Breakthroughs made during the development of the Gemini project could help improve the economics of future solar projects and minimize the amount of land needed to support them.

AI has the potential to revolutionize how problem-solving, decision-making and user experiences are approached, making it a critical focus for future investment and development strategies in Nevada.

The federal land disposal and permit process, especially within the Las Vegas Valley urban area, impacts community development, attainable housing, expansion for schools and parks, and infrastructure development vital to future economic development.

Ostensibly, the law was designed to crack down on money laundering through small corporate entities. In practice, it was a “quasi-Orwellian” attempt by the federal government to monitor businesses.

While the data center industry has an estimated annual impact on the economy of $9.1 billion, energy demands are expected to triple in the region by 2040. That, of course, means consumers are likely to pay more for the power they rely on.

In today’s world, which may explain the recent presidential election outcome, the economy was issue number one. The average person does not view the economy as economists do.

You can never fully prepare for this kind of panic. Nor can you fully prepare for the trauma that follows. Suddenly, our campus has collectively endured a wound that has never quite healed, highlighting the urgent need for comprehensive gun reform in Nevada and beyond.

We represent different states and are members of different political parties, but we wholeheartedly agree on this: It’s time to update America’s education system and the way we measure whether students are ready for success when they graduate from high school.

Today, I am thrilled to report that thanks to the generosity of donors, large and small, and the relentless efforts of a team led by Chief Revenue Officer Brett Burke, we are not just back on our feet but we are standing tall.

But in the age of AI, there is a question whether even the most generous renewable energy strategy will be able to generate enough affordable electricity to power data centers that already use as much electricity as some cities.

Focusing solely on Reno’s self-inflicted labor costs, however, misses the forest for the trees. Even if the City of Reno’s labor costs came in where they were originally budgeted to, the city’s budget would still be straining.

As likely as it is that national Republicans will overestimate their electoral mandate, it seems just as likely that Nevada Democrats in Carson City will do the same. While Democrats failed to achieve a supermajority they still hold a sizable majority in both the Assembly and Senate. 

Approving polluting and water-intensive projects on our most vulnerable, natural and arid lands, often at the expense of communities and the environment, is not sustainable. Desert landscapes, once disturbed, take hundreds of years to recover.

Policymakers looking for a silver bullet often look to rent control as a means to bridge the racial divide, yet nothing requires rent-stabilized unit owners to rent to low-income or to minority tenants.

The current immigration system is badly broken, creating needless human suffering while failing to serve our national interests. We need reform that balances rule of law with our highest values of human dignity, family unity and economic opportunity.

Although Greenlink West is important to Nevada, it’s a small step toward doubling the country’s grid capacity. About 550 Greenlink West-sized transmission projects are needed to double the nation’s grid.

Perhaps, as some suggest, Trump was just playing the bluffing bully — one of his favorite professional wrestling poses. If he’s serious about imposing tariffs on America’s biggest trading partners, we’ll end up paying for them in the form of higher prices.

To be sure, keeping kids safe online is a pretty admirable goal ... . However, attempting to legislate that goal into existence with age controls and mandatory content moderation will create a plethora of unintended consequences. 

The Alzheimer’s medications in question have already gone through years-long research to establish their safety and efficacy in treating Alzheimer’s disease. Making patients participate in additional clinical trials as a condition of Medicare coverage is unnecessary.

Further, Nevada’s minimal “good cause” protection falls far short of the standards prescribed by the American Bar Association, which call for indigent defense providers to be “independent of political influence.”