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Intestinal infection linked to animal yoga, health officials warn
Nevada health officials are investigating reported cases of an intestinal infection they say has been linked to animal yoga.
Intestinal infection linked to animal yoga, health officials warn
Nevada health officials are investigating reported cases of an intestinal infection they say has been linked to animal yoga.
LIVE! Watch ‘Benavidez vs. Zurdo’ Prelims For Free
Before David Benavidez challenges WBO and WBA Cruiserweight champion, Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez, for his WBA title later TONIGHT (Sat., May 2, 2026) inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on DAZN PPV, you can check out some of the early “prelims” for free on YouTube. “The Mexican Monster” and “Zurdo” will also be competing for […]
Which questions do peatland scientists want to answer most?
Peatlands are poorly understood worldwide, but have important implications for the climate. Nevada scientists compiled the 50 most urgent questions about them.
Adelson, Davis inducted into Nevada Business Hall of Fame
Dr. Miriam Adelson and Mark Davis are the forefront of keeping Las Vegas a world-leading tourist destination.
Video: ‘Mexican Monster’ Stares Down Zurdo In ‘Sin City’
David Benavidez (31-0) will make his much-anticipated return to the ring this Saturday (May 2, 2026) to face off against one of the biggest challenges of his career when he goes toe-to-toe against WBA (Super) and WBO Cruiserweight champion, Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (48-1), inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. For Benavidez, it’s his chance […]
Horsford Works Alongside North Las Vegas Small Business Owner Impacted by Republican Healthcare Cuts
NORTH LAS VEGAS – Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) continued his “Congressman on the Job” series, a district-wide initiative where he steps directly into Nevada workplaces to experience firsthand the challenges facing workers, small businesses, and families across the Fourth District.
Intermountain Health Unveils New Nevada Community Health Needs Assessment and Implementation Strategy to Enhance Health of Residents
Intermountain Health has published its new Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) and the Community Health Implementation Strategies (CHIS)for Nevada, identifying where the greatest healthcare needs for the communities and the actions that must be taken to enhance community health.The new assessment report found the most significant health nee...
The LINQ Promenade Celebrates Cinco De Mayo With Food, Drink and Entertainment Specials, May 1 - 5
LAS VEGAS – The LINQ Promenade is celebrating Cinco de Mayo with a weekend-long lineup of food and beverage specials, comedy programming and entertainment options across its open-air destination from Friday, May 1 through Tuesday,
Nevada named among 10 best states to start a business. What it means
WalletHub, a website focused on personal finance topics, ranked the best states to start a business. Nevada placed in the top 10.
Matches To Make After UFC Vegas 116
UFC Vegas 116 went own last night (Sat., April 25, 2026) inside Meta Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada, which saw Aljamain Sterling defeat Youssef Zalal via unanimous decision. In the co-main event of the evening, Joselyn Edwards defeated Norma Dumont, also via unanimous decision, while Ryan Spann kicked off the main card with a stellar […]
RJ to launch VegasBusiness, authoritative source of local business news
The Review-Journal on May 3 will launch VegasBusiness, a multiplatform brand that delivers analysis and insight to the business leaders of Southern Nevada.
Sooo ... About Last Night
Last night (Sat., April 25, 2026), Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) returned home to Meta Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada for UFC Vegas 116. In the main event, former Bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling looked to take a step closer to Featherweight gold by turning away red-hot rising star Youssef Zalal. The co-main event was another potential […]
#IMOMSOHARD
In this segment of 2 Plus You Nevada, host Sarah Johns highlights the all-new #IMOMSOHARD: Flashback Tour, coming to Reno for one night only!
Nevada regulators approve Golden Entertainment going private
The Nevada Gaming Commission Thursday signed off on Golden Entertainment taking the company private. The Las Vegas-based casino operator whose flagship property is The Strat on the Strip, has de...
VICI to close $1.2bn Golden Entertainment deal around 30 April
Vici Properties has announced that the acquisition of seven Nevada casino properties from Golden Entertainment Inc is due to close on or around 30 April.
Small Business Grant recipients announced
ELKINS – Woodlands Development & Lending is proud to announce recipients of its Spring Forward Small Business Grant Opportunity. Officials received more than 80 proposals for this quick-turnaround, $500 grant and were able to make 22 awards to small businesses located throughout the Mon Forest Region of West Virginia. Local food establishments, recreation outfitters, small […]
Sigal Chattah addresses criticism, politics after one year leading Las Vegas federal prosecutors
April marks one year that Sigal Chattah has headed the U.S. Attorney’s office for the District of Nevada. Her appointment by the Trump administration as First Assistant U.S. Attorney has been…
UNR opens three museums for Spring into Science, with fossils, robots and solar viewing
KRXI2 NBC Reno covers news, sports, weather and traffic for the Reno, Nevada area including Sparks, Carson City, Virginia City, Silver City, Stagecoach, Silver Springs, Sun Valley, Cold Springs, Spanish Springs and Fenley, Nevada and Truckee and Tahoe City, California.
Kalshi suspends 3 political candidates for betting on own races
Kalshi has suspended three political candidates for betting on their own races, the prediction market platform announced Wednesday. Minnesota congressional candidate and state Sen. Matt Klein (D) a…
Benavidez vs. Ramirez Start Time, Full Fight Card
Event: David Benavidez vs. Zurdo RamirezDate: Sat., May 2, 2026Location: T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NevadaStart Time: DAZN PPV main card start time at 8 p.m. ET Benavidez vs. Ramirez Main Event on DAZN PPV: 200 lbs.: David Benavidez (31-0) vs. Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (48-1) for WBA and WBO Cruiserweight titles Benavidez vs. Ramirez Main […]
Dave Mason, co-founder of Traffic known for 'We Just Disagree' and 'Feelin’ Alright,' dies at 79
Dave Mason, co-founder of the psychedelic British band Traffic and songwriter behind “Feelin’ Alright” and “Hole in My Shoe,” died Sunday at his home in Gardnerville, Nevada | KMBZ
WrestleMania 42 Night 2 results, full list of winners
WWE WrestleMania 42 is in the books, after an action-packed weekend at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada. On Sunday night, Night 2 took place with four championships on the line. In the main event, Roman Reigns pinned CM Punk…
College of Business team places third nationally in AMA Collegiate Case Competition
University of Nevada, Reno College of Business students placed third nationally in the AMA Collegiate Case Competition after presenting a Major League Baseball marketing strategy.
April Las Vegas headliners. David Byrne, Cyndi Lauper, Phish included
Las Vegas is known for its entertainment and people traveling into the Southern Nevada city may be wondering what shows are coming up. Here's the list.
LVRJ Business 7@7 | Here’s how much you need to make to be considered ‘rich’ in Nevada
Here’s how much you need to make to be considered ‘rich’ in Nevada
Reno Pro Soccer's $350M entertainment district 'The Boulevard Reno' includes hotel/casino
The group behind Reno Pro Soccer's attempt to build a first-of-its-kind soccer stadium in Northern Nevada has submitted a pre-planning application for its ambit
Reno Pro Soccer's $350M entertainment district 'The Boulevard Reno' includes hotel/casino
The group behind Reno Pro Soccer's attempt to build a first-of-its-kind soccer stadium in Northern Nevada has submitted a pre-planning application for its ambit
Reno Pro Soccer's $350M entertainment district 'The Boulevard Reno' includes hotel/casino
The group behind Reno Pro Soccer's attempt to build a first-of-its-kind soccer stadium in Northern Nevada has submitted a pre-planning application for its ambit
Nevada State University joins NAIA for athletics, adds more sports
Nevada State University has a new home for its burgeoning athletics department.
Nevada investigators: Man defrauded Las Vegas sports betting investors
Investigators in Nevada allege a man defrauded investors out of tens of thousands of dollars as part of a Las Vegas sports betting scheme, the 8 News Now Investigators have learned.
“AI polls” are fake polls
A few weeks after Donald Trump’s second presidential win, I took the train up from London (where I was living at the time) to Oxford to attend a conference on polls and forecasts of the 2024 election. Most of the attendees were pollsters or academics, but I also watched presentations from Aaru and Electric Twin, two companies that do what is interchangeably called synthetic sampling, silicon sampling, or synthetic audiences. Stripped of startup jargon, that means they use large language models (LLMs) to simulate responses to public opinion polls by having AI agents take on the role of survey respondents. I had already heard of Aaru thanks to some articles with eye-catching headlines like “No people, no problem: AI chatbots predict elections better than humans” in the months leading up to Election Day. The founders were making some big, some might even say far-fetched claims, such as: “within two years, we will simulate the entire globe — from the way crops are grown in Ukraine to how that impacts production of oil in Iraq, trade through the strait of Malacca, and elections for the mayor of Baltimore.” When Semafor asked Aaru’s cofounders — Cameron Fink and Ned Koh — about my boss, they said “we respect all those who came before us.” Nate (as he so often does) shared his thoughts on Twitter: Fink and Koh were relatively good-natured about this back-and-forth when we spoke at Oxford. They even offered to mail me one of the t-shirts featuring Nate’s quote they apparently had made. I never took them up on the offer, which I now somewhat regret. These synthetic sampling companies fell off my radar for a while, but they do still exist. In fact, Aaru recently received a $1 billion valuation. Is what they’re doing anywhere close to the most important frontier in AI development? Not by a longshot, especially when Anthropic just developed a model so adept at exploiting software vulnerabilities that it’s only being released to 40 companies. Still, silicon sampling is increasingly finding its way into public polling. Axios reported in March that “a majority of people trust their own doctors and nurses” based on findings from Aaru — without mentioning that the “people” in that sentence were actually LLMs. Around the same time, the Public Sentiment Institute “boosted” their online sample of 373 real survey respondents with 114 AI agents.1 (Spoiler alert: even the co-founder of Electric Twin doesn’t think that’s a particularly defensible approach.) Polling companies like Qualtrics and Ipsos are also developing synthetic data panels. So, what should we make of these … “polls”? Let’s get one thing out of the way: whatever they are, they’re not polls in the way that term is usually defined. Subscribe You can’t replace polls with AI On one hand, using LLMs to essentially make up fake survey respondents sort of sounds like the dumbest idea ever, one that will at best imperfectly replicate real polls while introducing all sorts of biases. On the other hand, with LLMs improving at a remarkable, perhaps even alarming rate, maybe that means I’m a dinosaur at the ripe old age of 24 because I still want to rely on polls that talk to actual people. I’m not going to argue that synthetic samples are completely useless. In fact, as I’ll return to later, there is evidence that some techniques can replicate topline survey results quickly and cheaply. But the marketing from certain companies can be slightly optimistic. “No traditional poll will exist by the time the next general election occurs,” said Fink in 2024. We’re just 206 days away from the midterms, and based on the fact that I still have to collect a bunch of polls every day, I’d say he should have run that prediction by a sample of AI agents before the interview.2 To see why synthetic samples can’t replace polls, here’s a quick primer on how they work. The simplest version of these models involves taking a LLM (like ChatGPT or Claude), giving it a demographic profile (e.g., a white, college-educated woman who lives in Utah and makes $70k a year), and then asking it to respond to a survey question. You repeat that process a few thousand times using different demographic profiles and end up with a sample of synthetic survey responses. The actual models used by private companies are more sophisticated than this, usually because they incorporate more hypothesized demographic characteristics for each agent and provide them with extra information. Aaru, for example, feeds agents a diet of news and information they’d be likely to consume, while Electric Twin incorporates their customers’ proprietary data about the audience they’re trying to replicate. The way Ben Warner, the co-founder of Electric Twin, explained it to me was “we have a large amount of data on […] for instance, 5,000 people. Can we make an accurate prediction of how they would respond to another question?” Still, it should be obvious why synthetic samples can’t replace polls. Polling is fundamentally a data collection process. We might use surveys to make predictions by feeding them into election forecasts, but the main purpose of a poll isn’t prediction, it’s gathering new data about what people think and how they feel. Silicon sampling, on the other hand, produces no new data. It’s simply a model: you input LLM training data, demographic prompts, and a bunch of other information, and it spits out a prediction for what a poll would say. We love models here, but models aren’t polls. That difference is an important philosophical sticking point for most pollsters I talk to. “I think politics should stay away from [synthetic sampling], because we’re trying to […] represent the voice of the people,” said Natalie Jackson, a vice president at GQR Insights. Democratic pollster John Hagner told me: “I think I’m just incredibly skeptical of this idea. I don’t think it’s research. At that point, you’re asking the machine to tell you what you already believe.” Hagner has seen some presentations of early synthetic sampling experiments, but so far, “if it’s being used in a campaign, people are keeping it incredibly quiet.”3 But Eli, I hear you saying, aren’t polls themselves increasingly governed by modeling decisions? Indeed they are: pollsters’ choices on which sampling method to use, how to define their likely voter models, and how to weight their samples can and do lead to dramatic differences in the results they publish. Aaru even referenced these limitations in the methodology statement included with that maternal mortality “poll” — although I’m using the term “methodology statement” loosely here, because it doesn’t really explain how the model works at all. We can ignore the (frankly preposterous) implication that synthetic sampling isn’t subject to a separate set of biases. The important point is that there’s still a meaningful difference between using weighting and other statistical techniques on actual polling data and using a model to predict what a poll would say. The latter is far closer to election forecasts or techniques like MRP — potentially useful models, but not a replacement for polls.4 To be fair, other synthetic sampling companies are perfectly happy with the distinction between polls and models. Warner compared polling and synthetic sampling to different tools in a toolbox. “The mistake I think we make is we think that these new tools should either work in exactly the same way or somehow replace these old tools,” he said. “Rather than thinking of it as, okay, so we’ve always had the hammer, we’ve always had the screwdriver, now we’ve got a saw. But don’t use a saw to try [to] do the job of a hammer.” A quick comment from Nate Eli didn’t ask me for a comment — rather rude of him, don’t you think? But since I’m editing this story, I figured I’d add a few quick thoughts rather than putting words in his mouth. Beyond the frequently misleading marketing, what bothers me about the AI “poll” hype is that as AI tools make statistical inference cheaper and/or better (note that these are not synonyms) that actually increases the comparative value of collecting original data. You might be able to train a model to make a reasonable estimate of what some hard-to-reach poll respondent would say — say, a young Black man who voted for Trump. (Such a person checks a number of boxes for a voter who is usually hard to reach in surveys.) Indeed, this is closely related to what models like the Silver Bulletin forecast already do. They essentially smooth out the kinks in noisy survey data by making inferences based on past voting patterns or national polls or surveys of other states. But you don’t actually know what these voters think unless you’re reaching them directly. If there’s a shift in opinion among this subgroup, you’re not going to detect it. So if I were running a campaign, I’d invest more in going the extra mile to find a representative sample of those voters. And then I’d hire some smart quants — or Claude? — to figure out the implications for campaign strategy based on proprietary data that my competitors didn’t have access to. -Nate Silver Are these models any good? If synthetic surveys are just a new type of model, the next obvious question is whether the models are at least accurate. The answer very much depends on who you ask. On one end of the spectrum, you have the maximalist argument that synthetic sampling is more accurate than actual polls. “It’s an incredibly challenging problem to go to someone and say ‘hey, we’re going to be more accurate at predicting human behavior than you, even when you talk to your customers directly’,” Koh recently told CNBC. In his view, synthetic sampling isn’t a saw to polling’s hammer, it’s “magic.” There’s certainly evidence that synthetic samples can replicate certain survey toplines. But if Aaru does have any examples of their approach outperforming the polls, they’re keeping those to themselves.5 Aaru’s 2024 election model, for example, had Kamala Harris leading in Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin on November 4th. And although they’ve since taken down their forecast page, they gave Harris a 50.5 percent chance of winning the race on November 2nd.6 After the election, Fink told Semafor he was happy enough with those results because they were “within margin of error,” a term that is completely meaningless when applied to a “sample” of AI agents. And of course, Aaru says their models have improved since 2024, so supposedly now they’d be more accurate than the polls? Still, their stronger argument is on cost: “We are significantly faster and cheaper than traditional polling, and still more accurate,” said Fink. The first two claims are undeniably true, but the third brings us to the opposite end of the spectrum. Both Jackson and Hagner are skeptical that these models are reliable for anything beyond replicating common survey toplines. “I just […] don’t think the machines are what we want when we’re looking for nuanced views. My example on this is people in Arizona and Nevada in 2024 who voted for Trump and voted for expanding abortion in their states on ballot initiatives,” said Jackson. Hagner identified another issue. Maybe the synthetic respondents, like sycophantic LLMs, are inhuman in one important way: they’re too nice. “The reports that have come through at the meetings that I’ve been at are that the early experiments on this, they cannot get respondents to be as racist or sexist or, frankly, as negative as human respondents,” he said. Academic research mostly agrees on this point. While there are some papers that show promising results when using LLMs to replicate polling data, most show that LLMs suffer from various quirks like producing too few “don’t know” responses and can seriously overpredict the favorability of politicians like Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. They also seem to struggle with too little variation between demographic subgroups, so the difference in predicted opinion between Democrats and Republicans, for example, is too small. When I asked Warner about these studies, his response to these papers was that just because academics can’t get synthetic sampling to work doesn’t mean that the technique doesn’t work in general. “Actually, the argument is, okay, yours does not [work]. That does not mean […] for this complex set of machinery, which uses a lot of investment, a lot of time, a lot of money, you can’t get it to work.” Cards on the table, I’m somewhat sympathetic to this argument because academics aren’t exactly great at making election forecasts. Usually, the people with skin in the game are the most accurate. Warner’s argument is that the approach Electric Twin takes — which includes, for example, making multiple predictions for each synthetic respondent using different models and prompts and subsequently averaging those to get a final prediction in a sort of ensemble forecast — produces better results than the simpler academic models. Warner shared a comparison between his method and the method from a recent academic paper with me, and Electric Twin was indeed able to get more accurate replication. But even still, he acknowledged that synthetic sampling “is not a crystal ball.” “If you asked me, do I think using other data sources will be more accurate than asking somebody who they will vote for, I would probably say no. But if you asked me ‘would your system be useful for our turnout modeling today?’ I would say yes.” For better or worse, it looks like the method is already getting more popular in the market research world. Most of the clients Aaru touts these days are businesses like EY and McDonald’s. And AI will probably begin to pop up in other parts of the political polling process. Pollsters are already using it to code open-ended survey responses, and some firms, like YouGov, are testing using LLMs to ask survey respondents questions. More worryingly, one danger to actual polls is that AI agents can be used to infiltrate online surveys. Most online polls use various checks to prevent that from happening, but there’s conflicting evidence on how effective those filters are and how prevalent AI agents currently are in online panels. If those agents ever become impossible to detect, it might spell the end of online polling, but the solution isn’t to replace all of your respondents with ChatGPT. Silver Bulletin is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a subscriber. Subscribe 1 That particular poll obviously doesn’t meet Silver Bulletin standards for aggregation. But we exclude all Public Sentiment Institute polls from our averages because we classify them as an amateur polling firm. 2 You could argue that Fink meant the next presidential election, but (a) I’m also confident we’ll still have real polls in 2028 and (b) in that case he should have asked an LLM to define “general election.” 3 Quick caveat: that’s reporting from a Democratic pollster. It’s possible that Republicans are more willing to use AI in political campaigns. 4 Indeed, Silver Bulletin does not include “polls” produced by MRP in our forecasts or averages, and we think it’s extremely misleading when their practitioners describe them in a way that suggests original data had been collected among a large number of states or Congressional districts. 5 A recent report from Aaru and EY did show two examples of a synthetic estimate being closer than a survey to a real-world benchmark — but I’d take those findings with a grain of salt because the report reads more like an ad and didn’t involve any sort of prediction being made ahead of time. 6 For comparison, our odds for Harris on the same day were 48.2 percent.
Nevada reports 8,099 new business registrations in March, nearly $21M in revenue
Nevada saw a jump in new business activity in March, with 8,099 new business registrations filed statewide, according to Secretary of State Francisco Aguilar.Ag
Morning Download: UNLV projects a nearly $11 million NIL/revenue sharing budget
On weekday mornings, Nevada Sports Net will recap three big headlines of the day in its Morning Download. Read below for today's topics.
Nevada Health Centers’ Mammovan expands rural mammograms, seeks licensed drivers
For women across Nevada, getting an annual mammogram can be quicker and more convenient thanks to a mobile clinic designed to bring breast cancer screenings dir
Nevada regulators approve Golden Entertainment going private
The CEO of Golden Entertainment told Nevada regulators that a lagging stock price and investors not properly valuing the casino operator caused them to take the company private. The Nevada Gamin...
Building the Future of Business at UNLV
UNLV plans a new Lee Business School building to strengthen the region’s workforce, expand industry partnerships, and support Southern Nevada’s growing economy.
A Volcanic Medley Near Mammoth Lakes
A massive, old caldera and more recently formed craters shape the landscape in the eastern Sierra Nevada.
Morning Download: Nevada softball wins crucial series at GCU; Skylar Durley to hit portal
On weekday mornings, Nevada Sports Net will recap three big headlines of the day in its Morning Download. Read below for today's topics.
Matches To Make After UFC Vegas 115
UFC Vegas 115 went down last night (Sat., April 4, 2026) inside Meta Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada, which saw Renato Moicano submit Chris Duncan in the second round in the headlining bout (see it again here). In the co-featured bout, Virna Jandiroba defeated Tabatha Ricci via unanimous decision, while Tommy McMillen had himself a […]
Sizing up Nevada's Pro Day prospects and their NFL chances
Editor's note: Every other week, Nevada Sports Net will spotlight a local athlete or athletes as part of our "Legendary Athletes" series, which is presented in
Governor Lombardo touts sports growth, diversification amid NBA talks in Vegas
Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo told business leaders in Las Vegas on Wednesday morning that expanding professional sports in Southern Nevada can help strengthen and d
Groundbreaking for Deer Creek Behavioral Health Center
Nevada City, Calif. — Nevada County officials, state and local partners, and community members gathered today to celebrate the groundbreaking of the new Deer Creek Behavioral Health Center, a major step forward in expanding access to local mental health care. The facility, located on the Nevada County Government Center campus in Nevada City, is expected […]
Your guide to the biggest casino shows hitting the region now
Pete Davidson, SatchVai and more headline a packed early April entertainment lineup at casinos in NorCal and Nevada.
Science, Music, and Stream Bugs: Sierra Streams Celebrates 30 Years at Pioneer Park on May 16
NEVADA CITY, CA — Sierra Streams Institute will celebrate its 30th anniversary with a free community event on Saturday, May 16 from 1:00 to 5:00 PM at Pioneer Park in Nevada City, bringing together art, music, and hands-on science to highlight three decades of watershed research, restoration, and education across the Sierra Nevada. The Sierra […]
How the 5Cs of credit help Nevada small businesses access capital
Looking for capital for your Nevada small business? You’re not alone.
Curvaceous Las Vegas-Area Megamansion Built for an NFL Player Lists for $15 Million
The architectural home in the suburb of Henderson, Nevada, has a bridge to get to the front door and a two-story closet
Watch the Nevada-San Jose State State softball series live here
The Nevada softball team hosts San Jose State State in a Mountain West series at Hixson Park from Friday-Sunday. All three games will air on Nevada Sports Net,
Roseman University launches life science incubator to promote discoveries
Roseman University is launching a new life science incubator to support the growth of the biotechnology sector in Southern Nevada.
Growing Southern Nevada’s health care economy
Last week The Lincy Institute, the Vegas Chamber, the Vegas Chamber Leadership Foundation, and the Nevada Health and Bioscience Corporation hosted a symposium on the future of Southern Nevada’s health care economy. Today, health care is the fastest-growing sector in the regional economy having added more than 42,000 jobs since 2016. Yet, despite this growth […]
Nevada university launches massive life science incubator in Las Vegas
Roseman University of Health Sciences announced the launch of Roseman Bioventures, a 120,000 square-foot facility located on its Summerlin campus.
Jacobs Entertainment gets permits for sports fields, now under construction
2 News Nevada has gotten a look at new youth sports fields that are under construction in downtown Reno.
Nevada Wins Temporary Ban on Sports Betting on Kalshi
The prediction-market platform must obtain state gambling licenses and prohibit users under 21 to offer such contracts, a state court said.
Politics Now: March 22, 2026
This week on Politics Now with host John Langeler: Nevada is trying to lessen its reliance on fuel from California. We talk with the vice-chair of the committee tasked with determining how to do th…
Nevada defeats Murray State 89-75 in NIT
RENO, Nev. (AP) Vaughn Weems had 23 points in Nevada's 89-75 win over Murray State on Wednesday in the NIT.
Business Property Statement Deadline Quickly Approaching
Nevada County Assessor Rolf Kleinhans is reminding business owners that time is running out to file their Business Property Statement with the Assessor’s Office. The annual filing period runs from January 1 through April 1. To streamline the process, businesses can file their Business Property Statements (BOE 571-L) electronically. The statement is due on April […]
Predictions, Odds, Analysis! UFC Vegas 114, X-Factor
This weekend (Sat., March 14, 2026), Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will return home to the Meta APEX in Las Vegas Nevada, for UFC Vegas 114. Maybe this is the event that really turns things around and ends the UFC’s miserable 2026 start, but … probably not. Don’t get me wrong, Josh Emmett vs. Kevin Vallejos […]
Politics of power: NV Energy’s demand charge could sway race for governor, says expert
Community and energy industry advocates are calling on Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo to halt NV Energy’s controversial peak demand charge that is expected to increase some bills by $20 a month and is set to take effect in Southern Nevada on April 1. Lombardo’s reaction, as well as his opponents’, to calls to intervene could […]
Billionaire Brin Now Bets on a Republican to Govern California
Sergey Brin is spending millions of dollars to influence California politics, bankrolling two rival gubernatorial candidates and other political efforts, just months after ditching the state for Nevada.
Out of prison, GOP strategist Tony Dane is back in Nevada politics
After resolving a legal case in Nevada and serving years in a Virginia prison, the operative is working for a congressional candidate.
Titus targets prediction markets as the battle to protect sports betting intensifies
The Nevada congresswoman introduces a bill to ban Kalshi and others from offering sports “contracts” without approval from states. Also, M Resort boosts Penn.
Wyoming secures 83-73 win over Nevada
LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) Khaden Bennett scored 18 of his 27 points before halftime and Wyoming beat Nevada 83-73 on Tuesday.
Conexeu Sciences Appoints Jean-Romain (JR) Falconnet as Head of Business Development & Licensing
Reno, Nevada--(Newsfile Corp. - March 2, 2026) - Conexeu Sciences Inc. ("Conexeu" or the "Company"), a biotechnology innovator redefining regenerative medicine through a next-generation extracellular matrix platform, is pleased to announce Jean-Romain (JR) Falconnet as Head of Business Development & Licensing.In his role at Conexeu, JR will lead business development, licensing strategy, and strategic partnerships—supporting the company's growth roadmap and expanding opportunities to bring...
Medicine on the slopes: Caring for winter athletes
UNR Med’s Sports Medicine Fellowship trains physicians to treat winter sport injuries on the slopes and in clinics across Northern Nevada.
Among the gangsters, gamblers and high rollers: a master bookie’s life in Las Vegas
In his new memoir, Art Manteris recalls raucous times in Nevada, and explains why the explosion of sports betting in the US presents serious risks
50,000 enrollees in Nevada’s benefit program could see health premiums double, union said
A Police Employees’ Benefit Program board meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 24, in Carson City.
Nevada legal battle against prediction markets it calls ‘unlicensed sports gambling’ is moving forward
A Nevada appeals court denied Kalshi’s request to block the state from taking civil action against it.
Nevada Debuts Public Option Amid Tumultuous Federal Changes to Health Care
The state recently became the third to offer a public option health plan through its Affordable Care Act marketplace. But researchers said it’s unlikely to fill the gaps left by sweeping changes at the federal level.
Washoe County health officer urges isolation, vaccination amid rising pertussis cases
Northern Nevada Public Health emphasizes contagiousness, proper precautions whooping cough.
State public-option health plans expand but can't fill gaps left by federal changes
Nevada recently became the third state to offer one of the plans on the ACA marketplaces. They're intended to be a cheaper insurance option but so far they make only a marginal difference in price.
Report: 16 Nevada insurance carriers illegally give mental health care claims short shrift
A state lawmaker described the findings as “alarming” and a “disturbing realization” of how mental health care can be treated as second-tier to physical care.
100-plus employers to offer jobs at Clark County spring job fair
The largest free job fair in Nevada is returning to the Las Vegas Convention Center, with more than 100 employers offering thousands of jobs.
Watch Nevada high school state wrestling championships final day: Live stream, schedule, tickets
The NIAA state wrestling championships wrap up Saturday in Winnemucca.
Health officials warn Galena High families of possible whooping cough exposure
Galena High School officials and Northern Nevada Public Health (NNPH) are alerting families that students and staff may have been exposed to pertussis, also kno
Eric Crosbie: Investigating health harming industries and analyzing corporate harm to public health
Eric Crosbie: Investigating health harming industries and analyzing corporate harm to public health | Undergraduate Research | University of Nevada, Reno
Women’s rights group sues to stop Nevada school sports ballot measure
Nevada lawmakers ponder parity of live entertainment taxes
Nevada’s live entertainment tax is charged on tickets to events like music concerts and sporting events. But exemptions to the tax abound.
Nevada lawmakers ponder parity of live entertainment taxes
Tickets to a Beyoncé concert, a UFC match, and a Golden Knights game might all cost an arm and a leg. But the first will cost an arm and a leg plus 9%, the second plus 8%, and the third plus nothing at all. That’s because in the entertainment capital of the world, the taxes […]
Health officials detect 'rhino tranq' in illegal drugs around Southern Nevada
Health officials say they’ve detected a powerful sedative in Southern Nevada's illicit drug supply.
Drones, Entertainment, Ticket Specials, a World Record Attempt and More: The 2026 International Fireworks Championship Las Vegas
“It’s not just a fireworks show. We’re telling a story in the sky.” LAS VEGAS – Fireworks fans across the country and in Las Vegas are gearing up for the 2026 International Fireworks Championship in
Sooo ... About Last Night
Last night (Sat., Feb. 7, 2026), Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) returned home to the Meta APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada for UFC Vegas 113. Luckily, the first “Fight Night” event of 2026 was a step up from the average APEX affair. There were intriguing bouts booked throughout the evening featuring some quality prospects and familiar […]
OPINION: America’s runaway sports betting obsession ensures that ‘Everybody Loses’
OPINION: America’s runaway sports betting obsession ensures that ‘Everybody Loses.' Read more at The Nevada Independent.
From COVID’s uncertainty, a stronger small-business culture emerged in Nevada
In the middle of the pandemic, when it seemed like business after business in Las Vegas was closing, Upbeat Health was just getting started. Today, the Summerlin clinic’s mobile wound-care team has grown nearly tenfold, one small example of ...
CBER Report: Nevada Led the Nation in Post-Pandemic Small Business Growth
New analysis by UNLV's Center for Business and Economic Research shows that 40 percent of Nevada’s employer firms were created after COVID-19 as new entrepreneurs reshaped the state’s recovery.
Mark Davis to be inducted in Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame
The Raiders and Aces owner will be honored for bringing a Commitment to Excellence to Las Vegas.
Student Health Center at University of Nevada, Reno
The Student Health Center provides convenient, high-quality care — medical, mental health, nutrition, and sports medicine — for student well-being.
Laura Smith | College of Business Advising
Laura Smith is an advisor in the College of Business at the University of Nevada, Reno.
Lindsey Hendrickson | College of Business Advising
Lindsey Hendrickson is an academic advisor in the College of Business at the University of Nevada, Reno.
As Democrats Press Trump on ICE, Gallego and Pritzker Preview 2028 Pitches
Speaking at a party gathering in Nevada, the two politicians urged opposition to President Trump’s deportation agenda, while appearing to lay the groundwork for potential presidential runs.
Nevada Science Bowl to crown new champions for national competition
The 2026 Nevada Science Bowl took place on Jan. 31 at the College of Southern Nevada, North Las Vegas campus, featuring 24 teams from 20 high schools.Students
Nevada's first-in-the-nation primary bid gets boost from political group Latino Victory
Nevada, New Hampshire and South Carolina are vying to be the first state to vote in the 2028 Democratic presidential primaries.
Alexander Volkanovski shuts down Jean Silva title talk
Not yet, “Lord.” Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Brazilian fan-favorite Jean Silva scored the biggest win of his career at UFC 324 last weekend (Sat., Jan. 24, 2026), outworking the ultra-durable Arnold Allen to a unanimous decision victory inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The win immediately launched Silva into the division’s elite and title […]
Nevada ranks near the bottom for health. Here’s why
Nevada ranks among the least healthy states, driven by poor outcomes in housing, non-medical drug use and access to care.
Keurig recalls more than 80K McCafé decaf K-Cup pods over caffeine mix-up
Keurig Dr Pepper voluntarily recalled 80,640 McCafé decaf K-Cup pods sold in California, Indiana and Nevada after FDA classifies mislabeling as Class II recall due to caffeine error.
Elizabeth Lopez to Drive Outbound Business Attraction for Southern Nevada at LVGEA
The Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance (LVGEA) is pleased to announce that Elizabeth (Liz) Lopez, MBA, CEcD, will join the organization as Vice President of Business Development & Outbound Strategy, effective Feb 9, 2026. In this role, Lopez will lead LVGEA's regional business attraction and expansion initiatives, strengthen community and industry partnerships, and advance strategies that drive Southern Nevada's economic competitiveness and long-term growth.
Health officials investigate cases of Legionnaires’ disease at Southern Nevada resort
The Southern Nevada Health District is investigating “travel-associated” cases of Legionnaires’ disease at a resort in Laughlin.
Sanjeevan Pradhan
Sanjeevan Pradhan is an adjunct instructor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Nevada, Reno.
Sanjeevan Pradhan
Sanjeevan Pradhan is an adjunct instructor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Nevada, Reno.
Brewing Better Health at the School of Public Health
A cup of coffee sparks meaningful conversation in a new University of Nevada, Reno School of Public Health video series exploring trust, connection and the future of public health.
Lombardo touted women’s sports measure as ‘vote getter’ that could help his re-election
Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo called his newly announced ballot initiative to block transgender women from female sports a part of his “game plan”to win his 2026 gubernatorial re-election bid, according to audio obtained by The Nevada Independent