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The highly anticipated 1,600-page document details five alternative proposals that will guide new water management rules to replace the current ones set to expire in August 2026. The proposals primarily focus on the operation of Lake Mead’s Hoover Dam and Lake Powell’s Glen Canyon Dam.
Feds release draft long-term plans for Colorado River management • Nevada Current
Amid stalled state negotiations over how to share the Colorado River’s dwindling water supply, the Bureau of Reclamation on Friday released a range of options that will serve as the foundation for how...
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January 10, 2026 at 1:02 AM
The highly anticipated 1,600-page document details five alternative proposals that will guide new water management rules to replace the current ones set to expire in August 2026. The proposals primarily focus on the operation of Lake Mead’s Hoover Dam and Lake Powell’s Glen Canyon Dam.
According to Kirkpatrick, 800 people have already joined a waiting list to be notified about the Rebecca Place homes.
Prospective buyers, who will be subject to credit requirements, will eventually be entered into a lottery later this year.
Prospective buyers, who will be subject to credit requirements, will eventually be entered into a lottery later this year.
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...
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January 9, 2026 at 3:58 PM
According to Kirkpatrick, 800 people have already joined a waiting list to be notified about the Rebecca Place homes.
Prospective buyers, who will be subject to credit requirements, will eventually be entered into a lottery later this year.
Prospective buyers, who will be subject to credit requirements, will eventually be entered into a lottery later this year.
Homeland Security claimed the driver attempted to run over agents. The agency made similar claims about the Minneapolis shooting, though videos from multiple angles showed the officer fired into Renee Nicole Good’s car after he was clear of the car’s path. Via @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
Federal agents shoot two people in Portland, police say • Nevada Current
Federal agents shot and injured two people in east Portland on Thursday afternoon, according to the Portland Police Bureau.
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January 9, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Homeland Security claimed the driver attempted to run over agents. The agency made similar claims about the Minneapolis shooting, though videos from multiple angles showed the officer fired into Renee Nicole Good’s car after he was clear of the car’s path. Via @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
Nevada’s final plan for federal broadband funding approved
Nevada’s final plan for federal broadband funding approved • Nevada Current
Nevada’s plan to bring broadband to an estimated 28,000 homes, businesses, and institutions that currently lack access to reliable high-speed internet has finally been approved after the state’s first...
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January 9, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Nevada’s final plan for federal broadband funding approved
“The links between domestic violence and animal abuse are well-documented and apparent in this case,” Gina Greisen of Nevada Voters for Animals, one of several activists who notified police of the allegation, said Thursday.
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 ...
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January 9, 2026 at 12:07 AM
“The links between domestic violence and animal abuse are well-documented and apparent in this case,” Gina Greisen of Nevada Voters for Animals, one of several activists who notified police of the allegation, said Thursday.
“People in positions of power have already passed judgment — from the president, to the vice president to Kristi Noem — (and) have stood and told you things that are verifiably false, verifiably inaccurate,” Walz said. Via @minnesotareformer.com
Feds oust Minnesota investigators from ICE shooting probe • Nevada Current
The Trump administration ousted the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension from the investigation into the killing of 37-year-old Renee Good by a federal immigration agent in Minneapolis, the head ...
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January 8, 2026 at 11:31 PM
“People in positions of power have already passed judgment — from the president, to the vice president to Kristi Noem — (and) have stood and told you things that are verifiably false, verifiably inaccurate,” Walz said. Via @minnesotareformer.com
Trump slammed the vote on his social media platform, writing that the Republicans who voted in favor “should never be elected to office again.” The White House said in a statement he would likely veto the resolution if it reaches his desk.
US Senate with GOP support advances war powers resolution rebuking Trump on Venezuela • Nevada Current
WASHINGTON — In a rare rebuke to President Donald Trump, Senate Republicans joined Democrats in advancing a war powers resolution to halt U.S. military action in Venezuela without congressional author...
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January 8, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Trump slammed the vote on his social media platform, writing that the Republicans who voted in favor “should never be elected to office again.” The White House said in a statement he would likely veto the resolution if it reaches his desk.
1 in 5 people who have shopped for and enrolled in a plan using the state’s marketplace have chosen the state's new public option plan. The Battle Born State Plans, available for the first time this year, provide benefits required by the Affordable Care Act, but are designed to cost less.
With health insurance premiums rising, Nevada’s new public option is proving popular • Nevada Current
Nevadans are embracing the state’s new public health insurance option. Nevada Health Authority Director Stacie Weeks told state lawmakers on Tuesday that 1 in 5 people who have actively shopped for an...
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January 8, 2026 at 4:32 PM
1 in 5 people who have shopped for and enrolled in a plan using the state’s marketplace have chosen the state's new public option plan. The Battle Born State Plans, available for the first time this year, provide benefits required by the Affordable Care Act, but are designed to cost less.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem called the victim a “domestic terrorist.”
“Kristi Noem is a stone-cold liar and has zero credibility," said House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
“Kristi Noem is a stone-cold liar and has zero credibility," said House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
Dems demand investigation of fatal Minneapolis ICE shooting as Trump claims self-defense • Nevada Current
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump defended a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis Wednesday, while congressional Democrats universally condemned t...
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January 8, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem called the victim a “domestic terrorist.”
“Kristi Noem is a stone-cold liar and has zero credibility," said House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
“Kristi Noem is a stone-cold liar and has zero credibility," said House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
After Trump's announcement, Lombardo announced "we have been actively developing an interim stakeholder working group" on corporate homeownership policy. State Sen. Dina Neal, who has spearheaded efforts to rein in corporate homeownership, said that's the first she'd heard of the working group.
Lombardo repeatedly blocked efforts to limit corporate homeownership. Now Trump wants to ban it. • Nevada Current
Legislative efforts to rein in corporate investors from purchasing excessive amounts of single family homes across Nevada has been consistently blocked by Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo. Republican Pre...
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January 8, 2026 at 1:28 AM
After Trump's announcement, Lombardo announced "we have been actively developing an interim stakeholder working group" on corporate homeownership policy. State Sen. Dina Neal, who has spearheaded efforts to rein in corporate homeownership, said that's the first she'd heard of the working group.
Nevada will get $180 million in federal funding for rural health care, but that is unlikely to come close to making up for Medicaid cuts passed by Congressional Republicans last year.
NV officials prioritize revised federal rural health funding while eyeing looming Medicaid cuts • Nevada Current
While health authority officials updated state lawmakers on Tuesday on how the state will use $180 million in federal rural hospital funding provided by the One Big Beautiful Bill, they’re also trying...
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January 7, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Nevada will get $180 million in federal funding for rural health care, but that is unlikely to come close to making up for Medicaid cuts passed by Congressional Republicans last year.
ICE officer fatally shoots driver through car window in Minneapolis. Via @minnesotareformer.com
ICE officer fatally shoots driver through car window in Minneapolis • Nevada Current
The driver then slowly backs up and appears to be leaving, when another officer fires three shots.
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January 7, 2026 at 7:40 PM
ICE officer fatally shoots driver through car window in Minneapolis. Via @minnesotareformer.com
A federally-funded pilot program conducted by Clark County found a crisis intervention team is effective in keeping people with substance abuse and mental health issues out of local emergency rooms and is likely a cost savings for University Medical Center, the county’s public hospital.
Clark County Commission ponders funding for mental health intervention team • Nevada Current
A federally-funded pilot program conducted by Clark County found a crisis intervention team is effective in keeping people with substance abuse and mental health issues out of local emergency rooms an...
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January 7, 2026 at 5:01 PM
A federally-funded pilot program conducted by Clark County found a crisis intervention team is effective in keeping people with substance abuse and mental health issues out of local emergency rooms and is likely a cost savings for University Medical Center, the county’s public hospital.
Removing a leader – even a brutal and incompetent one – is not the same as advancing a legitimate political order.
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Can the US ‘run’ Venezuela? Force can topple a dictator, but it can't create political legitimacy • Nevada Current
An image circulated over media the weekend of Jan. 3 and 4 was meant to convey dominance: Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, blindfolded and handcuffed aboard a U.S. naval vessel. Shortly after th...
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January 7, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Removing a leader – even a brutal and incompetent one – is not the same as advancing a legitimate political order.
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White House officials launched a webpage Tuesday that blamed the attack on Pelosi and Democrats, and restated the lie that initiated the attack: The 2020 election that Trump lost was marred by fraud and should not have been certified.
Inside and outside the U.S. Capitol, the fifth anniversary of Jan. 6 reverberates • Nevada Current
WASHINGTON — Five years after a pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol, the struggle to define the event and assign blame carried on in events across the city Tuesday that remained nonviolent, though ...
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January 7, 2026 at 12:26 AM
White House officials launched a webpage Tuesday that blamed the attack on Pelosi and Democrats, and restated the lie that initiated the attack: The 2020 election that Trump lost was marred by fraud and should not have been certified.
Freestanding birth centers are closing as maternity care gaps grow.
Freestanding birth centers are closing as maternity care gaps grow • Nevada Current
Hospitals across the country are closing labor and delivery units, leaving many communities without nearby maternity care. Freestanding birth centers could help fill those gaps. But state regulations,...
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January 6, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Freestanding birth centers are closing as maternity care gaps grow.
The most glaring thing about NV’s fake electors is the degree to which the state, including many of its elected officials of both parties, have sought to ignore them, or if that’s not possible, then to normalize them, effectively succumbing to Trump’s attempt to deny and rewrite history.
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The Nevadans who made January 6 possible • Nevada Current
Nevada State Republican Party Chairman Michael McDonald and the five other 2020 fake presidential electors from Nevada – James DeGraffenreid, Duward James Hindle III, Jesse Law, Shawn Meehan and Eilee...
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January 6, 2026 at 4:51 PM
The most glaring thing about NV’s fake electors is the degree to which the state, including many of its elected officials of both parties, have sought to ignore them, or if that’s not possible, then to normalize them, effectively succumbing to Trump’s attempt to deny and rewrite history.
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Trump's strikes on Venezuela are "clearly based largely on the desire to take over Venezuela’s oil," said Nevada Democratic Rep. Dina Titus.
Amodei silent as NV congressional colleagues condemn Trump-ordered regime change • Nevada Current
Nevada’s sole Republican congressman, Rep. Mark Amodei, had as of Monday evening yet to comment on the military capture of former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro or President Donald Trump’s assert...
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January 6, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Trump's strikes on Venezuela are "clearly based largely on the desire to take over Venezuela’s oil," said Nevada Democratic Rep. Dina Titus.
Kelly said Hegseth’s goal with the process is to “send the message to every single retired servicemember that if they say something he or Donald Trump doesn’t like, they will come after them the same way. It’s outrageous and it is wrong. There is nothing more un-American than that.”
Pentagon will try to penalize Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly for illegal orders video • Nevada Current
WASHINGTON — The Defense Department will attempt to downgrade Arizona Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly’s retirement rank and pay, seeking to punish him for making a video along with other Democrats in Congr...
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January 5, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Kelly said Hegseth’s goal with the process is to “send the message to every single retired servicemember that if they say something he or Donald Trump doesn’t like, they will come after them the same way. It’s outrageous and it is wrong. There is nothing more un-American than that.”
Tribes want to make it clear that any future agreements on how to manage the Colorado River’s water must include their input and an acknowledgment that they intend to develop their water rights.
Tribes stake their claim on the Colorado River, and help conserve it • Nevada Current
Tribes across the West have worked with states to protect the Colorado River and conserve enough water to raise elevations in the river’s two largest reservoirs, Lakes Powell and Mead, a move that has...
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January 5, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Tribes want to make it clear that any future agreements on how to manage the Colorado River’s water must include their input and an acknowledgment that they intend to develop their water rights.
Silver doesn’t get near the attention gold does, not even in the Silver State. But in addition to being a precious metal for investors to turn to in volatile times, silver has the highest electrical conductivity of any metal, and is in high industrial demand.
The price of gold skyrocketed in 2025. Silver outperformed it, and it wasn’t close. • Nevada Current
Gold had a stupendous 2025, the price of an ounce reaching $3,000 for the first time in March, and then topping $4,000 in October. It closed 2025 at more than $4,300 an ounce, 66% higher than the pric...
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January 2, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Silver doesn’t get near the attention gold does, not even in the Silver State. But in addition to being a precious metal for investors to turn to in volatile times, silver has the highest electrical conductivity of any metal, and is in high industrial demand.
As we do near the end of every year, each writer on the staff took a little time to highlight some of their work from the year and say whatever they wanted to say about it.
The Nevada Current staff reflects on a year (to borrow a phrase) like nobody's seen before • Nevada Current
Note: As we do near the end of every year, each writer on the staff took a little time to highlight some of their work from the year and say whatever they wanted to say about it. A year ago, in our lo...
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December 31, 2025 at 3:57 PM
As we do near the end of every year, each writer on the staff took a little time to highlight some of their work from the year and say whatever they wanted to say about it.
The program has been estimated to offset about a third of the Big Beautiful Bill’s projected $137 billion cuts to federal Medicaid spending in rural areas over the next decade. NV's allocation of the 1st year of program funding, $179.9 million, ranked 42nd of the fifty states.
Nevada in bottom 10 of One Big Beautiful Bill's rural hospital funding allocations • Nevada Current
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s administration unveiled Monday hundreds of millions of dollars each state will receive this fiscal year as part of a $50 billion rural health fund baked into Repu...
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December 30, 2025 at 11:49 PM
The program has been estimated to offset about a third of the Big Beautiful Bill’s projected $137 billion cuts to federal Medicaid spending in rural areas over the next decade. NV's allocation of the 1st year of program funding, $179.9 million, ranked 42nd of the fifty states.
Since Inauguration Day, more than 1.5 million immigrants have either lost or will lose their temporary legal status, including their work authorizations and deportation protections, due to President Donald Trump’s aggressive revocation of legal immigration.
Trump canceled temporary legal status for more than 1.5 million immigrants in 2025 • Nevada Current
WASHINGTON — Since Inauguration Day, more than 1.5 million immigrants have either lost or will lose their temporary legal status, including their work authorizations and deportation protections, due t...
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December 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Since Inauguration Day, more than 1.5 million immigrants have either lost or will lose their temporary legal status, including their work authorizations and deportation protections, due to President Donald Trump’s aggressive revocation of legal immigration.
A ghost kitchen crackdown stems from one of the dozens of bills going into effect Thursday.
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...
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December 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
A ghost kitchen crackdown stems from one of the dozens of bills going into effect Thursday.