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Do you care about IVF access in Nevada? These senators have a plan to protect it.
If passed, Senate Bill 217 would give people the right to IVF in state law.
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As AI nurses reshape hospital care, human nurses are pushing back
Hospitals are using AI to predict medical issues and guide care, but it often leads to false alarms and unsafe advice. In Henderson, a nurse was mistakenly alerted by the system to give fluids to a dialysis patient flagged for sepsis, which would have overloaded the patients kidneys.
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Trump afirma que el precio de huevos bajó 30%, pero solo al por mayor; en los supermercados siguen subiendo
El presidente Donald Trump afirmó recientemente que el precio de los huevos ha bajado casi un 30% en “los últimos días”; sin embargo, los datos oficiales muestran un aumento del 19% en comercios minoristas. En febrero de 2025, el precio promedio de una docena de huevos se situó en $5.89, según la Oficina de Estadísticas…
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Trump’s plan to gut Medicaid to pay for tax cuts for billionaires ‘would be devastating for Nevadans,’ senator warns
Nevada Democratic US Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto said a Republican plan to cut taxes on the rich can only be offset by about $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid. Nevada Democratic US Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto on Monday renewed a warning that a tax cut proposal endorsed by President Donald Trump would require lawmakers to…
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‘Some people work their butts off and other people get rich’: Gwen Frisbie-Fulton’s view from rural America
My dad raised us to work hard and do good for our families, but he was also going to make damn sure we didn’t step on anyone else along the way.
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Trump administration investigating UNLV over diversity efforts
UNLV is the only Nevada institution under investigation, but several universities in neighboring states were also included in the probe. Nevada’s largest public university is under investigation by the Trump administration for its efforts to bolster diversity among Ph.D students, the US Department of Education announced Friday. The department announced it had opened investigations into…
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CCSD chooses Jhone Ebert as new superintendent
Ebert is currently the State Superintendent, a role she was appointed to in 2019, and has overseen the academic success of nearly 500,000 students across Nevada’s 17 school districts. Ebert is a longtime Clark County resident and former CCSD educator.
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Nevada officials, veterans worry VA cuts could impact access to healthcare and other benefits
VA branches that cover Nevada, which is home to more than 200,000 veterans, employ a combined roughly 4,800 full-time employees and complete more than one million healthcare visits each year — leaving some worried that any cuts to the agency will impact their wellbeing. Amid recently announced plans to eliminate roughly 82,000 jobs at the…
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Cuidado: esta “carta de deportación” que envían por correo no es genuina: es un prank (una broma pesada)
El DHS (el Departamento de Seguridad Nacional) no envía correos titulados “cartas de deportación” o “estás siendo deportado”. Manda una notificación de comparecencia (“notice to appear”) que incluye el nombre de la persona, la fecha de su audiencia ante un juez de inmigración y la firma de un funcionario de la agencia.
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Report: Nearly 40K workers in Nevada still make below minimum wage
Researchers with the Rutgers University Workplace Justice Lab say that since 2005 — when Nevada’s minimum hourly wage was $5.15 — underpayment has cost workers in the Silver State an estimated $122 million annually. Although Nevada’s minimum wage has more than doubled over the past two decades, roughly 40,000 Nevadans each year still make less…
