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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FEMA leader ousted, one day after publicly opposing agency’s elimination

6 days ago | nevadacurrent.com | Jennifer Shutt

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has ousted the leader of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and replaced him with another official, States Newsroom has confirmed. Cam Hamilton, senior official performing the duties of the administrator at FEMA, was let go just one day after he testified before Congress about the size and scope of the federal agency.
Legislation would extend review period between death warrant and execution

1 week ago | nevadacurrent.com | Michael Lyle

Four years after state lawmakers failed to pass legislation to abolish the death penalty, despite having a Democratic trifecta, a bill this year would extend the time period for carrying out a potential execution. Nevada law currently calls for an execution to take place between 60 and 90 days after an execution is warranted. Senate Bill 350, sponsored by Democratic state Sen. James Ohrenschall of Las Vegas, would lengthen the timeframe to between 180 and 270 days.
Legislation would end long spell of no pay raises for county elected officials in Nevada

1 week ago | nevadacurrent.com | Dana Gentry

State lawmakers are considering legislation that sets out a five-year plan to give pay raises to elected county officials, who haven’t had a raise since 2018. On Tuesday, Sen. Skip Daly (D-Sparks), who sponsored Senate Bill 116, told members of the Assembly Committee on Government Affairs that pay for county elected officers is set by statute.
Allison Prang, Author at Nevada Current

1 week ago | nevadacurrent.com | Allison Prang

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and his team have signaled a strong interest in continuing to strengthen federal support for nuclear power, an energy source Democratic states are increasingly open to expanding. The administration’s loudly pro-nuclear position creates a rare point of overlap between Trump and his predecessor, Joe Biden, whose signature legislation funded hundreds […]
'Classism' in the capital at hearing on HOAs, Neal says • Nevada Current

1 week ago | nevadacurrent.com | Dana Gentry

A legislative hearing on a bill intended to give homeowners some “wiggle room” and avoid the onerous fines imposed by homeowners’ associations exposed what state Sen. Dina Neal called “classism” on the part of HOA industry representatives and opponents. Senate Bill 121 would, among other things, afford cash-strapped new homeowners three years rather than 180 days to landscape their backyards. An HOA could require that owners put down a single layer of rocks after 18 months, to prevent blowing dust.
Nevada receives remaining federal energy assistance funding

1 week ago | nevadacurrent.com | Jeniffer Solis

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the remaining $1.4 million in federal funding Thursday meant to help low-income Nevadans pay utility bills. Nevada was awarded about $15 million in funds for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) this year, but had not received the remaining 10% of its allocated funding before the Trump administration fired every employee responsible for administering the funds.
‘The outlook has deteriorated:’ NV revenue forecast nudges down, economists see signs of recession

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

Nevada’s Economic Forum adjusted the tax revenue forecast down $191 million for the upcoming biennium, representing a further dimming of an already dreary outlook of how the economy will fare under the Trump administration. The revision means the Nevada State Legislature will have even tougher decisions to make in the upcoming month as they work toward passing a balanced biennium budget by June 2.
Infill development holds its own against urban sprawl at housing forum

1 week ago | nevadacurrent.com | Michael Lyle

Local elected officials, planning and transportation representatives along with developers gathered Thursday around a central question: how do we address Southern Nevada’s ongoing housing shortage? Much of the early focus at Regional Affordable Housing Forum, hosted by the Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority, was directed at the longstanding request to open more federal public land in sprawling areas surrounding the Las Vegas valley as a tool to build housing.
Don't worry, be happy • Nevada Current

1 week ago | nevadacurrent.com | Hugh Jackson

Yesterday will probably turn out to be the day the recession was formally introduced to the nation. We can’t know for sure. But the shorthand definition of a recession is the economy shrinking for two consecutive quarters. And the U.S. Department of Commerce announced Wednesday that in the first three months of 2025, the economy shrank.
Nevada joins suit against Trump's abrupt cuts to AmeriCorps • Nevada Current

2 weeks ago | nevadacurrent.com | Michael Lyle

AmeriCorps service members who helped with tutoring students, school literacy programs and wildfire mitigation were among the 163 people in Nevada recently terminated after President Donald Trump’s administration abruptly stopped federal funding to the 30-year-old program. AmeriCorps is a federal agency that supports and funds national service throughout the country.