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April Corbin Girnus
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📰 deputy editor at NevadaCurrent.com 🔍 covering politics, policy, labor, economy, education & more ✏️ april@nevadacurrent.com 👩‍👧‍👦 my minivan isn't cool, and neither am i
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“Much like an illegal drug, Facebook has been designed to be an addiction machine, targeting people under the age of 18 and more insidiously children under the age of 13, who as Meta well knows, have developmentally limited capacity for self control.”

Comparing social media to a drug, NV AG sues Facebook, TikTok, other platforms - Nevada Current
Comparing social media to a drug, NV AG sues Facebook, TikTok, other platforms - Nevada Current

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford’s office has sued five popular social media platforms for harming children. The lawsuit, filed in Clark County District Court, alleges that the social media platfo...

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Washoe County School District last week told the State Public Charter School Authority school closures at the elementary school level "would be likely" if a proposed charter school was approved. (It was approved.)

State Charter School Board approves new school despite pushback from Washoe district - Nevada Curren...
State Charter School Board approves new school despite pushback from Washoe district - Nevada Curren...

The Nevada State Public Charter School Authority on Friday unanimously approved the massive expansion of a Northern Nevada charter school despite opposition from the Washoe County School District over...

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Last year Nevada Medicaid covered nearly 178,000 employees at companies with 50 or more employees. An additional 198,000 people, the majority of them children, were covered as dependents of those employees. The cost of providing health care to these approximately 376,500 Nevadans: $1.45 billion

Amazon, Walmart remain atop list of companies with most employees on Nevada Medicaid - Nevada Curren...
Amazon, Walmart remain atop list of companies with most employees on Nevada Medicaid - Nevada Curren...

Amazon remains Nevada’s leading employer of Medicaid recipients, a designation it has maintained for several years. Approximately 7,500 Amazon employees were eligible for Nevada Medicaid in state fi...

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“People across the country and across Nevada are rightfully angry that a radical Supreme Court has rolled back reproductive freedoms at the federal level. That’s why abortion rights are poised to take center stage in Nevada this year.”

Abortion is on the ballot in Nevada … one way or the other - Nevada Current
Abortion is on the ballot in Nevada … one way or the other - Nevada Current

Democrats are framing this year’s presidential election as a battle for abortion rights, citing former President Donald Trump’s record and arguing his return to office would pave the way for a nat...

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“I don’t think any patient or any health care provider who is seeking health care that is legal in that state should have to have this fear that another state may try to prosecute them, might try to take their medical license, might try to sue them civilly for actions in another state.” #nvleg

Nevada needs to revisit vetoed gender-affirming care shield bill, says state senator - Nevada Curren...
Nevada needs to revisit vetoed gender-affirming care shield bill, says state senator - Nevada Curren...

As attempts to limit or ban gender-affirming care for transgender children continue to be pushed across the country, one Nevada state senator is vowing to revisit his vetoed bill that could have offer...

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April Corbin Girnus
@aprilcore.bsky.social
📰 deputy editor at NevadaCurrent.com 🔍 covering politics, policy, labor, economy, education & more ✏️ april@nevadacurrent.com 👩‍👧‍👦 my minivan isn't cool, and neither am i
99 followers227 following27 posts