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Tahoe planning group exerts outsized influence on legislative oversight committee • Nevada Current
Overtourism, conflicts of interest, developer-initiated blight, vast pollution combined with microplastic contamination, and the lack of a comprehensive Tahoe basin…
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A look at the dark side • Nevada Current
Sixty years ago, an ecology professor from the University of Washington traveled to the Washington coastline to conduct a simple…
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Transparency at the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada • Nevada Current
The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada (PUCN), which regulates utility companies like NV Energy and Southwest Gas, must consider the…
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The weird ‘no tax on tips’ frenzy of 2024 • Nevada Current
“No tax on tips” is a bumper sticker-ready campaign jingle originally yelped by Donald Trump at the same Las Vegas…
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Still overdependent on tourism after all these years • Nevada Current
Tourism and gaming are the largest economic powerhouses in Las Vegas, bringing in the most money for the regional economy.…
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Protect our water or we’ll face the consequences • Nevada Current
I’ve lived in Beatty for over 5 years with my husband and children. Our children have grown up playing at…
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Pushing baby booms to boost economic growth amounts to a Ponzi scheme • Nevada Current
In the face of shrinking populations, many of the world’s major economies are trying to engineer higher birth rates. Policymakers…
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Calling Jeff Gunter a swamp creature would be an insult to swamp creatures • Nevada Current
Jeff Gunter’s self-financed Senate campaign has thus far earned him little chance of winning the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic…
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Trump’s latest suit against Nevada and its voters • Nevada Current
Donald Trump along with the Republican National Committee and the Nevada Republican Party, both wholly owned Trump subsidiaries, sued Nevada…
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Feeling subscription fatigue? You’re not alone. • Nevada Current
As a cost-of-living crisis looms over Americans, one rapidly growing business model explains where some of our disposable income is disappearing: subscriptions.…
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