Most vehicle safety regulations were written decades ago, always with the assumption that there would be a human driver behind the wheel. They're trying to catch up with autonomous vehicles, which don't need all the traditional car's features.
It'll be his second trip to the state this year. At least one Nevada congressional hopeful expects to see him there.
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A $70M investment from ex-MLB pitcher Chan Ho Park, the actor who portrayed 'The Hangover's' Mr. Chow and a BTS member could increase Asian visitation.
Manse Technology Campus sounds practically collegiate, but it's not a university annex. As presented, it's a massive, privately funded data center complex with a 900-acre footprint.
"This is not a change in direction," said Taylor Adams, president and CEO of the organization, now called Northern NV Now, a name meant to be action-oriented and forward-thinking. "It is a clearer way to say who we have become."
Boulder City officials took steps Tuesday to challenge the use of nearby federal land for a data center project that might use more than three times as much energy as the city's existing energy load, according to one estimate.
Decades of data reveal an uncomfortable irony: the two most recent cigarette tax increases, in 2003 and 2015, each produced a short-term spike in revenue, but as more smokers quit, that was followed by a steady decline back toward where the tax revenue started.
The state has until the end of September to bring the payment error rate under 6 percent. If it can't, Nevada would join the large majority of states now bracing to cover part of their SNAP benefit costs starting in October 2027.
The Nevada Independent will be tracking what data center-related actions local governments across the state are taking. This page will be updated as officials take more actions.
Proposed buyouts of MGM and Caesars would put 25 Nevada resorts into private hands, meaning less public scrutiny and fewer financial reporting requirements.
Just weeks after a developer asked state energy regulators to let it build its own temporary natural gas plant to power Northern Nevada data centers, another developer is asking regulators to approve an even larger, permanent gas plant to power additional data centers.