Nevada’s data center boom is about to lock the state into gas pipelines and 42,000 tons of daily CO2 emissions, since solar can’t keep servers running at 3 a.m. Policy Fellow Dr. Oliver Hemmers makes the case for nuclear, not gas, as the real fix, and why Nevada’s decades-old nuclear baggage is standing in the way.
Once a year, for just 14 days, Clark County teachers get a shot at quitting their union, and even then they have to mail a physical letter to do it. This piece by Nevada Policy’s Anahit Baghshetsyan breaks down how CCEA’s $846 dues bankroll a quarter-million-dollar executive salary and millions in political spending, while making it deliberately hard for teachers to opt out.
Heartlander News quoted Geoffrey Lawrence about then Governor Steve Sisolak’s restrictions placed on schools during the COVID pandemic.
Geoffrey Lawrence was interviewed by the Las Vegas Review-Journal about a potential scandal involving the Clark County public works manager.
Clark County and Carson City built short-term rental licensing rules so burdensome they function as bans. More than 12,000 properties are in legal limbo. Geoffrey Lawrence and Anahit Baghshetsyan took the case to the Washington Post.
Nevada Policy’s Policy Analyst Anahit Baghshetsyan was interviewed by the Wyoming Public Media as a result of our Business Courts research paper.
Read the article here: https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/open-spaces/2026-06-12/could-a-business-court-help-wyoming-be-the-new-delaware
The Las Vegas Review Journal cited Nevada Policy’s research in its article about Governor Lombardo’s vetoes this legislative session.
The Review-Journal’s editorial quotes Research Analyst Anahit Baghshetsyan.
Article written based on Nevada Policy’s 200 Boards report
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