Nevada public radio stations brace for impact after the Senate passed a bill revoking more than $7.5 million in previously approved funding for local public broadcasting.

There’s just seven days until government funding lapses, and with House Republicans yet to pass a spending bill, federal agencies are preparing to close. The last government shutdown — the longest in U.S. history — lasted 35 days in 2018 and 2019.

A new law makes it easier for rural communities to pay for new mobile clinics. In the past, clinics that serve low-income rural residents couldn’t spend federal grants on mobile services where they didn’t already have facilities.