Insurers go wild on denials & cancellations

Never forget! When Trump launched the Iran war on Feb. 28, Nevada 1st congressional district Republican candidate Carrie Buck posted on social media:

"We must never forget how quickly respect for American power eroded when resolve faltered. True strength demands projecting unyielding deterrence, not negotiation from a position of vulnerability."

Who's gonna tell her?

IN NEVADA CURRENT

Fire isn't the only thing that's wild. State insurance regulators are flummoxed as to why insurance companies are just willy-nilly declaring all sorts of neighborhoods as high-risk for wildfires and cancelling or denying coverage even though the neighborhoods seem marginally at best wildland-urban interfacing. The companies appear to be "taking this approach that essentially the entirety of Western states have the same type of risk, same vegetation makeup, same topography, which is not true,” said one state official, adding “Nevada is very, very different from California." Hmm. Yes and no. But I digress. Michael Lyle reports: Home insurance getting cancelled/declined for wildfire risk in some surprising places

Note: As described by the insurance commissioner in Michael's story, there is a lot of data insurance companies aren't required to provide to state regulators. That would be in keeping with Nevada's oft-touted business-friendly governance. So perhaps one might be excused for assuming the reason insurance companies are doing this is: Because nobody's going to stop them.

Okay this one can slip by, but dadgummit one of these days something will have to be done about these danged data centers, county commissioners agreed. I feel reassured already. Jeniffer Solis reports: Las Vegas data center expansion approved as officials ponder need for future regulations

Too hot to handle applies to both the intensity of the electricity billing issue, and the weather state regulators made citizens stand in if they wanted to offer public comment. Dana Gentry reports: PUC tactics designed to dissuade comment, reflect lack of accountability, say observers

That was then. In March, explaining why he wouldn't debate his primary opponent, Aaron Ford said “what I have learned is that talking directly to voters is the best way to get the word out." Meanwhile, Joe Lombardo's campaign is borrowing a separate page from Ford's primary playbook, and pretending the opponent doesn't exist (except of course when Ford is traveling). Busy Dana reports: Ford challenges Lombardo to debates after declining to debate in primary 

Note: With respect to the candidates' discussion and examination of existing and proposed state policies, there's a good chance the 2026 campaign for governor of Nevada has already peaked.

But back to never forget... Via the DC bureau: Trump vowed ‘unconditional surrender.’ He got an MOU with sanctions relief and rebuilding funds.

Good Luck