Politics
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Biden launches ‘American Climate Corps’ program to create 20,000 jobs
Those who enroll in the American Climate Corps will learn how to install solar panels, restore coastal wetlands, fight wildfires, and more. The program aims to create a pipeline for these young people to get hired into the clean energy sector.
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Vegas resident calls on EPA to finalize strong methane rule by the end of summer
In a letter to the editor, Las Vegas resident Itzel Rios-Vega demands that the EPA adopts strong, comprehensive methane safeguards to protect individuals’ health and the planet.
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Op-ed: Flooding in Las Vegas and the urgent need for climate action
In an op-ed, Assemblywoman Selena Torres criticizes Governor Joe Lombardo’s decision to remove Nevada from the US Climate Alliance. “Instead of retreating, we should be doubling down on our commitment to combat climate change. We should be pushing for more clean energy investments, not less,” she writes.
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Here’s why car insurance is so expensive in Nevada
Experts cite an increase of aggressive driving since the pandemic, inflation, labor and part shortages, and climate change as the primary reasons.
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Groups launch bid to protect abortion under Nevada constitution
The Nevadans for Reproductive Freedom coalition seeks to cement in the state constitution “the right to abortion, birth control, prenatal, birth, and postpartum care, tubal ligation, vasectomy, and infertility care.”
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Ratepayers to NV Energy: ‘Give us a break’
NV Energy is asking regulators to increase power bills in Southern Nevada by an average of about 3%.
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Democrats demand more childcare funding to prevent closures
A June report from The Century Foundation found that without additional money, about 70,000 child care programs would probably have to shut down after this month.
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Here’s what rural leaders say their communities need
A new report outlines rural policy recommendations focused on four major tenets: protecting people’s freedom to live and work safely; investing in infrastructure; reining in corporate greed and protecting workers, small businesses, and family farmers; and creating opportunities for a better future.
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Over 200 new clean energy jobs coming to Las Vegas due to Biden law
More than 200 new solar jobs are coming to Las Vegas, due to a new joint project from Nextracker and Unimacts.
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Trump wants to cut corporate taxes again
Sixty-five percent of Americans believe corporate taxes should be raised and roughly six in 10 Americans said it bothered them a lot that corporations and some wealthy people “don’t pay their fair share,” according to a Pew survey. Donald Trump has other ideas.
