum record.”

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Forecasters set deliberately cautious estimates, state revenues are meeting them • Nevada Current Amid economic uncertainty, the panel charged with estimating Nevada state government revenues kept projections modest earlier this year. It appears their caution was warranted. On paper, Nevada’s reve...

Checking in on the economy and Nevada revenue.

"The forecast right now is holding."

Every EF meeting I end up down a baccarat rabbit hole. Next time I should just read that book. (Baccarat wasn't in the Daniel Craig movie version tho, right? I remember that just having poker in it.)

Another Economic Forum meeting means another day in which I wonder: Why does baccarat exist?

Is the Grand Canyon Pricing Out Tourists? Plus, Affordable Healthcare Takes a Hit, and Bingo’s Back - City Cast Las Vegas National parks across the country, including the Grand Canyon and Death Valley, right in Las Vegas's backyard, will soon be charging international...

Went on Las Vegas City Cast to talk national parks, health care, and BINGO! Listen at the link below or wherever you go for podcasts. 🎙️

Las Vegas is so lucky to have the Lou Ruvo Center, designed by Gehry. Such a beautiful building.

Love it. I broke my Amazon habit a few years ago. It takes a minute to adjust but it's great once it sticks.

Economic Forum panelists point out that in Clark County international net migration is higher than domestic.

If this journalism thing doesn't work out, I'm counting on that to be true! 🥶

Interesting look at unemployment in Nevada by education level.

A quick look at longer-term employment trends in Nevada.