By Howard Stutz The Nevada Independent Lake Tahoe’s Cal Neva Lodge, a piece of Nevada’s gaming history for nearly a century, is going away in name only. Colorado-based real estate investment firm McWhinney acquired the shuttered property that straddles the California-Nevada state line for an undisclosed price Friday and announced plans to “reimagine” the site in … [Read more...]
By the numbers: What bills lived, died after Legislature’s first major deadline
By Sean Golonka and Tabitha Mueller The Nevada Independent Sure, almost 240 bills failed to survive the Legislature’s first committee passage deadline, but let’s break that down a bit more. Did the Senate or the Assembly pass more bills out of committee? Which lawmakers had the most bills die? Does longevity in office make a difference as far as bill success … [Read more...]
More work needed to prevent sexual misconduct at Nevada’s colleges, universities
By Sarah Peterson The Nevada Independent Beginning a collegiate career is arguably one of the most exciting times in a young person’s life. The first taste of freedom for some, it can feel surreal to be on the precipice of adulthood. However, particularly for women going to college for the first time, there’s an unspoken anxiety about the likelihood of experiencing sexual … [Read more...]
As Minden siren persists, lawmakers hope to close loopholes in ‘sundown siren’ law
By Carly Sauvageau The Nevada Independent Even though lawmakers in 2021 unanimously passed AB88, a bill sponsored by Assemblyman Howard Watts (D-Las Vegas) that prohibited “sundown sirens,” or sounds citywide to alert people of color to leave town by a certain time, the town of Minden still sounds a siren at 5 p.m. The city says the sound honors first responders … [Read more...]
Through an app, Reno middle schoolers aim to tackle food insecurity
By Rocio Hernandez The Nevada Independent A group of Reno sixth graders are on a mission typically outside the wheelhouse of middle schoolers — to develop an app to raise awareness of food insecurity and help people facing it. The project by five students at Doral Academy of Northern Nevada charter school was recently named the state winner of the Samsung Solve for … [Read more...]
Record snowpack eases drought, but raises a new risk for the spring melt: flooding
By Daniel Rothberg The Nevada Independent After years of back-to-back drought, a historic — and in many cases, record breaking — volume of water has accumulated as snow in mountains across western Nevada and the Great Basin. The snowpack, among the largest in the past 40 years, is providing the arid West and much of Nevada with a respite from prolonged drought. … [Read more...]
Public meeting set for April 19 on Phase II of Sparks Boulevard Project
The Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County is inviting Sparks commuters to offer their input on the Sparks Boulevard Project. The RTC is looking at widening the street from I-80 to Baring Boulevard, and this second phase of the plan is to address and fix capacity deficiencies and build a roadway that is suitable for all modes of transportation including … [Read more...]
Effort to create Nevada lottery picks up steam despite casino industry opposition
By Howard Stutz The Nevada Independent A legislative proposal allowing Nevada to operate a state lottery could slice into the revenue stream of Northern Nevada casino operator Truckee Gaming. But it wouldn’t be a large chunk of the company’s cash flow, said CEO Ferenc Szony. Truckee Gaming is a retailer licensed by the California Lottery to sell tickets from a … [Read more...]