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Water, Federal
NVBEX Staff
10 Aug 2026

Lower Basin States Concerned About Colorado River Dams Focus

The Bureau of Reclamation’s announcement of its preferred operating framework for the Colorado River raised concerns among Lower Basin states beyond the potential allocation cuts...

Diagram of operating thresholds at Glen Canyon Dam, including the 3,490-foot mark triggering the post-2026 operating framework.
Federal, Local News
NVBEX Staff
27 Jun 2026

Nevada National Parks Nearing $1B in Deferred Maintenance

The National Park Service estimates Nevada has nearly $1B in deferred maintenance repairs for its federally managed areas. Great Basin National Park and Lake Mead...

Great Basin National Park from Wheeler Peak.
Federal, Local News
Rebekah Morris
5 Jun 2026

Reevaluation Period to Open for Certified DBE Firms

Since Oct. 3, 2025, the federal Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program has been in a state of enhanced chaos due to an Interim Final Rule, which...

Federal
NVBEX Staff
4 Jun 2026

HUD Amends Multifamily Environmental Review Process

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has published an interim rule and removed a final review layer in the hopes of speeding up...

Editorial Analysis, Federal, Legal
Roland Murphy
30 Apr 2026

Affordability Reform Legislation May Gut BTR Sector

Either the proverbial road to Hell may be about to get a fresh round of extensive full-depth patching with good intentions or portions of both...

Federal, Local News
NVBEX Staff
22 Dec 2025

House Passes Southern Nevada Pipeline Bill

The Sloan Canyon Conservation and Lateral Pipeline Act passed the U.S. House of Representatives in a voice vote this week. The bill would allow for...

Local News, Trends
CJ Jorgensen
9 Dec 2025

Seasonally Adjusted Construction Employment Rebounds in September

Statewide Construction employment reflected very different performances across seasonally adjusted and non-seasonally adjusted data for September. In terms of seasonally adjusted data, Nevada gained 1,000...

Construction Employment Trends graph
Local News, Trends
CJ Jorgensen
21 Aug 2025

Construction Employment in Nevada Experiences Slight Growth After Months of Falling

Construction employment in Nevada experienced a small bump in growth after consecutive months of poor showings. In terms of seasonally adjusted data, Nevada gained 400...

Federal, Legal
NVBEX Staff
6 Aug 2025

Proposed Legislation Aims to Increase Housing Supply

Senators Tim Scott (R–S.C.) and Elizabeth Warren (D–Mass.), the Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Banking Committee, respectively, have announced the bipartisan ROAD to...

Legal, Federal
NVBEX Staff
1 Jul 2025

Tax Bill Would Make LIHTC Permanent

(On June 16), Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-ID) released the much-anticipated text of the tax and Medicaid portion of the Senate’s reconciliation bill,...

Trends
CJ Jorgensen
19 Jun 2025

Nevada Improves its ASCE Grade, Surpasses the U.S. Average

The American Society of Engineers recently unveiled its report card for the Silver State, which shows Nevada improved from a C in 2018 to a...

Legal, Federal
NVBEX Staff
4 Jun 2025

NAHB Praises Supreme Court Environmental Review Decision

In a major victory for the housing and infrastructure sectors, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision yesterday in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v....

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