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“He’ll make America sick again,” said Lawrence Gostin, a professor of public health law at Georgetown University.
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Tribal leaders noted that water settlement bills have historically been passed during lame duck congressional sessions.
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The Trump administration stands to inherit a healthy labor market with decent job growth across many sectors.
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A U.S. law that would force the Chinese parent company of social media giant TikTok to either sell the service or face a U.S. ban is constitutional, a panel of federal appeals judges ruled.
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Advocates also caution that state efforts to bolster patient protections will be undermined if the Trump administration cuts federal funding for Medicaid and the insurance marketplaces established through the Affordable Care Act.
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For the first time in years, representatives from Lower Basin states — NV, AZ, and CA — and Upper Basin states — CO, NM, UT, and WY — did not appear on a panel together or meet during the annual Colorado River conference.
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Trump picks auctioneer to lead the IRS. Via @MO_Independent
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For at least the next 2 years, the choices made by Amodei will likely be more important than those made by any other Nevadan in Congress. Cheering a Musk-Ramaswamy congressional end-around as “good news” is not an auspicious start.
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Former MGM CEO taking over Resorts World knew in 2019 of allegations that company executives, including then-MGM Grand president Scott Sibella, were turning a blind eye to gamblers with questionable sources of income.
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NV, AZ, and CA have managed to increase water elevation in Lake Mead by nearly 20 feet in 2 years, and conserved more water in 2023 than any previous year since 1984. But the lake is still at only 33% capacity.
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The move brings Henderson in line with other Southern Nevada municipalities, which began welcoming community cats in 2015.
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Spikes accompanying the economy’s emergence from the pandemic retreated & leveled off, and Southern Nevada rents today are about what they would have been if there hadn't been a pandemic - a reflection of already rapidly rising rents prior to the pandemic.
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"Groups advocating for book censorship are not 'protecting' students; they are only projecting their biased views of appropriate educational literature."
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Moody’s is assuming any new tariffs will not be as extreme as what Trump promised on the campaign trail because “any shakiness that we start to see in the economy is going to cause some pullback in more extreme policy suggestions.”
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Animal advocates have long been frustrated by the city’s failure to budget for shelter improvements, even while it spends tens of millions of dollars to buy property and partner in recreational facilities.
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“It’s not that influential to have a bunch of women in power if ... they are going to align themselves with status quo."
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Trump said Tuesday he has selected a skeptic of COVID-19 precautions to run the National Institutes of Health, the sweeping federal agency tasked with solving many of the country’s biggest health challenges. 🔗⬇️ https://t.co/McuFsTyZcs

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“It won’t get better until we demand better. I don’t know that you can look at that video any other kind of way, other than to say that Brandon Durham’s life was taken erroneously and he was murdered.” 🔗⬇️ https://t.co/zMNtfsGM23

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Horsford was one of several House Democrats who introduced a bill Tuesday to rein in the executive’s ability to implement tariffs, citing the added cost to American families.
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'It’s also important to spread the word that there are good people trying to hold up a light in the darkness. As Sovern puts it, “What we can do are little bits of tons of hard work.”'
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