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How Las Vegas Aims to Be the Next Silicon Valley for Water Innovation
With millions in state funding, a new startup incubator has begun luring water innovators to Las Vegas. The goal is to create a destination for water entrepreneurs akin to the culture of Silicon Valley. From NewsDeeply: CAN THE CITY of excess teach the world to thrive on less water? That’s the new goal. In 2015, Nevada governor Brian…
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Home pot delivery coming to Nevada, says Segerblom
State Sen. Tick Segerblom, D-Las Vegas, predicted Monday on Nevada Newsmakers that Nevada will soon have home delivery of recreational marijuana. Segerblom, who helped guide regulations of Nevada’s medical and recreational marijuana industries through the Legislature, said home deliveries will begin soon after the state enacts permanent regulations next year. “It’s a done deal,” Segerblom said. “We’re…
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Will Las Vegas Be ‘Amsterdam on Steroids’? Door Opens for Pot Lounges
What happens in Vegas will still stay in Vegas — but perhaps no longer behind closed doors, at least when it comes to pot. Earlier this week, Nevada’s Legislative Counsel Bureau gave the green light for marijuana to be permitted in public places, as long as patrons are of legal age. Citing a lack of…
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Nevada Resolution Would Call For Comprehensive Study Of The Colorado River
The Colorado River is in ecological crisis. Last year Lake Mead fell to its lowest level since the Hoover Dam first obstructed river flow in 1937, and the environmental context for managing the river is changing with a warming planet and the merciless demand for water in the arid southwestern United States. Temporary rules limiting…
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Rename McCarran International Airport
Former US Senator Pat McCarran’s legacy is nothing to celebrate—Nevada’s largest airport should not bear his name. McCarran’s time in the US Senate (1933 to 1954) coincided with great instability in the world. Yet as refugees of war and genocide turned to the US for sanctuary, he worked to adopt anti-immigrant policies that were draconian,…
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Quality of Life in Las Vegas
Las Vegas needs to stop and smell the roses. Clark County has been growing rapidly in the past fifteen years at the expense of living standards for its average citizens. Roads are breaking apart, state and city parks are being targeted for development, public services are under stress. Tick wants to start a conversation about…
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Progressive Marijuana Policy
Nevadans voted overwhelmingly to legalize recreational marijuana in November 2016, and immediately afterward I began work to ensure the law was enacted as quickly and smartly as possible. Recreational marijuana dispensaries opened for business then in record time — less than eight months after the public referendum. Nevada is now the gold standard for cannabis…
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“Bonanza” For Las Vegas: Nevada Senator Tick Segerblom Talks Social Use, Cannabis Law Issues In Denver
Cannabis consumption is a critical issue in legalized states, particularly tourist-heavy Nevada. It proved a hot topic at a law conference in Denver, which will soon launch a new social-use program. Public consumption of cannabis is the “next frontier” and the next big legal hurdle for Nevada and other legalized states, said Tick Segerblom, a…
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Nevada State Senator Lines Up to Buy Weed
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Segerblom Has Eye On Move To County Commission
Nevada’s godfather of marijuana, state Sen. Tick Segerblom, intends to leave the Nevada Legislature to run for a vacant Clark County Commission seat. The veteran lawmaker said Monday he will run for the District E seat in 2018 to replace term-limited Chris Giunchigliani, a fellow Democrat who has held the seat since 2006. District E…