A man attending the Burning Man festival in Nevada was found dead Saturday night in what authorities are investigating as a homicide. The discovery was made as the festival’s iconic wooden effigy was set ablaze in Black Rock City.
Burning Man’s infamous “Orgy Dome”—a decades-old staple of the countercultural festival—was destroyed by high winds sweeping through Nevada’s Black Rock Desert, organizers confirmed on August 24. The structure, promoted as a “sex-positive” space, has been a controversial fixture at the event since 2003.
A powerful dust storm tore through the Burning Man festival in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert over the weekend, blasting tents, toppling art installations, and triggering a wave of safety concerns. Wind gusts reaching 52 mph battered campsites on Saturday, as thousands of attendees gathered at Black Rock City for the annual countercultural event.
Thirty-four hospitals across 13 Nevada counties are bracing for nearly $232 million in losses as federal Medicaid reductions take effect under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The cuts follow the disenrollment of approximately 115,000 Nevadans from the state’s Medicaid program, a move Republicans say is aimed at reining in decades of explosive entitlement growth.
Nevada has officially launched the Nevada Employees Saving Trust (NEST), a state-sponsored retirement savings program aimed at helping private-sector workers without access to employer-provided retirement plans. The program is expected to benefit an estimated 593,000 employees across the state.
Nevada lawmakers have advanced legislation aimed at curbing microplastic pollution in Lake Tahoe by restricting the sale and distribution of large plastic water bottles. Senate Bill 324, passed by a 16–4 vote, targets containers over four liters in size and applies to all communities surrounding the popular freshwater lake.
Nevada recorded the highest unemployment rate in the nation for January 2025, reaching 5.8%, according to the state's Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation. This marks a 0.1% increase from December, when the state also held the highest unemployment rate in the country.
The Nevada Legislature is set to review Assembly Bill 161, a proposal aimed at tightening regulations on the rapidly growing hospice care industry. The bill, introduced by Assemblymember Rebecca Edgeworth, seeks to protect vulnerable patients from neglect and financial exploitation by imposing stricter oversight on hospice providers.
