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2 days ago | knpr.org | Christopher Alvarez

If you don’t have a retirement plan through your job, you’re not alone. Nearly 300,000 workers in Nevada lack access to a workplace retirement plan, according to the most recent estimate by AARP Nevada. But that could soon change. During the 2023 legislative session, Governor Joe Lombardo signed Senate Bill 305, which created a new state-facilitated retirement savings program. It’s called the Nevada Employee Savings Trust — or NEST — and it officially launches on July 1.

2 days ago | knpr.org | Anne Davis

The opening of the MountainView Hospital Sarah Cannon Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program marks the first time allogenic stem cell transplants will be available to people in the state. Allogenic transplants are those allowing blood and bone cancer patients to receive stem cells from other people, rather than having to donate their own. The program’s new home is a 12,000-square-foot day hospital adjacent to MountainView’s main campus.

3 days ago | knpr.org | Jess Kung |Leah Donnella |B.A. Parker |Dalia Mortada

Trans people are major targets of the second Trump administration. But in a way, that's nothing new; trans people have been fighting for their rights, dignity, and liberation for generations. So on this episode, we hear from trans elders about what their lives have looked like over the decades, and what messages they have for young people.

3 days ago | knpr.org | Anne Davis

A midday ribbon cutting on June 24 marked the official opening of Nevada’s first Crisis Stabilization Center, located just south of Nellis Air Force Base. The center aims to take treatment burdens off of local emergency rooms, where people experiencing mental and behavioral health crises often go first, and subsequently experience long wait times.

4 days ago | knpr.org | Paul Boger

When people talk about their concerns over the future of Southern Nevada’s access to water, they’re often talking about the Colorado River. The bathtub ring that encircles the waters of Lake Mead, the nation’s largest reservoir, has become the ever-present reminder of the Southwest’s reliance on a dwindling resource. New analysis from researchers at Arizona State University suggests communities may be using that water faster than previously thought.