Green agendas clash in Nevada as company grows rare plant to help it survive effects of a mine (via Scott Sonner) apnews.com/article/nevada…

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden ends his 2024 bid after a disastrous debate inflamed doubts he’s fit for four more years on the job.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Biden throws support behind VP Kamala Harris to lead Democrats against Trump, aiming to avoid further party chaos.

“I know he wanted to fight and keep going and show that he could beat Donald Trump again," Coons told the AP. "But as he heard more and more input, I think he was wrestling with what would be the best for the country." Inside Biden's decision to end his candidacy:

Biden’s decision to drop out leaves Democrats across the country relieved and looking toward future. The Associated Press reporters from across the nation coalesced quickly to get voter reactions to today's news. apnews.com/article/biden-…

An Associated Press survey finds that Kamala Harris has the early backing of many convention delegates. But delegates may vote for the candidate of their choice at the convention. See the full survey results here. apnews.com/projects/elect…

WASHINGTON (AP) — AP survey finds Harris now backed by more than half of delegates needed to win nomination vote.

BREAKING: AP survey finds Kamala Harris has support from enough Democratic delegates to become party’s presidential nominee. apnews.com/article/harris…

Style guide: “However, the AP is not calling Harris the new presumptive nominee. That’s because the convention delegates are still free to vote for the candidate of their choice at the convention in August or if Democrats hold a virtual roll call ahead of that gathering in

GOP primary voters in Arizona's largest county oust election official who endured years of attacks apnews.com/article/arizon…

This is targeting Nevada voters. If a Nevadan clicks on the "Register to Vote" tab on the website for Musk's America PAC, they'll be asked to list lots of personal information. They are eventually redirected to the state page to register, but only after providing their info.

Nevada has a 15-year-old list of projects that, if funded, could reduce its carbon footprint. But when a green-tech startup founded by well-connected lobbyists came along w/ a new carbon accounting platform, the state sunk millions into it instead. propublica.org/article/nevada…

New: Ahead of the Vice President JD Vance's Las Vegas rally tomorrow, Culinary Union announced its endorsement of Harris. The union, a political powerhouse in Nevada, is the state's largest labor union with 60,000 members working in hotels & casinos — 55% of whom are women, 60% immigrants, 54% Latino.

At the Paris Olympics, the details matter apnews.com/article/paris-…

The football player Michael Oher believes his early life was misrepresented by the movie “The Blind Side” and the book it was based on, and is now suing the family that took him in. nyti.ms/3ADnxSe

Nevada Supreme Court declines to wade into flap over certification of election results, for now lasvegassun.com/news/2024/aug/…

"AP announces 3 new content collaborations with nonprofit newsrooms" Official announcement of our new partnership with The Associated Press, which will allow Nevada Independent to broaden the reach of our stories and allow readers to see stuff we can't cover. Big deal. ap.org/media-center/p…

BREAKING: Jury finds ex-politician guilty of murder in 2022 killing of Las Vegas investigative reporter apnews.com/article/vegas-…

Takeaways from AP's report on how Duck Valley Indian Reservation's water and soil is contaminated apnews.com/article/duck-v…

Dispatch from Owyhee, on the Duck Valley Indian Reservation, where a re-discovered document saying that the federal gov. may have used Agent Orange has added to longstanding anxieties of what health effects have come from government contamination. apnews.com/article/native…