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Nevada Current

Metro’s cooperation with ICE violates state law, says ACLU of Nevada lawsuit

Metro’s 287(g) agreement with ICE, named for a section of the Immigration and Nationality Act, allows police to issue civil immigration warrants and detain individuals up to 48 hours beyond their scheduled release so that federal agents may take them into custody. The agreement violates Nevada law, according to the lawsuit, because it was not condoned by state lawmakers. 

Nevada Current - The Nevadan

Gambling provision in Trump’s megabill is primed to hurt Nevada’s economy

A provision of President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act that caps the federal tax deduction for gambling losses at 90% will be costly for gamblers and the Nevada economy, but a potential boon to the illegal betting industry, say experts who joined U.S. Rep. Dina Titus (D-NV) Monday in Las Vegas to discuss her effort to restore the full deduction.

Nevada Current - The Nevadan