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Nov 9, 2024 · GET THE MORNING HEADLINES. YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE. Nevada Current is a nonprofit online source of political and policy news and commentary. We seek to demonstrate how policies, institutions and systems make life harder for Nevadans than it needs to be; document how things got that way, and; explore what it might take to fix them.
NV mail and early voting turnout lagged behind 2020, but Election …
3 days ago · In 2020, the first Nevada election with universal mail voting, more than 690,000 Nevada voters cast mail ballots. This year, less than 684,000 did. In 2020, more than 578,000 Nevadans voted early in person. This year, less than 543,000 did. And in 2020, nearly 156,000 Nevadans voted in person on Election Day. Last week, more […]
Rosen pushes for more medical residency slots in NV
1 day ago · Nevada Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen is now urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to help tackle the state’s doctor shortage by awarding the state more federally funded medical residency slots. Those slots would be funded through the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, which Congress passed to create 1,000 additional ...
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Nov 6, 2024 · Hugh Jackson. - November 5, 2024. Though he won the 270 electoral college votes nationwide to secure the presidency, the presidential race in Nevada had yet to be callled as of Wednesday morning. Trump had 51.4% of the vote, to Harris’ 47.1%, with an estimated 75% of ballots had counted.
Clark County and Las Vegas ramp up punitive policies toward ...
5 days ago · As homeless rates in Southern Nevada have skyrocketed, both Clark County and the City of Las Vegas have recently taken more punitive measures to criminalize the unhoused for sleeping in public. Clark County voted 6-1 last week to prohibit unhoused folks from camping and sleeping in a public right-of-way. Under the ordinance, which goes into ...
Election 2024 Archives - Nevada Current
Nov 8, 2024 · Decision 2024. Nevadans will make their voices heard in the election this year. This year’s ballot includes the presidential race, competitive U.S. Senate and House races, dozens of legislative races, and seven ballot measures. Here you’ll find all of the Current’s coverage of this year’s elections.
Like its urban counterpart, rural homelessness increasing in Nevada
4 days ago · The increase mirrored trends in Nevada’s urban counties – Clark and Washoe – where rates of homelessness have likewise increased. The rural count tallied 439 adults experiencing homelessness across the 15 rural counties during its 2024 PIT count. About three-fourths of them – 348 people – were unsheltered at the time, while 91 were in ...
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Oct 24, 2024 · Nevada voters reject open primaries, ranked choice voting system. BY: April Corbin Girnus - November 5, 2024. Nevada voters rejected a proposed move to an open primary and ranked choice voting election system, a reversal from two years ago when they supported it. As of late Tuesday, unofficial election results showed 57% in support and 43% opposed.
NV Energy seeks to prematurely recover costs of $4.2 billion ...
Jun 20, 2024 · When NV Energy CEO Doug Cannon pitched Nevada lawmakers in 2021 on Greenlink, a massive transmission line project estimated at the time to cost $2.5 billion, he promised “Nevadans will not be asked to pay for this investment until at least five to six years down the road.”. Now, with the project delayed about a year and estimated at $4.2 billion (not including monthly interest carrying ...
New NV transmission line will slash energy costs, says White House
Oct 31, 2023 · Cheaper, cleaner, and more reliable electricity may be in Nevada’s future after the White House vowed to deliver the largest electric grid infrastructure investment in U.S. history. On Monday, the White House announced $1.3 billion in new federal funding to create three new, massive electrical transmission lines in the Southwest and New England.