The Daily Rundown - November 13th, 2025
🗣️ After much anticipation, the Nevada Legislature begins its special session this morning. Gov. Joe Lombardo had alluded to “unfinished business” when he earlier announced that he was likely to call this session. It was widely speculated that this referred to film tax credits — and indeed, that issue is on the table along with others.
The agenda, set by the governor, also includes his major crime bill; adjustments to alcohol sales and short-term vehicle lease insurance laws; funding for the relocation of residents in the sinking Windsor Park neighborhood; establishing a grant program for specialized health care providers; and reconsidering a bill Lombardo previously vetoed regarding the Legislative Fund and the governmental branch status of state entities. Lawmakers will also have the opportunity to address a projected shortfall and technology needs related to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
The special session is limited by the Nevada Constitution to bills related to issues specified in the governor’s proclamation and must conclude within 20 calendar days. Check out KNPR’s coverage of some of the major issues on the table this session — including efforts to fund the relocation of residents in the Windsor Park neighborhood, SNAP deficiencies exacerbated during the recent government shutdown, and Las Vegas's long-discussed film tax credit bill.
💦 A missed deadline for the Colorado River. The Trump administration gave state negotiators until Tuesday night to develop a plan to prevent the river’s reservoirs from reaching critically low levels. Forty million people in seven states depend on the river’s water.
Despite missing the federal deadline, the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Reclamation said states would be given more time to continue talks after making “collective progress.” The original agreement was made more than a century ago, and populations in the seven basin states have grown exponentially since. Paul Boger on KNPR's State of Nevada recently discussed the viability of a water rights buy-back program as a means to preserve another valuable source of water for Nevadans, groundwater.
👠 The first Vegas Fashion Week takes place this week, with events beginning tomorrow. Presented by the Las Vegas Fashion Council, the event marks a significant milestone for the city’s fashion scene. The schedule promises a showcase of both local and global talent throughout the weekend.
📊 FanDuel and DraftKings, the two largest U.S. sports betting operators, have agreed not to seek licensing in Nevada. The decision, formalized in a stipulated order with the Nevada Gaming Control Board, requires both companies to voluntarily surrender prior approvals and withdraw pending applications.
The companies will now focus on launching prediction markets in other states. The control board said prediction markets are “incompatible” with Nevada’s gaming regulations and accused the companies of intending to engage in “unlawful activities related to sports event contracts.”
Neither FanDuel nor DraftKings currently operates sportsbooks or daily fantasy offerings in Nevada, which maintains an in-person sports betting registration requirement. Both companies plan to target states without legal sports betting — such as California and Texas — with their own versions of prediction markets, which are regulated federally.
Nevada is among the jurisdictions filing federal lawsuits to block prediction markets like Kalshi from offering sports wagering contracts. FanDuel is reportedly exploring a partnership with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, while DraftKings is seeking National Futures Association approval and acquiring the predictions platform Railbird.
Part of these stories are taken from KNPR's daily newscast segment. To hear more daily updates like these, tune in to 88.9 KNPR FM.
