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July 1: Firework safety, a heat law goes into effect, and Entsminger talks water conservation

Fireworks explode over the Las Vegas Strip during a New Year's Eve celebration Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/David Becker)
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The community effort to counteract property — and health — damage from Fourth of July fireworks; a Nevada law mandating city-level heat mitigation plans goes into effect July 1; and SNWA's John Entsminger on the latest efforts to negotiate a multi-state Colorado River water use agreement. All that, on the latest episode of KNPR's State of Nevada.

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