Healthcare access should not depend on zip code, income, or employment status.
Many Nevadans continue to face barriers to mental healthcare, rural healthcare access, prescription affordability, and preventative care. These challenges especially impact seniors, working families, immigrants, and rural communities.
Public policy decisions shape who receives care and how accessible that care becomes.
LEAN into 2026 by learning how healthcare policy affects our neighbors across Nevada.
“However your congregation wants to get involved in election engagement, and whichever roles you take on, values such as service, justice, compassion, dignity and care for our neighbors help our faith communities serve as trusted messengers.”
The ELCA has released a theological foundation document with the aim of expanding the dialogue on the growing implications of artificial intelligence (AI). According to the authors, the document applies current social teachings to provide insights to the church.
Assemblymember Shea Backus (Las Vegas) has announced a bill draft request to establish a statewide Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples (MMIP) Alert for consideration during Nevada’s 2027 Legislative Session.
If introduced and passed, the legislation would create a coordinated statewide system to rapidly share information with law enforcement, Tribal Nations, media, and the public when an Indigenous person goes missing under qualifying circumstances. Colorado, Washington, New Mexico, and California have similar alert systems.
Our faith calls us to recognize the God-given dignity of every person. That commitment includes listening to Indigenous families, respecting Tribal sovereignty, and advocating for systems that respond with urgency, care, and accountability when someone goes missing.
Lutheran Engagement and Advocacy in Nevada will make this legislation an advocacy priority during the 2027 Legislative Session, following the leadership of Indigenous communities and organizations working to address this crisis.
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The debate over data centers and public lands continues to grow as we prepare for Nevada’s 2027 Legislative Session. It is bringing together people across the political spectrum and becoming an issue in midterm elections across the country. The questions reach into our communities: Who benefits? Who pays? And who gets a say?
LEAN has shared information and updates about data center development. Recent developments deserve a closer look.
First, the Nevada Current reported that approval for a proposed data center near Boulder City has been revoked. The Bureau of Land Management had relied on an environmental review for a solar project previously proposed at the same location. The agency must now conduct additional environmental review before the data center can move forward.
Those questions matter. How could the project affect wildlife, air quality, noise, and nearby communities? What resources would it require? Will the people who live with those impacts have a meaningful opportunity to be heard?
Meanwhile, the Nevada Current reported that Switch is seeking approval for a 510-megawatt natural gas power plant at the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center. The plant could operate for 30 years or more, and a proposed gas pipeline expansion could support additional development. These decisions will shape Nevada’s energy future long after the construction crews leave.
That matters for our neighbors.
Families deserve to know whether new infrastructure will affect their utility bills. Communities deserve clear information about water use, air pollution, and the combined impact of these projects. The public deserves honest answers about what protections will be in place and how promised benefits will reach the people who live here.
As we prepare for the Legislative Session, we should be asking how Nevada will protect households from additional costs, hold developers accountable, and ensure communities have a meaningful voice in decisions about their future.
For people of faith, caring for creation and loving our neighbors belong in this conversation. Those commitments call us to pay attention to people already struggling to keep the lights on and the generations who will live with the decisions we make today.
Lutheran Engagement and Advocacy in Nevada calls for careful review, transparent decisions, meaningful public participation, and accountability that protects our communities.
Caring for our neighbors includes caring for the places and resources we share.
