Category: Politics
-
Conservation group set to sue Trump administration over fast-tracked geothermal project
This article was originally published at nevadacurrent.com Dixie Meadows. (Photo courtesy Patrick Donnelly, Center for Biological Diversity) Federal land managers are seeking to fast-track a geothermal project that would be built adjacent to the sole habitat of an endangered toad, a move conservation groups said they intend to challenge in court. The “Dixie Meadows Geothermal…
-
GOP members of US Senate protest Trump freeze of $6.8B in school funding
This article was originally published at nevadacurrent.com Republicans in the U.S. Senate are calling on the Trump administration to release billions in frozen school funding. (Photo by Getty Images) WASHINGTON — Republican members of the U.S. Senate called on Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought in a letter Wednesday to release the $6.8 billion in…
-
Trump’s DOJ wants states to turn over voter lists, election info
This article was originally published at nevadacurrent.com Election workers secure ballot drop boxes at the Clark County Election Department the evening of Nov. 5, 2024. Nevada is among at least nine states that have received requests from the U.S. Department of Justice for voter information, raising concerns among election officials about how the Trump administration…
-
Abrego Garcia was beaten and tortured in Salvadoran prison according to court filings
This article was originally published at nevadacurrent.com Prison officers stand guard at a cell block at the Salvadoran mega-prison Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo, or CECOT, on April 4, 2025. (Photo by Alex Peña/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongly deported in March to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador, endured “severe…
-
Lombardo’s pledge to fix Nevada’s economy belied by policies, say critics
Gov. Joe Lombardo made righting Nevada’s economy a focus of his gubernatorial campaign. Now, as he begins his quest for re-election in 2026, critics contend he has failed to fulfill two central promises – to make housing more affordable and to lower the unemployment rate.
Clark County housing market analysis, impact of Lombardo’s housing act, Joe Lombardo re-election 2026, Lombardo housing pledges, Nevada affordable housing policy, Nevada economic development bill, Nevada housing affordability crisis, Nevada unemployment rate 2025, paid family leave veto Nevada, subsidized housing expansion Nevada -
Lee derides Big Beautiful Bill’s Medicaid cuts: ‘People will lose their health care’
This article was originally published at nevadacurrent.com Democratic Rep. Susie Lee holds press confrence at Spanish Hills Wellness Suites in Las Vegas to highlight Medicaid cuts in GOP-backed megabill. (Photo: Jeniffer Solis) Spanish Hills Wellness Suites is one of several nursing homes in Nevada that would be forced to reduce services for medically vulnerable patients…
Affordable Care Act rollback, GOP tax bill healthcare impact, healthcare access Nevada, healthcare coverage loss Nevada, JD Vance Medicaid vote, long-term care crisis, Medicaid and nursing homes, Medicaid cuts, Medicaid in Nevada, Nevada Medicaid funding, nursing home funding cuts, Spanish Hills Wellness Suites, Susie Lee Medicaid, Trump budget and healthcare, Trump healthcare bill -
Battles over public lands loom even after sell-off proposal fails
This article was originally published at nevadacurrent.com A sign welcomes visitors to Bureau of Land Management land near Cedar City, Utah. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch) Hunters, hikers and outdoors lovers of all stripes mounted a campaign this month against a Republican proposal to sell off millions of acres of federal public…
Bureau of Land Management, conservation policy, federal land sales, Idaho land management, land use policy, Mark Amodei, national forest sell-off, national monuments, Nevada land proposal, Northern Nevada, outdoor recreation access, public land protection, public lands under threat, Republican land legislation, Roadless Rule rollback, Southern Nevada, Trump land policy, U.S. land privatization, Utah land proposal -
Children’s advocacy group highlights victories, losses of the legislative session
This article was originally published at nevadacurrent.com (Photo by Alexander Castro/Rhode Island Current) Policies that impact vulnerable populations like children often don’t get as much attention from state lawmakers as special interest groups with deep financial pockets. Still, advocates say this year’s legislative session made “substantial progress” advancing the well-being of children. “We see now…
2025 Legislative Session, Behavioral Health, Bipartisan Support, Business Opposition, Child Welfare, Children’s Advocacy, Early Childhood Policy, Foster Care Benefits, Home-Based Childcare, Homeowners Associations, Legislative Progress, Mental Health Services, Nevada Legislature, Paid Family Leave, Pre-Kindergarten Expansion, Social Security Benefits, Transitional Housing, Vetoed Bills, Vulnerable Populations