Nevada Lawmakers Draft Guardrails on Police License Plate Readers as Privacy Scrutiny Mounts

CARSON CITY, NV — Prompted by escalating civil liberties concerns over unchecked surveillance technologies, Nevada state lawmakers are finalizing draft legislation to establish the state’s first statutory guardrails governing law enforcement Automated License Plate Readers (ALPR). The legislative effort—advancing through the Nevada Legislature’s Joint Interim Standing Committee on the Judiciary—aims...

NWS Warns of Scattered Thunderstorms, Flash Flood Hazards and Gusty Outflows Across Southern Nevada

LAS VEGAS, NV — The National Weather Service (NWS) Las Vegas has issued a hazardous weather outlook warning of isolated to scattered thunderstorms, localized cloudbursts, and sudden downburst winds impacting Clark County and the surrounding Great Basin passes. The late-season weather pattern—driven by a surge of subtropical monsoonal moisture interacting...

Lombardo Overhauls Nevada Data Center Tax Breaks in Executive Order Mandating School Funding and Grid Defenses

CARSON CITY, NV — Responding to mounting political pressure and neighborhood backlash over tech industry subsidies, Republican Governor Joe Lombardo signed a sweeping executive order Friday morning curtailing Nevada’s data center tax abatement program. The executive action—issued from the Capitol in Carson City—substantially tightens the criteria the Governor’s Office of...

House Ways and Means Advances Nevada-Backed Bill to Kill “Phantom Income” Tax and Restore 100% Gambling Loss Deductions

WASHINGTON, D.C. / LAS VEGAS, NV — In a major legislative victory for Nevada’s resort economy and casino patrons nationwide, the House Ways and Means Committee voted 38–5 to advance legislation restoring the full, 100% federal income tax deduction for gambling losses. The bipartisan breakthrough—approved during committee markup—marks the first...