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States tasked with deciding the Colorado River's future have submitted competing proposals for how to manage the river's water. Environmental groups and tribes are also trying to help shape that conversation.
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Content warning: This episode of KNPR's State of Nevada talks about suicide at length. In 2021, 382 Nevadans died as the result of a vehicle crash, while 691 people killed themselves. A meeting in Las Vegas talked about prevention.
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For more than 40 years, April has been known as National Child Abuse Prevention Month — meant to raise awareness and help stop child abuse.
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The Republican National Committee on Friday filed a federal lawsuit seeking to prevent Nevada from counting mail ballots received after Election Day, as the state’s law currently permits.
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The conflict in the Middle East between Hamas and Israel has prompted American college students to organize pro-Palestinian protests on campuses nationwide.
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State government estimates that 26% of all employees in Las Vegas work in leisure and hospitality. But many of those jobs are stressful, unpredictable, and vulnerable to a bad economy.
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This year promises to be a close presidential election. Concerns are growing that Latino voters could see more election misinformation than in the past.
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Colorado's Rocky Mountains have reached peak snowpack, but climate change is changing the way snow turns to water. States around the region are debating new rules for the river that center around new water deficits.
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Nevadans have a lot on their minds, from traffic crashes and fatalities and the state Wildlife Commission to herbicides and the taxes on gaming revenues.