Climate crisis doesn’t get the same urgency Y2K did
Take a moment to think back to simpler times, to a long-gone era exactly 20 years ago this week, when we celebrated the dawn...
Marijuana poised to overtake mining in state tax revenue
Nevada’s mining industry generated $7.7 billion dollars in gross sales in fiscal 2018 and paid $125 million in state and local taxes.
By contrast, the...
‘Real rush’ of Trump rules expected ahead of 2020 election
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is preparing to finalize a host of high-profile rules in 2020, including policies that will impact everything from auto...
2019 selections & reflections from the Nevada Current’s staff
Note: 2019 was the Current’s first full year of publication. To look back on the year, each member of the Nevada Current staff picked...
The folly of oil & gas leasing in Nevada
The Silver State is made up of thousands of acres of beautiful landscapes. From sandy deserts, forested mountain slopes, snow covered mountains, grassy valleys,...
PLAN reflects on 25 years of taking point on progressive causes
Ahead of the 2019 legislative session, the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada wrote a bill it says would have kept the mining industry accountable...
Trump administration oks cyanide poisoning of coyotes
Wildlife activists are condemning the Trump administration’s reauthorization of the government’s use of a weapon designed to kill coyotes by spraying cyanide into their...
Senate confirms Trump’s new energy secretary
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has a new head of energy policy, no thanks to Nevada’s senators.
The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly Monday to confirm...
U.S. Supreme Court takes up consequential gun rights case
WASHINGTON — A momentous clash over gun rights is headed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The high court is slated to hear oral arguments on...
Study examines how people of color get stuck with higher energy bills
Neighborhoods with more people of color spend a much larger percentage of their income on energy bills than the average white family, according to...