Riley Snyder

@RileySnyder

Reporter with . Past = , . rsnyder@thenvindy.com

Las Vegas, NV
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Joined October 2010
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Sep 7
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    I am the local press

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  2. Retweeted
    3 hours ago

    . announces he married Kathy Ong today at Guardian Angel Cathedral. She will take his last name. "I am grateful that I'll have my soul mate by my side for this journey, and I know Kathy will make Nevada proud as first lady," he says.

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  3. 12 hours ago

    Indy Q&A: Lt. Gov.-elect Kate Marshall on goals, the economy and legislative priorities via

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  4. Dec 27

    UNLV and CSN are both taking steps to boost their drone pilot training program, which "will encompass tenets of responsible drone ownership" and the underlying technology via

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  5. Dec 26

    This is so sad. I never had the pleasure of meeting Royce but his kindness over the years through this platform meant a lot to me and other journalists. RIP

    Sad news: Long-time Las Vegas boxing writer Royce Feour has passed away. He covered boxing for almost 40 years. A very kind and gentle soul.
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  6. Retweeted
    Dec 26

    Thanks to dozens of generous readers & supporters, we're just $542 short of our $25K goal. Donations to are being doubled through Dec. 31. Support nonprofit news in Nevada (bonus: contributions are deductible for the 2018 tax year):

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  7. Retweeted
    Dec 26

    Brendan Kelly, who survived both the Thousand Oaks and Las Vegas mass shootings, is about to deploy to Afghanistan. via

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  8. Dec 21

    "As developable land becomes more scarce and increasingly close to wilderness, elected officials in Reno and Las Vegas are being forced to weigh environmental constraints on growth in deciding whether to approve new developments" via

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  9. Dec 21

    For additional details, check out & 's story on the $8.8 billion budget that team Sandoval plans to leave

    . out with a five-page list of things he's recommending his successor includes in the 2019-2021 state budget:
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  10. Dec 21

    . found a Las Vegas 8th grader who is taking a philosophical stand against cell phones. “I don’t want one because it’s going to take my social interaction away.”

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  11. Dec 21

    Here's our story on the IRP approval & what calls the largest "renewable energy investment” in state history:

    Update: unanimously approves draft order clearing way for six new solar power plants & conditional early retirement of 1 of NV's 2 remaining coal-firing plants. Background here:
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    Dec 21

    . confirms it too has been added to the prestigious Carnegie "R1" category, two days after learned it had reached Tier 1 research university status:

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  13. Dec 21

    Update: unanimously approves draft order clearing way for six new solar power plants & conditional early retirement of 1 of NV's 2 remaining coal-firing plants. Background here:

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  14. Dec 20

    Nevada is one of 6 states that uses 911 fees, collected on phone bills, to pay for non 911 services (body cameras for police officers), which FCC Chair calls "outrageous and it undermines public safety"

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  15. Dec 20

    Nevada's members of Congress still want a law banning bump stocks, despite new DOJ rule banning the devices via

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  16. Dec 20

    . talks to University of Nevada president on college affordability, 1st Amendment issues on campus & more

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  17. Dec 19

    . is holding a campaign kick-off fundraiser on 1/15, pushing it back a day after initial date (1/16) conflicted with future 's State of the State address

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  18. Retweeted
    Dec 19

    . just reached its goal of Tier 1 research university status several years ahead of schedule:

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  19. Retweeted
    Dec 19

    Nevada enrolled 83,647 people as of Dec. 15, the end of open enrollment, according to CMS. That's 7,315 fewer than the exchange had enrolled at this point last year, but doesn't include any enrollees who left their name with the call center for a call back after the deadline.

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  20. Dec 19

    Homeless deaths in Las Vegas spiked in 2018; coroner reported 192 people died in 2018 who were either identified as homeless or transient, a 47 percent increase over the 131 deaths reported in 2017 via

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  21. Dec 19

    Draft order also extends lifetime of several natural gas plants in state, & warns that new solar plants could "negatively affect (the utility's) credit quality,"raising potential of higher rates down the line

    NEW: Nevada regulators are poised to accept 's triennial energy supply plan, which calls for 1,001 MW of new solar plants & 100 MW of new battery plants. Also calls for conditional closure of coal-fired Valmy plant by 2021
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