Politics
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Lombardo vetoes benefiting drug companies draw suspicion
Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo’s pharmaceutical industry donations surged after he vetoed bills that would have lowered drug costs for chronic and deadly illnesses.
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Nevadans react to conflict in Iran
As President Donald Trump plunged the US into a war with Iran without Congressional approval, Nevadans—including lawmakers—express mixed feelings.
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From Reno to Ely, families lose big as clean jobs vanish under Trump and Amodei’s cuts
President Donald Trump’s US Department of Energy cut a $95 million grant that would’ve brought 300 jobs to Nevada.
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Your weekly guide to taking action in Nevada (Feb. 27–March 5)
A weekly roundup of Nevada political events, protests, advocacy opportunities, and ways to take action statewide from Friday, March 6, through Thursday, March 12. Want to get involved this week? You can attend a utility policy forum in Las Vegas, join International Women’s Day marches across Southern Nevada, participate in a Reno rally, and take…
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Que saber sobre los ataques de Estados Unidos e Israel a Irán
The New York Times informó que EE. UU. e Israel han atacado más de 2,000 objetivos en Irán desde el 28 de febrero en más de 20 puntos del país, incluyendo bases militares, centros de producción de misiles y lo que quedaba del programa nuclear iraní. El presidente Trump dijo el 2 de marzo que la campaña militar…
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Southern Nevada water pipeline bill passes U.S. Senate, headed to president’s desk
The Sloan Canyon Conservation and Lateral Pipeline Act, introduced by Nevada Democratic U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, directs the Department of the Interior to grant the Southern Nevada Water Authority rights-of-way for the construction and operation of a 40-mile water pipeline beneath the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area.
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From Minneapolis to your block: Real people are proving politics isn’t just for watching
Consuming political news isn’t the same as building political power. From Minneapolis to small-town America, rural organizer Gwen Frisbie-Fulton writes that real change starts with local organizing and civic engagement. Someone once told me this story: Anthropologists visiting an Aboriginal village showed them a newspaper clipping about an earthquake that destroyed a town halfway across…
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Your weekly guide to taking action in Nevada (Feb. 27–March 5)
A weekly roundup of Nevada political events, protests, advocacy opportunities, and ways to take action statewide from Thursday, Feb. 27, through Thursday, March 5. Want to get involved this week? You can attend voter registration drives in Las Vegas, rallies in Henderson and Carson City, community discussions in Reno, and union phone banking efforts tied…
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Tesorero de Nevada pasa factura al gobierno federal por US$2.100 millones tras anulación de aranceles de Trump
El tesorero estatal de Nevada, Zach Conine, envió este viernes una factura al gobierno federal por $2.100 millones de dólares, una suma que, según sostiene, corresponde a lo que los residentes del estado pagaron de más debido a los aranceles impuestos por el presidente Donald Trump.
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State lawmakers looking for ways to rein in auto insurance rates
Lawmakers said they’ve heard from constituents who can no longer afford high costs of auto insurance either becoming under insured or lacking insurance altogether.
