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Some Reno business owners, like Mark McKinnon, are getting letters telling them that they are in violation of city ordinances because they are not using the company Waste Management to haul their trash and recycling. Our contributor Bob Conrad of ThisisReno has been reporting on this situation and gave the latest update to our News Director Michelle Billman. The actions mark an effort to solidify Waste Management’s exclusivity as the area’s waste hauler. It’s a move supported by an outside legal

Homeless teens in Reno don’t have access to an overnight shelter specifically for them, and many don’t feel safe at an adult shelter. On Wednesday , two short documentaries exploring local youth homelessness will be screening in Reno. Our reporter Paul Boger spoke to the organizer to learn more. According to a U-S Housing and Urban Development survey from 2014, nearly one and three homeless individuals were under the age of 24. Nico Colombant is with the street reporting outfit from Our Town

The heated national debate on immigration often brings up the question of why undocumented immigrants didn’t enter the U.S. legally. Our reporter Natalie Van Hoozer has been researching this topic, and she’s finding that it’s not that simple. She sat down with our News Director Michelle Billman to break down the visa process. Here are six things to know. 1) There are many different categories of visas, and some of the main ones are family-based immigration visas, employment-based visas, and

Reno assemblywoman Amber Joiner , a Democrat, is choosing not to run for reelection in 2018. Joiner was appointed to her seat in Assembly District 24 in 2014, and since then has served for two regular sessions and two special sessions. But in an email to The Nevada Independent , Joiner says the financial burden of campaigning and serving is unsustainable. "For me, it has been impossible to find full-time employment that isn't either a conflict of interest or a conflict of schedule with serving

The ability of parents to follow through is critically important and extremely difficult.

Helping children succeed is considered part of effective parenting. But many parents help too much and children suffer as a result.

Not everyone is the same. Personalities differ in terms of how much intimacy one enjoys and how much alone time suits them.

Gratitude is a choice.

Updated on November 30, 2017: Governor Brian Sandoval’s office issued a press release announcing that the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services will be receiving about $5.6 million from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS. The money will help to keep the state’s Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP, afloat for a short time while Congress considers passing a bill to reauthorize funding for the program. Without it, Nevada’s CHIP program would have run out of

Last November, Nevada voters approved Question 1, an initiative that requires all private firearm sales and transfers to undergo background checks, including those at gun shows. But a video taken less than a week after the Las Vegas massacre shows gun sellers at a Reno gun show selling firearms without the required background checks.