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OPINION: Artificial Intelligence Can Help Nevada’s Government Be More Effective

April 24, 2024 12:50 pmApril 25, 2024 8:20 am

As artificial intelligence increases its utility in our everyday lives, thought leaders are having critical conversations on how to best use the tech to advance our society, local governance, and national economy. While the private sector has already found many practical applications for the technology, such as in the healthcare...

Bipartisan Opposition Fails to Deliver, USPS Announces Move Of Reno Mail Processing To California

April 23, 2024 3:21 pmApril 24, 2024 12:50 pm

This article has been edited to include public comments from Senator Jacky Rosen Despite bipartisan opposition, the United States Postal Service (USPS) announced they are transferring Reno’s outgoing mail processing to Sacramento, CA. The Reno processing center will reportedly be modernized as a Local Processing Center (LPC) and will undergo...

Brightline West Breaks Ground on HighSpeed Rail Between CA And NV

April 23, 2024 12:01 pm

On Earth day, a group of bipartisan officials attended a ground breaking ceremony for Brightline West, the first high speed rail system in the United States that will connect Southern California to Las Vegas, Nevada. Nevada’s Democratic congressional delegation and Republican Governor Joe Lombardo welcomed Department of Transportation Secretary Pete...

License To Burn: Wildfire As the Ultimate Private-Public Partnership

April 22, 2024 11:42 amApril 26, 2024 9:53 am

This is Part One of a three-part series. With increasingly intense wildfires over recent years, we in the West are expected to embrace the new wildfire normal, as if it’s normal to have multiple catastrophic fires in any given fire season. Running for your life from burning houses because of...

Undocumented Couple Held on $1M Bail for Massive Mail Theft In Rural NV

April 19, 2024 2:12 pmApril 26, 2024 9:53 am

An undocumented couple, who were deported in 2019, have found their way back into the country entering Northern Nevada from California. During their travels in Reno, Carson County, Douglas County, Lyon County, Storey County and Washoe County, they were pulled over for speeding and then arrested and charged with multiple...

NV Supreme Court Rules Abortion Ballot Initiative Constitutional

April 18, 2024 4:19 pmApril 18, 2024 5:04 pm

Overturning a district court’s ruling, the Nevada Supreme Court sided with the plaintiff, Nevadans for Reproductive Freedom (NRF), to move forward with a ballot initiative, the Reproductive Freedom Amendment, that would enshrine “reproductive freedom” into the Nevada constitution. NRF previously announced they had gathered 110,0000 signatures, 50 percent of their...

Opinion: Fair Maps Nevada Ballot Initiative Would Provide Fairness to Legislative Redistricting

April 15, 2024 3:26 pmApril 22, 2024 1:25 pm

As an optometrist, one of my primary goals is to help people see more clearly. The primary goal of this article is to help people see more clearly when it comes to the importance of an upcoming ruling from the Nevada Supreme Court where they are considering an appeal that...