In recent months, the U.S. Senate Budget Committee and the Federal Insurance Office have each released detailed data on insurance premiums, non-renewals and other key metrics. The advocacy groups Public Citizen and The Revolving Door Project brought that data to life with interactive maps.
You may have heard about the executive order the White House ordered last week directing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to “cease federal funding for NPR and PBS,” which it may not have the authority to do. But if public media is defunded, it won’t hurt “somewhere else.” It’ll hurt right here at home.
Recent News
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A federal funding freeze for refugee resettlement programs is disrupting services across the country, including here in northern Nevada. The Northern Nevada International Center has been forced to reduce staff, and is struggling to keep up with the needs of local refugees.
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Nevada lawmakers are trying to make it easier to get rid of abandoned vehicles from public and private property.
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Two Colorado women will each receive $5,000 to hike from the Nevada state capital to the Canadian border along a new trail that connect Carson City to a network of cross country trails.
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Federal layoffs shut down registry that studied links between firefighters and cancer ‘indefinitely’The move comes in the wake of massive Trump administration layoffs at the Department of Health and Human Services, the parent agency of the Centers for Disease Control and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), which runs the program.
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The goal is to build permanent, supportive housing for the vulnerable population.
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En este episodio de Al Aire con KUNR, la reportera Maria Palma informa acerca de la REAL ID, los recortes federales para Nevada Humanities y más.
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Interior Secretary Doug Burgum last week ordered all national parks to “remain open and accessible.” The directive comes after about 1,000 National Park Service employees were fired. In March, a federal judge ordered them – and thousands of other laid-off federal workers – to be reinstated, but the U.S. Supreme Court recently blocked that order.
En Español
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El secretario de Estado de Nevada, Francisco Aguilar, realizará lo que ha definido como “una gira de escucha activa” para reunirse con las 28 naciones tribales reconocidas por el Estado, con el objetivo de estrechar relaciones, aumentar la representación de sus miembros, y asegurar acceso a servicios gubernamentales.
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Los legisladores de Nevada buscan hacer más fácil deshacerse de vehículos abandonados, tanto en terrenos públicos como privados.
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El proyecto añadiría algunos alimentos de venta en la calle a la lista de productos hechos en casa que son preparados y vendidos fuera de una cocina comercial. Esta lista incluye mazorcas, aguas frescas, fruta fresca en trozos, alimentos populares en México y el resto de Latinoamérica.
Nevada State Government
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Nevada lawmakers are trying to make it easier for health care workers licensed in other states to work in Nevada.
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Nevada received a C+ in a national report on reproductive health care policy, while state lawmakers are presenting a number of bills aimed at increasing access.
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Dozens of people rallied on Tuesday morning in front of the legislative building in Carson City to celebrate Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander lobbying days.
Lake Tahoe
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Read or listen to news headlines for Tuesday, August 9, 2022.
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KUNR Today: Water Resources Development Act passes Senate, secures funding for Nevada water projectsRead or listen to news headlines for Friday, July 29, 2022.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is giving $3.4 million to a Mountain West tribe and environmental planners to fight invasive species.
Mountain West News
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Join us on Fridays at 6:45 a.m. and 5:44 p.m. and Sundays at 3:01 p.m. for a recap of the week's most important news stories in Spanish. Tune in to 88.7 FM in the Reno area, or click here to learn more and listen to the latest episode.
Join us on Fridays at 6:45 a.m. and 5:44 p.m. and Sundays at 3:01 p.m. for a recap of the week's most important news stories in Spanish. Tune in to 88.7 FM in the Reno area, or click here to learn more and listen to the latest episode.
NPR News
Purple Politics Nevada with Lucia Starbuck follows Nevada politics and the 2025 state legislative session. Tune in on the third Friday of each month at 7:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., as well as the following Sunday at 4 p.m.
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