The purpose of the act used by Trump to name Sigal Chattah as Acting U.S. Atty "would be defeated if the Executive Branch... could choose whomever it wanted, whenever it wanted, and fill the vacancy simply by declaring that person to be first assistant.” nevadacurrent.com/2025/09/30/f...

Cortez Masto was also one of ten Senate Democrats who voted with Republicans in March to avert a shutdown. nevadacurrent.com/2025/09/30/c...

Nationally, 43% of nursing home falls involving Medicare patients are not being reported, according to the report. In Nevada, 60% of nursing home falls were not reported. nevadacurrent.com/briefs/nevad...

“These are not minor changes. They intensify development in areas already vulnerable to wildfire and traffic congestion,” former firefighter Doug Flaherty, an Incline Village resident, told @washoecounty.bsky.social in August. nevadacurrent.com/2025/09/24/c...

In January, homebuilders in Southern Nevada sold 974 homes. That’s steadily declined to 653 homes sold in August, according to data from Home Builders Research. nevadacurrent.com/2025/09/23/p...

Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo did not respond to questions about the state’s decision to turn over the data, or whether he was aware @aarondfordnv.bsky.social, who is challenging Lombardo for governor, intended to fight the effort. nevadacurrent.com/briefs/fords...

NV lost a net 3,800 jobs in August, led by a drop of 4,400 jobs in the construction industry, DETR announced Thursday. The U.S. lost a total of 7,000 construction jobs in August, according to the Department of Labor. nevadacurrent.com/briefs/drive...

“We already have people that drive 12 hours and barely pay their bills,” Mario Locascio of Deluxe Taxi told the Taxicab Authority. “I don’t know what the goal is. They are trying to just destroy the industry of cab and limos and bussing.” nevadacurrent.com/2025/09/18/t...

Kelley may be best remembered for a 2008 Chamber study on public worker salaries that concluded state worker pay and the accompanying benefits diverted money from public services. She was targeted in union ads highlighting her pay of close to $300,000 a year. nevadacurrent.com/briefs/forme...

The changes in rate design are an effort to reduce what regulators say is a $50 million annual subsidy paid by full-service ratepayers to offset the lower costs enjoyed by rooftop solar customers. nevadacurrent.com/2025/09/17/p...

Lombardo is expected to walk a perilous tightrope – maintaining enough proximity to Trump, who won Nevada last year by 3.1%, to avoid criticism from the president and MAGA, while warding off any disdain from other Republicans and Democrats. nevadacurrent.com/2025/09/16/l...

Dr. Aury Nagy says scientific inquiry reveals the gender “that’s hardwired into your brain can be different than the gender that’s expressed externally. That’s just biology, and I think most people aren’t aware of that.” nevadacurrent.com/2025/09/11/d...

Political insiders are suggesting state Assembly Speaker Steve Yeager, a Democrat, is a likely candidate for the commission seat. “He would be great,” Clark County Commission Chairman Tick Segerblom said of Yeager.    nevadacurrent.com/briefs/jones...

@alexisfornevada.com says the difference between her and @aarondfordnv.bsky.social is "I'm not afraid to tell you what I think. Hill went on to propose tax hikes and ending "billionaire giveaways" such as those supported by Ford. nevadacurrent.com/2025/09/05/h...

The Las Vegas City Council is seeking applicants interested in temporarily representing Ward 2. The application, which is posted on the city website, includes a pledge from the applicant that they will not run for election to the council next year. nevadacurrent.com/briefs/las-v...

Nevada’s 12-year limit on the terms of most elected officials do not apply to county administrative offices such as clerk, sheriff, and district attorney. nevadacurrent.com/2025/09/02/c...

Robotaxis on the Las Vegas Strip would solidify what some suggest is an effort by Musk, the world’s richest man, to put local cab and rideshare companies out of business. nevadacurrent.com/2025/08/25/m...

Trump’s policies, according to NV Energy’s July 28 waiver request, “may have created significant challenges for solar and wind developers, especially for projects on land controlled by the Bureau of Land Management.”  nevadacurrent.com/2025/08/20/t...

“It’s unconscionable that two bookies are likely going to jail yet the Resorts World executives who got caught up in it move down the street to another casino,” Robert (RJ) Cipriani, who acted as a confidential source for the government, said Monday. nevadacurrent.com/briefs/feds-...

Gov. Joe Lombardo, who has instructed Nevada’s National Guard to cooperate with ICE, did not respond to the Current’s inquiry asking whether he’s requested other agencies, including the DMV, to do the same. nevadacurrent.com/2025/08/15/a...  nevadacurrent.com/2025/08/15/a...

The “adoption fee” for the puppies — five females and two males — is $1,800 each, according to the email from West Flamingo Veterinary Hospital nevadacurrent.com/briefs/lv-ve...

“We have elected to remove the notice (of hearing) and will not be providing you any further explanation,” said a spox for the Nevada Dept. of Business and Industry. nevadacurrent.com/briefs/musks...

“While rising home prices are helping many owners maintain equity, the steady climb in filings suggests growing pressure in some markets," Rob Barber, CEO of ATTOM, said in a news release. nevadacurrent.com/briefs/nevad...

"When the number of residents in one ward varies by more than 5% from another, the city must redraw its maps." I hadn't realized Henderson did this. Interesting story by @danagentrylv.bsky.social in @nevadacurrent.com

Under current law, gamblers can deduct up to 100% of their losses against their winnings. But under the new law, even a gambler who breaks even would end up with a tax liability. A bettor who wins $100,000 in a year and then loses it would owe taxes on $10,000. nevadacurrent.com/2025/08/12/g...

“If you’re continually being moved between one ward and another, voters don’t know who represents them,” says @sondracosgrove.bsky.social, a College of Southern Nevada professor who heads up Fair Maps Nevada PAC. nevadacurrent.com/2025/08/11/h...

The Animal Foundation acknowledges it routinely releases foster animals that have not been sterilized, a practice that violates local laws and the shelter’s government contracts, which prohibit the placement of unsterilized animals older than four months. nevadacurrent.com/2025/08/06/a...

A heavily redacted application filed by Paradise Transportation with the NTA attempted to conceal from the public the project’s connection to Elon Musk's Vegas Loop. nevadacurrent.com/2025/08/04/m...

"By bypassing the Senate and naming Sigal Chattah as an ‘acting’ U.S. attorney, it’s clear the Trump administration knows Ms. Chattah is unconfirmable,” Nevada’s senior U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto said in a statement. nevadacurrent.com/2025/07/29/t...

Aaron Ford’s chances of defeating Lombardo could depend on whether Trump-weary voters galvanize during the midterm election next year to generate a blue wave in purple Nevada.  nevadacurrent.com/2025/07/28/f...

The expiration of U.S. Attorney Sigal Chattah’s term next week would trigger a provision of federal law that allows Federal District Court judges to either appoint her to an indefinite term, or make their own appointment. nevadacurrent.com/2025/07/24/c...

Chesley alleges the city engaged in deceptive trade practices by attempting to settle pending lawsuits without notifying his attorney. “Defendants’ (sic) are sophisticated parties” who knew Chesley was represented by counsel when they offered to settle his lawsuit. nevadacurrent.com/briefs/mesqu...

“The MLS is really the primary income for the Board of Realtors, and the only reason most of us are, frankly, members, since there’s very few other benefits,” Realtor Zar Zanganeh said in a social media post Thursday. nevadacurrent.com/2025/07/21/d...

Trump’s proposal “would have also allowed for the large-scale transfer of wild horses and burros to foreign countries such as Canada and Mexico, where horse slaughter facilities continue to operate,” @freewildhorses.bsky.social said in a news release.   nevadacurrent.com/briefs/house...

Two factors are “keeping buyers on the shelf. One is the interest rates, and the other is the unsettling financial news on our TV every freaking day. Tariffs. No tariffs. War. No war." nevadacurrent.com/2025/07/16/l...

As a result of Trump’s policy, Nevada’s annual GDP is projected to “shrink by $1 billion in 2030 and $1.5 billion in 2035. Between 2025 and 2034 cumulative GDP would shrink by $8 billion in Nevada,” according to an analysis from @energyinnovation.org nevadacurrent.com/2025/07/09/u...

“This is clearcutting. Commercial logging,” says Dr. Staci Baker, pointing to “ancient trees” felled by NV Energy and the Forest Service. nevadacurrent.com/2025/07/07/t...

“I want to thank you for every low-down action you took, because I found deeper courage to stand up for what I believe in and continue to fight for these families,” state Sen. Dina Neal told the North Las Vegas City Council. nevadacurrent.com/2025/07/03/s...

“The trickle-down theory doesn’t work,” says Frank Hawkins, who has built thousands of low-income and affordable units in Nevada. “It’s like saying I’m gonna give you nothing and I’m gonna give you more of it, and sooner or later, you’re gonna have something.” nevadacurrent.com/2025/06/30/l...

The City of Mesquite's acts amount to “the most severe violation of a court order witnessed by this Court in its extensive experience adjudicating high-profile litigation,” Judge Timothy Williams wrote in an order filed Tuesday. nevadacurrent.com/2025/06/26/j...

The PUC also approved a request from staff to investigate how NV Energy overcharged as many as 80,000 customers during the last two decades. nevadacurrent.com/2025/06/24/s...

The suit against the City of Las Vegas asserts that federal law allows ICE to request detainers only in arrests involving controlled substances, and now, theft crimes covered by the Laken Riley Act. nevadacurrent.com/2025/06/18/l...

in Arizona, where regulators adopted alternative ratemaking in December, an expert witness testified that formula rate plans “have resulted in large rate increases with very few rate decreases and no measurable improvement in reliability of service.” nevadacurrent.com/2025/06/17/l...

“When you bring in the Marines to arrest dishwashers, that backlash is exploding... If there’s one thing this president knows how to do it’s to backtrack quickly when he gets a backlash,” @culinary226.bsky.social Sec. Treasurer Ted Pappageorge said. nevadacurrent.com/2025/06/12/t...

“The utility needs to be reminded they operate with a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (given by the PUC), which is a privilege to serve as a monopolistic entity, not a right,” testified Nichole Loar of the NV Bureau of Consumer Protection. nevadacurrent.com/2025/06/12/n...

Lombardo’s approval comes days after Clark Co. DA Steve Wolfson, who complained the existing maximum penalty of four years in prison for animal cases wasn’t adequate, cut a deal with one of the two defendants. nevadacurrent.com/briefs/gover...

“The sheriff said some fairly ugly things – smearing immigrants with incredibly heinous crimes that are fortunately relatively rare,” said Michael Kagan, director of @unlvimmigration.bsky.social. “I think that there are a lot of reasons not to take that seriously.” nevadacurrent.com/2025/06/10/e...

Dr. Mary House noted she has taken steps to reduce reliance on fossil fuels and increase energy efficiency. “But many households, the ones who I represent, don’t have the means to even make those changes." nevadacurrent.com/2025/06/05/n...

The City of Mesquite, “notwithstanding the Court’s clear and unambiguous order, willfully disobeyed and violated the Court’s order by calling and holding this prohibited agenda item,” Krall wrote, adding the city attempted to "flout and circumvent" her order. nevadacurrent.com/briefs/judge...

“This budget would be a bullet to the head of America’s wild horses if passed by Congress,” said Suzanne Roy, executive director of American Wild Horse Conservation. “Slaughter is a barbaric solution to a fundamentally broken federal program.” nevadacurrent.com/2025/06/04/t...