The Prime Minister of Italy, Matteo Renzi, joined Governor Sandoval, Senator Dean Heller and other dignitaries, at the formal dedication of the only geothermal power plant in the world that combines geothermal energy with two kinds of solar technology. That’s the Stillwater Geothermal Plant near Fallon. Italy was the site of the first geothermal experiment…… MORE
Bundy Family Fighting Extradition
Two members of the Bundy family are fighting government efforts to extradite them from Oregon to Nevada, to face federal charges in the 2014 armed standoff with law enforcement near their father’s ranch in Bunkerville. Lawyers for Ammon and Ryan Bundy, are asking the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a court order…… MORE
Opponents Want Court To Keep Blocking School Choice
Opponents of Nevada’s “Education Savings Accounts,” asked the Nevada Supreme Court to uphold the injunction blocking implementation of the school choice program. Parents opposed to the program cited the Republican-backed “Education First,” amendment in the state Constitution, that requires lawmakers to fund public schools before and to the exclusion, of anything else. Sylvia Lazos, policy…… MORE
Nevada To Reduce Prescription Drug Abuse
The Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health has received almost a million dollars from the Centers for Disease Control. It’s to implement the data and surveillance components of the State’s plan to reduce prescription drug abuse. The plan will improve safe prescribing practices and better address prescription drug misuse and overdoses. This funding comes…… MORE
Federal Sunsets – Perhaps a Good Idea
By Dan Mason… Finally, a sunset law that might actually allow federal programs to die!… MORE
Judge Rules Against Solar Ballot Measure
A judge in Carson City has ruled against a proposed ballot measure that would reverse Nevada’s rooftop solar rate hike. Judge James Russell ruled yesterday that a petition filed by the No Solar Tax PAC and backed by rooftop solar panel companies doesn’t qualify as a referendum but should be classified as an initiative petition.…… MORE
Want to Own a Small Nevada Town?
The small town of Cal-Nev-Ari is for sale. It’s around an hour from Las Vegas, and was established as town way back in 1965. One of the original founders is selling, and you can get it, and some of its infrastructure, for only $8 million dollars. The town covers around 500 acres, and comes with…… MORE
Little Caesars Location Robbed at Gunpoint
Reno police are looking for a man who robbed the clerk at a pizza shop in Stead. Police say about 9:30AM Monday, the man walked into the Little Caesar’s on Stead Boulevard and showed a gun to the clerk. He got away with cash and rode off on a bicycle. Witnesses describe the robber as…… MORE
Police Looking For Credit Card Fraudster
Police are looking for a woman accused of fraudulently using stolen credit cards. According to the Sparks Police Department, the credit cards were stolen in a vehicle burglary at the Safeway on Vista Parkway, near North D’Andrea. The suspect then used the credit cards to make several purchases on March 10th, including at the Target…… MORE
Gun Advocates Preparing For Ballot Measure
Nevadans for State Gun Rights is urging voters to ask their state and district candidates where they stand, on the universal background check initiative that will be on the ballot in November. President Don Turner says “Legislators have a key role in the law-making process, and we need to know where they stand when an…… MORE
