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4 days ago | kunr.org | Lucia Starbuck |Paul Boger

The 83rd regular session of the Nevada Legislature is over, as lawmakers adjourned just after 12:30 a.m. Tuesday. The final days of the session were characterized by a flurry of activity, accompanied by sudden and dramatic changes to legislation, which often happens in the final hours before lawmakers adjourn.

5 days ago | kunr.org | Kaleb M. Roedel

Data centers, which power AI tools and cloud services, use massive amounts of water to cool servers so they don’t overheat. An average-sized data center uses about 2 million liters of water per day, roughly the same amount as 6,500 households, according to an April report from the International Energy Agency. A Bloomberg analysis found companies are drawn to Western states for tax breaks and renewable energy sources – primarily solar – to power their facilities.

1 week ago | kunr.org | Manuel Holguin

A bill that would require local governments to cope with extreme heat is back on the governor’s desk after being vetoed last session. When Republican Governor Joe Lombardo vetoed proposed legislation requiring cities to adopt heat mitigation plans two years ago, he rejected the scientific consensus linking rising temperatures to development. This time, Jackie Spicer with the Nevada Environmental Justice Coalition is hoping he’ll reconsider.

1 week ago | kunr.org | Manuel Holguin

Durante una audiencia celebrada el jueves, legisladores estatales escucharon una resolución que insta al Congreso a prohibir operativos de inmigración en zonas sensibles —incluidas iglesias y escuelas. Durante la audiencia, la asambleísta Cecelia González declaró que la Resolución Conjunta 9 de la Asamblea responde al creciente temor entre las comunidades inmigrantes.

1 week ago | kunr.org | Lucia Starbuck

Un proyecto de ley que buscaba ampliar el acceso a la atención de traumas en las zonas rurales de Nevada ha sido debilitado debido a disputas políticas en la legislatura. El proyecto de ley número 326 de la Asamblea proponía originalmente designar a los hospitales rurales de acceso crítico como centros de trauma de nivel cuatro. Esto habría brindado a esos centros mayor capacitación, educación y oportunidades para responder a incidentes graves.