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Nevada’s primary day proceeds with mostly mail voting and in-person turnout, but the secretary of state’s office briefly exposed testing results to The Nevada Independent’s server before polls closed. Officials say it was a secure testing environment and that results won’t be released until after the last voter in line at 7 p.m., as reporters continue to track turnout and issues across counties.
Trump-era tariffs reduced Canadian visitors to Las Vegas by about 17% last year, helping drive a 7.5% drop in overall tourism in 2025; Democrats are highlighting the Canada-to-Vegas drop in Nevada battleground races, while Republicans point to some early 2026 improvements and other positives like Governor Lombardo. Las Vegas is responding with promotions and marketing to lure back Canadian travelers amid broader inflation and cost‑of‑living concerns.
After a 20-month dispute, the Mountain West and Pac-12 settled two lawsuits, ending the court battle. The MW is projected to receive roughly $82.5 million from its media-rights deal, distributed as about $20.2 million each for UNLV and Air Force; about $9.5 million for Nevada, New Mexico, San Jose State and Wyoming; and about $4.1 million for Hawaii, with none for the incoming members. The agreement preserves media rights through 2032, could let UNLV regain its rights if it joins a Power 4 conference, relocates conference offices to Las Vegas, and keeps MW men’s basketball tournaments at Thomas & Mack through 2032. Rather than a courtroom showdown, the two leagues will now compete on the court and field for West supremacy starting next season.
A Nevada mother, Patience Rousseau, spent over two years in prison after a 2018 Facebook post and cop-misinterpreted actions were used to charges of manslaughter in a stillbirth, despite abortion being legal in the state. A 2021 ruling vacated the conviction for ineffective counsel, and she received a $100,000 settlement in 2025; the case underscores a broader trend of prosecutors using broad or old laws to criminalize pregnancy outcomes rather than focusing on the fetus’s harm. It also concerns the mishandling of the baby’s remains and highlights calls for reform and greater support for pregnant people facing loss and poverty.
Nevada health officials say there are currently no locally affected residents as federal authorities monitor an Andes virus hantavirus outbreak linked to a cruise ship; the CDC considers the state risk to be low. Hantaviruses can cause severe respiratory illness; Andes virus transmission between people is uncommon and typically requires prolonged close contact. Public guidance includes rodent-proofing homes, careful cleaning of droppings, and seeking medical care if symptoms develop after potential exposure.
A Nevada judge sentenced former actor Nathan Chasing Horse to life in prison after a jury convicted him on 13 counts of sexual assault against Indigenous women and girls, including a 14-year-old; prosecutors said he used his status as a Lakota medicine man to prey on victims for nearly two decades, while charges in Canada and Alberta remain unresolved.
Nathan Chasing Horse, known for Dances With Wolves, was sentenced to life in prison in Nevada after a jury found him guilty on multiple sexual assault charges involving Indigenous women and girls; three accusers testified and prosecutors say he exploited his Lakota identity as a healer to abuse victims, with convictions on some counts and acquittals on others.
President Trump visited Las Vegas to promote a no-tax-on-tips provision from his tax bill, but Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo did not appear publicly with him, saying he would meet separately. The event highlighted a deduction of up to $25,000 for tipped income (average around $7,100; more than six million claimants), though critics warn tipped workers could lose under broader cuts to social programs. The conversation also touched on gas prices—Nevada near $5 per gallon and national prices above $4—with officials predicting prices may stay elevated into 2027; Lombardo’s absence onstage is seen by some as distancing himself from Trump’s economic agenda.
Nevada’s largest utility warns that proposed data centers could triple Las Vegas’s electricity load and likely require fossil-fuel generation, threatening the state’s goal of 50% renewable power by 2030. The expansion is part of a broader national trend where data-center demand challenges utilities’ ability to sustain long-term decarbonization, with North Carolina revising plans to keep coal and add gas plants and NextEra Energy dropping a zero-emissions target due to power demand. Some centers, like Las Vegas Switch, operate on their own renewable setups, but many rely on gas-fired generation or diesel backups, fueling regulatory and legislative debate over mandatory clean-energy funding and load responsibility for data centers. Regulators plan a forthcoming report to outline how to balance growth with climate goals.
A Nevada court issued a 14-day restraining order barring Kalshi from offering sports, election, and entertainment event contracts in the state unless it obtains gaming licenses, intensifying the national regulatory fight over prediction markets; the case mirrors other state actions (Arizona charges; Ohio/Tennessee/Massachusetts disputes) and follows Kalshi's recent funding round that valued the company around $22 billion.
The FBI closed its Nevada 2020 election-fraud inquiry after reviewing voter rolls against DHS citizenship data and identifying only 38 possible noncitizen voters, with the statute of limitations expiring for potential charges. The probe, ordered by Nevada’s top federal prosecutor Sigal Chattah, raised questions about why similar investigations continue in Georgia and Arizona.
An Albany law student, 23-year-old Dawson Maloney, traveled about 2,500 miles to Nevada and rammed a rental car toward a Las Vegas-area power substation, injuring no one but dying from a self-inflicted gunshot. Investigators treat the incident as terrorism; Maloney was found with firearms, flame throwers, a hatchet, and armor in the car, and explosives-making materials plus extremist literature in a hotel room. The substation sustained no major damage, and motive remains unclear beyond prior threats and a note to his mother referring to himself as a “dead terrorist son.”
Nevada regulators are pursuing civil action against Kalshi, contending its prediction-market contracts amount to illegal sports betting under state law, while Kalshi argues they are a regulated financial exchange; the fight has shifted from state court to federal court and highlights a broader national debate over whether prediction markets fall under gaming or financial regulation, with potential implications for their legality and reach across the United States.
With California’s proposed 5% billionaire tax on assets over $1 billion, ultrawealthy residents are relocating to Nevada, fueling a Las Vegas luxury real estate surge and drawing high-profile movers like Don Hankey and Sergey Brin, while others diversify properties elsewhere.
A Los Angeles–based billionaire has moved to Nevada to sidestep a proposed wealth tax in California, taking advantage of Nevada’s lack of a state income tax. The move underscores how tax proposals could influence where the ultra-wealthy live and how policy shifts may drive capital relocation.