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NV Energy, which has overcharged customers by as much as $65 million since 2002, says it regrets the errors, but doesn’t intend on making customers whole, according to the company’s filing last week with the Nevada Public Utilities Commission. nevadacurrent.com/2026/01/13/n...
NV Energy balks at call to fully repay overcharged customers • Nevada Current
NV Energy, which has overcharged customers at both ends of the state by as much as $65 million since 2002, says it regrets the errors, but doesn’t intend on making customers whole, according to the co...
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January 13, 2026 at 5:23 PM
NV Energy, which has overcharged customers by as much as $65 million since 2002, says it regrets the errors, but doesn’t intend on making customers whole, according to the company’s filing last week with the Nevada Public Utilities Commission. nevadacurrent.com/2026/01/13/n...
NVEnergy, which has overcharged customers by as much as $65 million since 2002, says it regrets the errors, but doesn’t intend on making customers whole, according to the company’s filing last week with the Nevada Public Utilities Commission. nevadacurrent.com/2026/01/13/n...
NV Energy balks at call to fully repay overcharged customers • Nevada Current
NV Energy, which has overcharged customers at both ends of the state by as much as $65 million since 2002, says it regrets the errors, but doesn’t intend on making customers whole, according to the co...
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January 13, 2026 at 5:22 PM
NVEnergy, which has overcharged customers by as much as $65 million since 2002, says it regrets the errors, but doesn’t intend on making customers whole, according to the company’s filing last week with the Nevada Public Utilities Commission. nevadacurrent.com/2026/01/13/n...
Clark County was the 223rd most affordable county of the 594 analyzed in the report, while Washoe County was 220th. nevadacurrent.com/2026/01/12/h...
Homes in the U.S. are less affordable than in the past, says housing analyst • Nevada Current
Residential properties in 99% of U.S. counties analyzed in a new report were less affordable in the last three quarters of 2025 than historical averages, going back to the pre-Great Recession days of ...
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January 12, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Clark County was the 223rd most affordable county of the 594 analyzed in the report, while Washoe County was 220th. nevadacurrent.com/2026/01/12/h...
“The links between domestic violence and animal abuse are well-documented and apparent in this case,” Gina Greisen of NV Voters for Animals said Thursday. “We’re having a rash of animal cruelty cases, and we're among the worst in the nation for domestic violence.” nevadacurrent.com/2026/01/08/r...
Reba’s Law to be tested by prosecution of man who threw girlfriend’s kitten at a wall • Nevada Current
A Henderson man who threw his girlfriend’s three month-old kitten against a wall and then into a parking lot and sent the video to her in an alleged attempt to intimidate her, must stay away from his ...
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January 9, 2026 at 12:13 AM
“The links between domestic violence and animal abuse are well-documented and apparent in this case,” Gina Greisen of NV Voters for Animals said Thursday. “We’re having a rash of animal cruelty cases, and we're among the worst in the nation for domestic violence.” nevadacurrent.com/2026/01/08/r...
In six months, the Crisis Response Team responded to 758 incidents involving 678 patients. Only 30% were taken to emergency rooms, compared with 82% of individuals involved in similar calls in 2024. nevadacurrent.com/2026/01/07/c...
Clark County Commission ponders funding for mental health intervention team • Nevada Current
A federally-funded pilot program conducted by Clark County found a crisis intervention team is effective in keeping people with substance abuse and mental health issues out of local emergency rooms an...
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January 7, 2026 at 2:42 PM
In six months, the Crisis Response Team responded to 758 incidents involving 678 patients. Only 30% were taken to emergency rooms, compared with 82% of individuals involved in similar calls in 2024. nevadacurrent.com/2026/01/07/c...
“Do you continue to throw good money after bad at the Animal Foundation, or do you do something that’s actually going to make a difference?” asks Keith Williams of the Community Cat Coalition of Clark County. nevadacurrent.com/2025/12/11/a...
Animal Foundation more than doubled fiscal loss in 2024 • Nevada Current
The Animal Foundation, Southern Nevada’s largest government–subsidized shelter, lost nearly $10.6 million in 2024, more than twice its $4.2 million loss in 2023, according to the non-profits’s tax ret...
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December 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
“Do you continue to throw good money after bad at the Animal Foundation, or do you do something that’s actually going to make a difference?” asks Keith Williams of the Community Cat Coalition of Clark County. nevadacurrent.com/2025/12/11/a...
@alexandermarks.bsky.social says NSEA's complaint to the LCB “was more about the pattern we’ve seen since 2023” and the “powers that be that believe they’re above the law,” than just about Sandoval, Aguero, and Vellardita. nevadacurrent.com/2025/12/05/s...
Sandoval, Aguero, Vellardita won’t face sanctions for failing to register as lobbyists • Nevada Current
A Nevada law that requires lobbyists to register within two days of attempting to twist the arms of state lawmakers has no teeth, says the Nevada State Education Association, following the Legislative...
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December 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
@alexandermarks.bsky.social says NSEA's complaint to the LCB “was more about the pattern we’ve seen since 2023” and the “powers that be that believe they’re above the law,” than just about Sandoval, Aguero, and Vellardita. nevadacurrent.com/2025/12/05/s...
Gamblers Robert Cipriani and James Russell allege Resorts World “adopted a deliberate business strategy — premised on ignoring regulatory and legal restrictions" to conduct “a criminal racketeering Enterprise.” nevadacurrent.com/2025/12/03/c...
Civil RICO lawsuit filed against Resorts World, Sibella, and Chesnoff • Nevada Current
A federal lawsuit filed Wednesday in Nevada alleges violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) against current and former Resorts World Las Vegas executives, including...
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December 3, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Gamblers Robert Cipriani and James Russell allege Resorts World “adopted a deliberate business strategy — premised on ignoring regulatory and legal restrictions" to conduct “a criminal racketeering Enterprise.” nevadacurrent.com/2025/12/03/c...
The New York board “views this lack of transparency as concerning and recommends that the Commission weigh this in its licensing evaluation.” nevadacurrent.com/2025/12/03/r...
Resorts World omits money laundering case from its New York casino application • Nevada Current
The failure of Resorts World New York, a sister company of Resorts World Las Vegas, to disclose regulatory violations of money laundering in its New York casino application could jeopardize its effort...
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December 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The New York board “views this lack of transparency as concerning and recommends that the Commission weigh this in its licensing evaluation.” nevadacurrent.com/2025/12/03/r...
Americans, lulled into complacency by Trump’s “truly masterful flood the zone with shit strategy,” have been slow to awaken to the panoply of threats posed by the president, says UNLV Associate Professor of Political Science, Rebecca Gill. nevadacurrent.com/2025/11/24/d...
Democracy is sounding an alarm. Is America putting it on snooze? • Nevada Current
As the United States approaches its 250th birthday, the tethers that bind it to the principles of democracy, enshrined in the Constitution by its founders, are being tested in unprecedented fashion. P...
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November 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Americans, lulled into complacency by Trump’s “truly masterful flood the zone with shit strategy,” have been slow to awaken to the panoply of threats posed by the president, says UNLV Associate Professor of Political Science, Rebecca Gill. nevadacurrent.com/2025/11/24/d...
Kypreos’ brokerage, GK Properties, along with others, is involved in “fraudulently inducing home buyers into using Zillow Flex agents and illegally steering buyers into using Zillow Home Loans,” the suit alleges. nevadacurrent.com/2025/11/21/s...
Suit alleges collusion between Zillow and brokerage of LV Realtors’ president • Nevada Current
A federal lawsuit alleges a Las Vegas real estate brokerage operated by George Kypreos, president of Las Vegas Realtors, conspired with Zillow to obtain clients, garner hidden fees, and steer prospect...
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November 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Kypreos’ brokerage, GK Properties, along with others, is involved in “fraudulently inducing home buyers into using Zillow Flex agents and illegally steering buyers into using Zillow Home Loans,” the suit alleges. nevadacurrent.com/2025/11/21/s...
“I want to state clearly the way our AML (anti-money laundering) program operated in this instance was unacceptable,” Caesars Entertainment Chairman of the Board Gary Carano told the commission. nevadacurrent.com/briefs/gamin...
Gaming commissioners approve fine against Caesars, conflate illegal bookies • Nevada Current
The Nevada Gaming Commission voted Thursday to approve a stipulated fine against Caesars Palace, which allowed illegal bookmaker Mathew Bowyer to gamble for years, despite his lack of a verifiable sou...
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November 20, 2025 at 10:49 PM
“I want to state clearly the way our AML (anti-money laundering) program operated in this instance was unacceptable,” Caesars Entertainment Chairman of the Board Gary Carano told the commission. nevadacurrent.com/briefs/gamin...
“You’re making waves... and major players are exerting political influence. The Governor trusts Kris and will be deferential to him on these kinds of decisions,” a key insider in Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo's re-election campaign wrote. nevadacurrent.com/2025/11/17/l...
Lombardo insider: Politics at play in removal of HOA critic from state task force • Nevada Current
Las Vegan Mike Kosor is a longtime thorn in the side of the homeowners association industry, and of state regulators he asserts are too cozy with those they regulate. Wielding powers generally reserve...
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November 17, 2025 at 4:12 PM
“You’re making waves... and major players are exerting political influence. The Governor trusts Kris and will be deferential to him on these kinds of decisions,” a key insider in Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo's re-election campaign wrote. nevadacurrent.com/2025/11/17/l...
The complaint says Caesars Palace banned Bowyer after news surfaced that his home had been raided by federal agents investigating gambling by unsavory characters in Las Vegas casinos. The Current was first to report the raid. nevadacurrent.com/briefs/caesa... nevadacurrent.com/briefs/caesa...
Caesars agrees to $7.8 million fine for years of letting illegal bookie Bowyer gamble • Nevada Current
Caesars Palace and its subsidiaries agreed Thursday to a stipulated fine of $7.8 million in connection with a five-count complaint filed by the Nevada Gaming Control Board regarding the casino’s failu...
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November 14, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The complaint says Caesars Palace banned Bowyer after news surfaced that his home had been raided by federal agents investigating gambling by unsavory characters in Las Vegas casinos. The Current was first to report the raid. nevadacurrent.com/briefs/caesa... nevadacurrent.com/briefs/caesa...
Former State Sen. Warren Hardy, lobbyist for @humaneworldorg.bsky.social, says he intends to “try to get the legislative commission to reject that insulting regulation and then back to the drawing board.” Legislative action, he says, “is likely our only recourse.” nevadacurrent.com/2025/11/12/s...
Sanctioning killing contests ‘pours fuel’ on controversy, says wildlife commissioner • Nevada Current
The Nevada Wildlife Commission voted Saturday to legitimize coyote killing contests, after a nearly decade-long effort to ban the events, which are opposed by a majority of Nevadans. The move, some sa...
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November 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Former State Sen. Warren Hardy, lobbyist for @humaneworldorg.bsky.social, says he intends to “try to get the legislative commission to reject that insulting regulation and then back to the drawing board.” Legislative action, he says, “is likely our only recourse.” nevadacurrent.com/2025/11/12/s...
“We urge Congress to immediately pass a clean continuing resolution to reopen the federal government,” said a letter from US Travel, Caesars Entertainment, MGM, & LVCVA, which informed @rosen.senate.gov "that we planned to sign" and shared its content. nevadacurrent.com/2025/11/11/n...
NV gaming/tourism sided with Trump on shutdown, made sure Rosen knew it • Nevada Current
The capitulation by a handful of moderate Senate Democrats, including Nevada’s two senators, to end the government shutdown came days after Nevada resort and tourism officials sided with the White Hou...
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November 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
“We urge Congress to immediately pass a clean continuing resolution to reopen the federal government,” said a letter from US Travel, Caesars Entertainment, MGM, & LVCVA, which informed @rosen.senate.gov "that we planned to sign" and shared its content. nevadacurrent.com/2025/11/11/n...
Will the success of Democratic candidates’ focus on affordability be a jolt to Republicans? “It better be,” said longtime campaign consultant Lisa Mayo DeRiso. “If not, Republicans are going to be in deep, deep doo doo.” nevadacurrent.com/2025/11/10/p... nevadacurrent.com/2025/11/10/p...
Pols, consultants mull last week's Democratic sweep as a harbinger for Nevada • Nevada Current
Off-year elections are generally unremarkable. But the victories last week of Democratic candidates for governor in New Jersey and Virginia, a Democratic Socialist mayoral candidate in New York, and a...
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November 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Will the success of Democratic candidates’ focus on affordability be a jolt to Republicans? “It better be,” said longtime campaign consultant Lisa Mayo DeRiso. “If not, Republicans are going to be in deep, deep doo doo.” nevadacurrent.com/2025/11/10/p... nevadacurrent.com/2025/11/10/p...
It’s unknown how much of the money has been paid back.
NV Energy first attempted to reimburse a portion of customers a total of $2.5 million. A law passed by the Legislature this year requires that utilities pay back all overcharges with interest. nevadacurrent.com/briefs/nv-en...
NV Energy first attempted to reimburse a portion of customers a total of $2.5 million. A law passed by the Legislature this year requires that utilities pay back all overcharges with interest. nevadacurrent.com/briefs/nv-en...
NV Energy overcharged customers $65.4 million over more than two decades • Nevada Current
NV Energy estimates it overcharged customers at both ends of the state by a total of $65.4 million from 2002 through 2024, the company reported in response to an investigation by the Nevada Public Uti...
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November 6, 2025 at 11:10 PM
It’s unknown how much of the money has been paid back.
NV Energy first attempted to reimburse a portion of customers a total of $2.5 million. A law passed by the Legislature this year requires that utilities pay back all overcharges with interest. nevadacurrent.com/briefs/nv-en...
NV Energy first attempted to reimburse a portion of customers a total of $2.5 million. A law passed by the Legislature this year requires that utilities pay back all overcharges with interest. nevadacurrent.com/briefs/nv-en...
Chris Giunchigliani, who formerly served in the state Legislature and on the Clark County Commission, reminded the council that its predecessors passed a ban on pet sales, only to rescind it a year later. nevadacurrent.com/briefs/las-v...
Las Vegas Council approves retail pet sale ban, effective in 2028 • Nevada Current
The 13 pet stores within Las Vegas city limits have three years to adjust their business models following a vote Wednesday by the City Council to ban the retail sale of pets. The ordinance, proposed ...
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November 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Chris Giunchigliani, who formerly served in the state Legislature and on the Clark County Commission, reminded the council that its predecessors passed a ban on pet sales, only to rescind it a year later. nevadacurrent.com/briefs/las-v...
Gov. Lombardo is slated to attend a fundraiser Thursday in D.C. as close to half a million Nevadans struggle to make do with a fraction of federal food assistance benefits, another 100,000 face the prospect of unaffordable health insurance, and others go unpaid. nevadacurrent.com/2025/11/06/l...
Lombardo puts Nevadans’ woes on back burner, jets to D.C. for fundraiser • Nevada Current
Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo is slated to attend a $5,000-a plate fundraiser in his honor Thursday in Washington, D.C., as close to half a million Nevadans struggle to make do with a fraction of federal f...
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November 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Gov. Lombardo is slated to attend a fundraiser Thursday in D.C. as close to half a million Nevadans struggle to make do with a fraction of federal food assistance benefits, another 100,000 face the prospect of unaffordable health insurance, and others go unpaid. nevadacurrent.com/2025/11/06/l...
“Both parties are failing to govern in an effective manner and act in the interest of the voters,” said Clark County Commission candidate Becky Harris. “We need candidates who are not affected by a party and want to help the community.” nevadacurrent.com/2025/11/04/f...
Former state senator discards Republican mantle in run for Clark County Commission • Nevada Current
Becky Harris, a former state senator and the first woman appointed as chairperson of the Nevada Gaming Control Board, is dropping her Republican Party affiliation to run as a non-partisan candidate fo...
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November 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
“Both parties are failing to govern in an effective manner and act in the interest of the voters,” said Clark County Commission candidate Becky Harris. “We need candidates who are not affected by a party and want to help the community.” nevadacurrent.com/2025/11/04/f...
Former state senator discards Republican mantle in run for Clark County Commission nevadacurrent.com/2025/11/04/f...
Former state senator discards Republican mantle in run for Clark County Commission • Nevada Current
Becky Harris, a former state senator and the first woman appointed as chairperson of the Nevada Gaming Control Board, is dropping her Republican Party affiliation to run as a non-partisan candidate fo...
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November 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Former state senator discards Republican mantle in run for Clark County Commission nevadacurrent.com/2025/11/04/f...
Last month, VPRP executive director Jamie Gregory told the Current she earns $74,000 a year in salary. Bylaws she provided indicate the executive director is to earn $20 an hour for 30 hours a week, which would total $31,200 annually. nevadacurrent.com/2025/10/30/a...
Animal rescue board alleges founder used charity funds for personal use • Nevada Current
The executive director of a Las Vegas animal rescue organization that raised money to treat Reba, the bulldog who died after being abandoned in a plastic tote, has used proceeds from the nonprofit org...
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October 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Last month, VPRP executive director Jamie Gregory told the Current she earns $74,000 a year in salary. Bylaws she provided indicate the executive director is to earn $20 an hour for 30 hours a week, which would total $31,200 annually. nevadacurrent.com/2025/10/30/a...
The endeavor raises questions about Trump’s conflict of interest in appointing the commissioners charged with oversight of his venture, as well as bets being placed on outcomes of events or issues that as president, Trump could control.
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Trump partners with crypto betting platform suing Nevada, other states • Nevada Current
President Donald Trump’s latest business partnership may place him at odds with Nevada and other states suing to stop prediction markets from accepting what regulators say are nothing more than illega...
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October 30, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The endeavor raises questions about Trump’s conflict of interest in appointing the commissioners charged with oversight of his venture, as well as bets being placed on outcomes of events or issues that as president, Trump could control.
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Mesquite, once a predominantly LDS community, is NV’s fastest growing city. Some residents suggest a good old boy network, frustrated by longer meetings, a lack of decorum, and the influence of newcomers, is attempting to control public dialogue. nevadacurrent.com/2025/10/29/a...
Amid fears of eroding democracy, Mesquite council rejects limits on public comment • Nevada Current
For the second time this year, efforts by Mesquite elected officials to streamline city council meetings by eliminating some public comment died when proposals before the council failed to garner a mo...
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October 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Mesquite, once a predominantly LDS community, is NV’s fastest growing city. Some residents suggest a good old boy network, frustrated by longer meetings, a lack of decorum, and the influence of newcomers, is attempting to control public dialogue. nevadacurrent.com/2025/10/29/a...