Nevada Current

Nevada Current is a nonprofit digital platform dedicated to delivering news and insights on political and policy matters. Our mission includes: - Highlighting how certain policies, institutions, and systems complicate life for people in Nevada unnecessarily. - Investigating the history behind these challenges. - Examining potential solutions to improve the situation. The Current is backed by a group of donors through the Hopewell Fund, a 501(c)(3) charity that funds creative and impactful public interest initiatives. We maintain our independence in editorial content.

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Politicians, scared of truly open primaries, offer ‘limited’ alternative for nonpartisan voters

1 week ago | nevadacurrent.com | April Corbin Girnus |April Corbin

A ballot measure to establish an open-primary, ranked-choice voting system in Nevada may have been rejected by voters last November, but its underlying message of voter disenfranchisement clearly struck a chord with Assembly Speaker Steve Yeager. The Assembly’s top Democrat, who opposed that ballot measure, said he suspects changes to Nevada’s closed primary system are coming whether the political establishment wants it or not: “The dam is going to break one way or another.
Vance to crypto conference: We like you, now you like us

1 week ago | nevadacurrent.com | Jeniffer Solis

Cryptocurrency firms and investors can count on the Trump administration to do everything in its power to protect them and promote their interests and agenda, Vice President JD Vance assured attendees at Bitcoin 2025 in Las Vegas this week. In return, the crypto community must continue a level of political activism that stepped up substantially in the 2024 campaign cycle, Vance said.
Unconstitutionality of Trump's tariffs is clear, but where trade war goes from here isn't • Nevada Current

1 week ago | nevadacurrent.com | Hugh Jackson

Most of the tariffs on imports that have been decreed by Donald Trump were ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Court of International Trade Wednesday. While markets were rallying Thursday at the prospect of a halt to Trump’s trade wars, it is unclear whether the ruling will mark a dramatic curtailment of Trump’s tariffs or merely add to global economic chaos and confusion Trump’s policies have created.
MGM's Aria advertises Illegal offshore betting site • Nevada Current

1 week ago | nevadacurrent.com | Dana Gentry

MGM Resorts International is advertising an offshore casino and sports betting site that is off limits to gamblers in the United States — a move that could prompt more regulatory headaches for the company, which recently paid $16 million to state and federal authorities for violating anti-money laundering laws. The logo for Monkey Tilt, an offshore casino and betting site, appears on an Aria poker table in an episode of PokerGo, a program that is sometimes produced at Aria.
It’s the last week of the legislative session. Here are 4 things to watch.

1 week ago | nevadacurrent.com | April Corbin Girnus |April Corbin

The Nevada State Constitution requires the Legislature pass the K-12 education budget bill before other budget bills. But that doesn’t seem to stop lawmakers from bickering about education policy until the very end of each session. This year may prove no exception. Education. Of course. Legislators must end the 120-day session — sine die, they call it — on Monday, June 2. In this final week, two major education bills backed by two major political players are still in play.
At Lombardo's request, Hansen 'reluctantly' blocks bill to rein in runaway corporate home ownership • Nevada Current

1 week ago | nevadacurrent.com | Michael Lyle

Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo asked the Republican legislative caucus to block a bill that attempts to limit cash-rich corporate investors from purchasing large swaths of housing in Nevada, Republican state Sen. Ira Hansen said on Tuesday. State lawmakers passed several bills on Friday that seek to bolster tenant protections and make changes to the eviction system, many of which were based on similar proposals that were vetoed by Lombardo in 2023. Democratic state Sen.
Feds launch environmental review process for second major airport near Las Vegas

1 week ago | nevadacurrent.com | Jeniffer Solis

After more than two decades of delays federal officials are starting an environmental review for Clark County’s long-anticipated second commercial airport. Local and federal officials have long sought to build a new airport on 6,000 acres in the Ivanpah Valley north of Primm, arguing the Harry Reid International Airport will not be able to keep up with projected demand for air travel without the supplemental airport.
‘Big Beautiful Bill’ mostly benefits Nevada’s wealthiest

1 week ago | nevadacurrent.com | April Corbin Girnus |April Corbin

The tax benefits in the “One Big Beautiful Bill” will only be big and beautiful for Nevadans’ wealthiest households, according to a new analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. The progressive think tank released a state-by-state analysis of the tax provisions of the “Big Beautiful Bill Act” passed Thursday by House Republicans. They found that in Nevada, the richest 1% — households making $796,500 or more a year — would see an average tax benefit of $82,590 in 2026.
Money laundering probe at Fontainebleau mistakenly disclosed by Gaming Commission

2 weeks ago | nevadacurrent.com | Dana Gentry

An inadvertent leak at Thursday’s Nevada Gaming Commission meeting revealed Fontainebleau, the newest resort on the Las Vegas Strip, is under investigation by gaming regulators. Nevada Gaming Commissioner Rosa Solis Rainey asked Fontainebleau president Maurice Wooden about the investigation Thursday, catching the executive off guard as he sought licensing as a key employee.
Bill seeks to ensure full refunds when utilities overcharge customers

2 weeks ago | nevadacurrent.com | Jeniffer Solis

Lawmakers are looking to pass a law that would require utilities to fully refund energy customers who are overcharged, closing loopholes that have allowed utilities to withhold full refunds from wronged customers. Assembly Bill 452, sponsored by Democratic Assemblymember Tracy Brown-May, would ensure customers receive full refunds with interest for overcharges, address high utility bills by shifting some cost volatility back to utilities, and extending regulatory timelines for rate case reviews.