Nevada Current
Nevadans pay tribute to civil rights and labor trailblazer Dolores Huerta
In an outpouring of messages expressing condolences, Nevada lawmakers and organizers praised civil rights and labor activist Dolores Huerta, who died Wednesday…
Ponder ‘a prolific sexual predator’ says prosecutor as judge lowers bail
Jon Ponder, the felon embraced by President Donald Trump, Gov. Joe Lombardo, and most of Southern Nevada’s elected officials, used his powerful connections to …
Voters urged to use drop boxes as recommended mail-in deadline passes
The U.S. Postal Service’s recommended deadline for mailing in ballots passed Tuesday, prompting voting advocates to urge Nevadans who missed the window to retu…
Democrats, Culinary call on Station Casinos to heed Supreme Court ruling, negotiate a contract
U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts in September denied an emergency petition filed by Red Rock Casino to stay a lower court’s decision that affirmed…
Conservation group sues feds for failing to protect rare Nevada toad and fish
A conservation group sued the federal government Tuesday for failing to make a timely decision on whether to list a rare Nevada toad and fish as endangered or …
Lawmakers mulling cannabis tax revisions
Nevada lawmakers are pondering whether the state’s “maturing” marijuana industry needs to update its tax structure. Revenue from the state’s cannabis excise ta…
Commentary: So how malevolent will Trump get in Nevada this time?
“Does Trump even care about the midterms?” I rhetorically asked that question in the Daily Current newsletter nearly eleven months ago, ten days into the new y…
Third data center gas plant seeks approval, as gas pipeline expansion advances
Utility regulators will consider whether to approve a third private methane gas power plant specifically for data center use in Nevada as NV Energy struggles t…
Clark County home price drop among biggest in nation, report says
Home values in Clark County dropped by 5% in the third quarter of 2026, tying with Miami-Dade for the fourth biggest decline among major metropolitan areas, ac…
Out of the Flock and into the Axon: Asked to dump license plate readers, Reno just switches brands
Amid growing public scrutiny of automated license plate readers and citywide protests decrying privacy concerns prompted by surveillance technologies, the City…
Why the new progressive Democrats in Congress might unite with the old Dems, for now
PORTLAND, Ore. — The latest cosponsor of a U.S. House bill to provide single-payer health insurance defeated a Republican incumbent in a suburban and rural Ore…
Analysis: Trump deportations near 1M, but few are criminals
The current Trump administration claims its mass deportation efforts have expelled nearly a million people through July of this year, but those include both vo…