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Protesters Target NV Energy At Utility Conference As Anger Over Soaring Electricity Prices Boils Over By Herman Trabish of UtilityDive Protesters shouting affordability complaints and chanting slogans interrupted a speech by NV Energy President and CEO Brandon Barkhuff on Wednesday. Barkhuff was speaking to some 1,000 utility executives and electricity industry stakeholders during the Edison Electric Institute 2026 conference at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas. After being escorted out by security, the protesters spoke to the media outside the hotel to demand the cancellation of a daily demand charge for NV Energy customers...

The Trump administration is planning to build a 5,000-person military base inside Gaza, the Guardian reported on Thursday, citing contracting records from the so-called “Board of Peace.” The report said that the base would take up more than 350 acres of land in southern Gaza and is envisioned as a future base for the international […]

Indiana Suspends Gas Sales Tax Amid US–Iran War Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Indiana has suspended its gas sales tax for 30 days as prices keep rising amid the United States’ war with Iran. Indiana Gov. Mike Braun (C) speaks during a press conference in Gary, Ind., on Oct. 30, 2025. Jamie Kelter Davis/Getty Images Gov. Mike Braun announced the suspension on April 8. “I am declaring a gas tax holiday to give Hoosiers relief from the pain at the pump from high gas prices,” Braun said in a...