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Several Western cities filed an amicus brief on Sept. 25 asking the court to overturn previous rulings by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, whose jurisdiction includes district courts in Nevada, that the cities argue prevent them from ousting homeless camps.

LGBTQ rights in Nevada have come a long way since the AIDS crisis of the 1980s. And so have that community’s biggest institutions.

A study published in Science Advances hypothesizes that the McDermitt Caldera contains more than double the concentration of lithium than any other bed of clay.

An ancient supervolcano formed millions of years ago in present-day Nevada may be hiding the largest deposit of lithium found anywhere in the world. And one U.S. mining company owns the rights to a small portion of it.

Pro-abortion groups filed a petition initiative Thursday with the Nevada Secretary of State to place a constitutional amendment enshrining a ‘right’ to abortion before voters on the state’s 2024 ballot.

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A Resorts World Las Vegas spokesperson told iGB president Scott Sibella is leaving the company effective immediately.

A political action committee is leading a new effort to enshrine abortion rights and other reproductive health protections into the state constitution.

As climate change heats up the ocean, unusual Pacific storms like Hurricane Hilary and flooding summer rains could be a peek into the future of the West Coast.