Energy companies use persistent and personalized pressure to get landowners to give permission for hydraulic fracturing (fracking), and even when landowners decline, companies use legalized compulsion to conduct fracking anyway, according to a new study led by researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York and UNLV.

Energy companies use persistent and personalized pressure to get landowners to give permission for hydraulic fracturing (fracking), and even when landowners decline, companies use legalized compulsion to conduct fracking anyway, according to a new study led by researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York and UNLV.

The record U.S. oil and gas boom may lie on a bedrock of aggressive sales and legal “compulsion,” a new study has found. Many Ohio landowners who ended up with fracked wells on their properties were forced by state law to accept them, according to findings published Monday in Nature Energy.

Since fall 2018, the Nevada Alliance has poured more than $7 million into the coffers of left-leaning groups and to support ballot initiatives in Nevada, making it one of the 10 most active donors in state-level politics during that period, according to an analysis by The Nevada Independent.

Vice President Kamala Harris makes her first presidential campaign rally stop in Las Vegas. Supporters share what they want her to focus on. We also discuss the election’s current impacts on Nevada with Lincy Institute Executive Director David Damore. Then we share Part 2 of our Affordable Housing conversation with Nevada State Treasurer Zach Conine and Nevada REALTORS President Brandon Roberts.

There’s no two ways about it: It’s getting more expensive to live in Nevada. From housing costs to car expenses to groceries, bills are going up, and Nevadans are having to expand their monthly budgets.

One month before the Democratic National Convention, President Joe Biden announced he was no longer seeking re-election. He immediately endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, and Democrats across the country and in Nevada have rallied behind her and her recently selected running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.

The Nevada Gaming Control Board filed a disciplinary complaint Thursday alleging that one of the largest casinos on the Las Vegas Strip welcomed illegal bookmaking, people with a history of gambling-related felony convictions and individuals linked to organized crime.

A Californian knocked on the door of a Summerlin house and was met with no answer. “Normally I wait about a minute,” the 24-year-old said. He’d been out canvassing for hours under the searing Las Vegas sun. Sterling Raiklen is one of seven men in their 20s who uprooted from a different state and moved to Nevada after seeing an advertisement for a political volunteer role online.

The Nevada Gaming Control Board filed a disciplinary complaint Thursday alleging that one of the largest casinos on the Las Vegas Strip welcomed illegal bookmaking, people with a history of gambling-related felony convictions and individuals linked to organized crime.

The Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) has tossed the Malaysia-headquartered Genting Group a corporate grenade after it alleged its Resorts World Las Vegas casino on the Las Vegas Strip was a haven for criminal activity.

Independent presidential candidate RFK Jr. will be on Nevada's ballot in November after officially filing with the state this month. He's a longshot to win the White House, polling at around 5% currently. But is that enough to spoil the election for Harris or Trump? Or is the worry about a spoiler overblown? UNLV political science professor Dan Lee joins the podcast this week to talk about how third party and independent candidates have fared in Nevada history - and whether this cycle will be any different.