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Senate Republicans vote to claw back funding for NPR, PBS, foreign aid programs
This article was originally published at nevadacurrent.com The National Public Radio headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, May 27, 2025. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate agreed to legislation early Thursday that will cancel $9 billion in previously approved funding for public broadcasting and various foreign aid accounts, another victory for the…
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Venture capital giant flees Delaware to incorporate in Nevada, urges others to do the same
This article was originally published at nevadacurrent.com The New Castle County Courthouse, home of the Delaware Chancery Court. (Photo by William Thomas Cain/Getty Images) The country’s largest venture capital firm this week announced it is moving its state of incorporation from Delaware to Nevada, and it encouraged other venture capitalists to follow suit. Andreessen Horowitz’s…
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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…
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Hospitals, health care providers warn Medicaid cuts will be felt by people not on Medicaid
This article was originally published at nevadacurrent.com Only three states – Wyoming, Idaho, and Mississippi – have fewer doctors per 100,000 population than Nevada. (Photo: Ronda Churchill for Nevada Current) Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto is warning Nevadans that President Donald Trump’s spending and tax cut bill will ripple through every aspect of the state’s…
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Thursday Evening: 1,000+ Have No Power Still According to NV Energy, Gov Buildings Still Cooling Centers
According to a statement post on X at 10 AM Thursday, NV Energy says that just over 1,000 people are still without power over a day since the storm that rolled through the Valley knocked over 50 utility poles causing around 3,000 customers to go without electricity.
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NV Energy Update: Thousands Still Without Power, Cooling Centers Opened
As of 10:15 AM, NV Energy is reporting that a little over 2000 customers are still without power after the storms took down utility poles and other infrastructure throughout the Las Vegas Valley yesterday. As temperatures are climbing — along with the humidity that comes with the monsoon season in full effect — Clark County…
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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…
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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…
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