🟣 ‘This is the new Ohio’: Why everyone’s watching the Nevada governor’s race. Politico
“Lombardo’s race, while reflective of the idiosyncrasies of Nevada’s economy and politics, offers one of the earliest and most instructive tests of whether Republicans in battleground states can separate themselves from Trump’s political fortunes without alienating his coalition—a question with implications not just for 2026 but for the party’s path in 2028.”
🟣 ‘Moral failure’: Court’s gutting of Voting Rights Act gets slammed by Nevadans. Nevada Current
“But in the ruling Wednesday that is expected to have broad implications for majority-minority congressional districts throughout the nation, taking race into account while drawing the Louisiana district amounted to ‘an unconstitutional racial gerrymander,’ Alito wrote. Nevada is a majority-minority state, and three of Nevada’s four congressional districts—CD1, CD3, and CD4—are majority-minority districts, according to Ballotpedia estimates.”
🟣 UNLV study reveals Nevada college students often don’t realize they’re gambling. 8 News Now
“[Dr. Kobie West, Clinical Director at the International Problem Gambling Center, said] that the boundary between a video game and a slot machine has disappeared. He said the digital age has made addiction faster. Since 2018, when sports betting went legal nationwide, Dr. West said the center is seeing a younger and younger crowd.”
🟣 Why a Northern Nevada data center wants to build its own temporary natural gas power plant. The Nevada Independent
“Fleet Data Centers wants to construct more than 350 megawatts (MW) of natural gas and diesel power for data centers it is developing at the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center (TRIC) in Storey County … The temporary power sources are necessary because data center growth at TRIC is outpacing the ability of NV Energy to provide enough power, according to the applications.”
