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Laxalt consistently ignoring ‘Cortez’ in Nevada senator’s last name: Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022; Republican U.S. Senate candidate Adam Laxalt repeatedly refers to his midterm election opponent, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, incorrectly by chopping off the first part ...
For Hiroshima commemoration, advocates implore nuclear drawdown in Las Vegas: Friday, Aug. 12, 2022; On Aug. 9, 1945 — 77 years ago — 16-year-old Sumiteru Taniguchi was riding his bike, delivering mail for the Nagasaki Post Office in Japan when an atomic bomb detonated about 1.5 miles away, killing more than 60,000 people.
VP Harris in Las Vegas hears from lawmakers about abortion rights: Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022; Vice President Kamala Harris spent Wednesday in Las Vegas advocating for women’s reproductive rights, expressing her disapproval with new anti-abortion legislation. In a discussion with Nevada elected officials ...
Sheriff Lombardo sets sights on shutting down Sun: In text exchange, Lombardo talks of ‘putting Brian Greenspun out of business’; Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022; The text message was direct: “Maybe start by putting Brian Greenspun out of business.” That text wasn’t from a competitor of the Las Vegas Sun, owned by ...
Dems' wide-ranging bill includes aid for drought in Nevada, west: Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022; The U.S. Senate approved a sweeping package to combat climate change, fight inflation, invest in energy production and reduce carbon emissions by roughly 40% by 2030.
Laxalt campaign touts police group’s endorsement: Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022; Officials from several law enforcement unions spoke in support of Laxalt’s candidacy at an event Thursday in Las Vegas. Officials with the Las Vegas Police Protective Association, the Public Safety Alliance of Nevada ...
NLV council rules against putting rent cap proposal on ballot: Friday, Aug. 5, 2022; A proposal to cap rent increases in North Las Vegas failed to move forward — for now. The Culinary Workers Union’s effort to put a rent control measure before the city’s voters on the November ballot was downed in a 4-1 vote Wednesday night by the North Las Vegas City Council. Council members ...
Former Nevada GOP chair in hot water for endorsing Democrats: Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022; Amy Tarkanian, the former chairwoman of the Nevada Republican Party and noted conservative television pundit, is receiving backlash from her party after she endorsed two Democratic candidates instead of Republicans ahead of the Nov. 8 midterms. Tarkanian, formerly a Las Vegas resident and the wife of ...
Republicans in Nevada cross party line to endorse Democrats: Sunday, July 31, 2022; The most significant movement came last week with the forming of the “Republicans for Ford” organizing committee to back Democratic Attorney General Aaron Ford’s reelection against the Republican nominee Sigal Chattah.
For sex-industry workers in Las Vegas, monkeypox is latest red flag health issue: Sunday, July 31, 2022; Workers in the adult entertainment industry are taking precautions to prevent catching monkeypox, a viral disease that the World Health Organization recently declared a global health emergency.
Las Vegas congressional candidate challenged on disclosure reports: Thursday, July 28, 2022; A Las Vegas resident has filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Election Commission alleging Republican congressional candidate April Becker failed to properly disclose all of her real estate interests and her spouse’s ...
2020 election: Conservatives debunk fraud claims in Nevada, elsewhere: Thursday, July 28, 2022; Inaccuracies in voting machines. Discrepancies in ballot tracking. Failing to give poll observers adequate access to ballot counting. Democrats bribing voters. Those are claims former President Donald Trump and his allies pushed forward as ...
High-speed internet in spotlight for Democrats in Nevada, nationwide: Sunday, July 24, 2022; High-ranking Democrats are making a big deal about expanding access to and affordability of high-speed internet in Nevada and elsewhere, and they’ll continue to highlight the issue this week with a major announcement.
Laxalt aide says she was in D.C. on Jan. 6 but did not go inside Capitol: Friday, July 22, 2022; It might not come as a surprise that U.S. Senate candidate Adam Laxalt’s new communications director, Courtney Holland, was in Washington, D.C., attending the Jan. 6, 2021 “Stop the Steal” protest that eventually led to the insurrection of the U.S. Capitol by extremist supporters of former ...
For Indigenous women, in Nevada and nationwide, losing rights nothing new: Thursday, July 21, 2022; Barbara Hartzell, a Chemehuevi Paiute from the Chemehuevi Tribe of Lake Havasu in California and a member of the Las Vegas Indian Colony, chose to be a young ...
Sisolak touts state’s progress under his leadership: ‘Nevada is clearly on the move,’ governor boasts; Wednesday, July 20, 2022; Gov. Steve Sisolak in February detailed plans for “new jobs, new determination, new pride and new progress for Nevada” during his State of the State address. On Tuesday, the Democrat highlighted the progress made and what he wants to accomplish next — that is, if he wins reelection in November against Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo.
47 Republicans in Congress vote in favor of same-sex marriage protections, but not Nevada's Amodei: Tuesday, July 19, 2022; Amodei took issue with the process that occurred, saying it took less than 24 hours for a bill to go from introduction to being called for a vote with no hearings and no acknowledgment of states that have already addressed the issue.
Nevada Democrats, Republicans together spend over $8M on campaigns: Monday, July 18, 2022; Nevada Democrats combined to spend about $4.3 million in the last three months on their midterm election campaigns, and Republicans spent about $4 million. Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak’s campaign raised $1.7 million between April 1 and June 30, spent $461,586 and is sitting on a $10.7 million war chest ...
What would happen if the secretary of state were to refuse to certify Nevada’s election results?: Sunday, July 17, 2022; Republican Jim Marchant, a former Nevada Assemblyman vying to be Nevada’s next secretary of state, has said he would not have certified the 2020 presidential election in which President Joe Biden won by more than 30,000 votes here against Donald Trump.
Time has passed for primary losers to remove campaign signs: Sunday, July 17, 2022; Signs must be removed 30 days after a primary unless the candidate or ballot question has advanced to the midterm election in November, Hopkins said.
Model railroad scene at area mall decried as racist: Tuesday, July 12, 2022; Las Vegas activists are calling for racial justice awareness training after an art exhibit that depicted a Black man being hung by a noose was displayed earlier this month at Galleria at Sunset Mall in Henderson. “This image is disturbing to our community,” Grace Vergara-Mactal, executive director of ...
Primary recounts certified; Gilbert not dropping claims of fraud: Sunday, July 10, 2022; Joey Gilbert did not expect to win the recount; rather he had to ask for it to officially contest the election results in court. He maintains he won, saying in a July 5 Facebook video that in Clark County he won 30,000 more votes than were reported. Gilbert argues that Democrats rigged the election in favor of Lombardo because they know he will not be able to defeat Gov. Steve Sisolak, the Democratic incumbent, in the fall.
Trump in Las Vegas rails against Dems in support of state GOP candidates: Friday, July 8, 2022; Former President Donald Trump made his appearance at Treasure Island in Las Vegas on Friday for a rally in support of Republican candidates Joe Lombardo for governor and Adam Laxalt for Senate and again hinted ...
Nevada aiming to make child care more accessible: Friday, July 8, 2022; Gov. Steve Sisolak on Thursday kicked off the Nevada Child Care Fund initiative at CSN’s Early Childhood Education Lab. The state’s Interim Finance Committee, a group of state lawmakers, last month ...
Nevada’s GOP chair continues to deny he was a fake elector: Thursday, July 7, 2022; Nevada Republican Party Chairman Michael McDonald doubled down last week on his assertion that his plan to send electoral certificates in favor of Donald Trump to Congress in 2020 was legitimate.“Many of you remember we were called, they called us fake electors,” McDonald said at a Mt. Rose Republican Women’s Dinner last week. “We weren’t fake. We were ...
Backers of ballot initiatives go 1-for-2 at the Nevada Supreme Court: Sunday, July 3, 2022; The Nevada Supreme Court was busy last week, releasing decisions regarding ballot questions that sought to be on the November midterm ballot. In a 5-2 ruling Tuesday, justices upheld ...
Cortez Masto portrays Laxalt as supportive of federal abortion ban: Saturday, July 2, 2022; Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto attacked her Republican opponent Friday, saying that if Republican Adam Laxalt is elected, women’s rights will be further restricted and Laxalt will support a national abortion ban. “We have an election here,” said Cortez Masto, a Democrat who is ...
Gilbert says video proves fraud; Nevada official says it proves security: Friday, July 1, 2022; “This video is not proof of fraud, it’s proof of an elections official doing his job and ensuring that the secure equipment shuts down properly and that data is accounted ...
New Nevada laws, law requirements take effect Friday: Thursday, June 30, 2022; The Keep Nevada Working Act is among a group of laws that include deadlines of or go into effect Friday in Nevada.
Gilbert still refusing to concede GOP primary for Nevada governor: Wednesday, June 29, 2022; Reno attorney Joey Gilbert has no plans to concede the GOP primary race for Nevada governor and is promoting a $25,000 reward for anyone who can provide proof of election fraud. Gilbert said he is working on getting a ...
Sisolak order pledges to protect abortion patients and providers: Wednesday, June 29, 2022; Gov. Steve Sisolak signed an executive order protecting reproductive freedom for anyone seeking reproductive health care in Nevada, he announced ...
2022 candidate debates for Nevada’s top elective offices not yet settled: Sunday, June 26, 2022; Since the days when Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas crisscrossed Illinois to make their arguments against each other and to the citizenry for why they were the right candidate to represent the state in the U.S. Senate, debate has been a part of American political campaigns. In more modern times, that tradition extended to campaigns for the highest office in the land, beginning with the 1960 televised presidential debate between John Kennedy and Richard Nixon. But with the Republican National Committee laying the groundwork for its candidate participating in the 2024 presidential debate, it’s a tradition that is eroding. Marquee races this year in Nevada also may be affected.
Las Vegas activist fears return to back-alley abortions: Saturday, June 25, 2022; Las Vegas activist Donna West, 65, remembers as a young teen pooling her allowance with a group of friends to help a friend get a back-alley abortion. After the procedure ...
Nevada politicians’ reactions to abortion ruling swift, strong: Friday, June 24, 2022; Democratic politicians in Nevada lamented the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of constitutional abortion protections as an attack on women’s rights, while Republicans declared it an end to “federal overreach.” Reaction came swiftly after the court on Friday issued an opinion overturning ...
Reports: Nevada GOP head surrenders phone to FBI: Thursday, June 23, 2022; Nevada’s top Republican officials — GOP Chairman Michael McDonald and party secretary James DeGraffenreid — reportedly are among the targets of an intensifying effort by the U.S. Department of Justice and its investigation into fake slates of electors across the country who tried to declare Donald Trump the winner in their states in the 2020 presidential election.
Nevada U.S. Sen. Rosen introduces mental health support bill: Thursday, June 23, 2022; Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., and Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., introduced legislation today aiming to expand mental health training access for teachers so they can better recognize mental health disorders in youth. The Expanding Access to Mental Health Training Act will ...
Nevada committee approves $75.9M for free public school lunches: Wednesday, June 22, 2022; The Interim Finance Committee approved a variety of spending allocations at its meeting Tuesday, including $75.9 million for free school meals next year in Nevada public schools. “This past spring Congress chose ...
Democrats’ voter turnout for primary was low, but not unexpected: Sunday, June 19, 2022; While more Nevada Republicans than Democrats voted last week in the primary election, the overall turnout of 23.92% was “not too impressive” but also “not too surprising,” said David Damore, professor and chair of the UNLV department of political science.
Win or lose, Republicans continue to allege voter fraud: Thursday, June 16, 2022; The polls had been closed for two hours Tuesday night in Nevada and a few results started to trickle in showing an outcome Reno attorney and gubernatorial candidate ...
Stage is set for Nevada election after predicted primary outcomes: Wednesday, June 15, 2022; Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo is calling his win in the crowded GOP gubernatorial primary a triumph not only for himself, but for parents and their children’s education, for safer communities ...
For some Natives in Nevada, hurdles to voting remain: Wednesday, June 15, 2022; A few election workers sat inside the Moapa Band of Paiutes tribal headquarters Tuesday waiting for residents to cast their ballots in the primary election. Most of the nearly 200 voting headquarters throughout Clark County were buzzing with early-morning activity, and yet, the tribal office polling site on Lincoln Street was ...
Primary results: Lombardo, Sisolak, Cortez Masto, Laxalt win party approval: Tuesday, June 14, 2022; Gov. Steve Sisolak, with about 40% of state votes tallied, took 89.9% of the vote against former Clark County Commissioner Tom Collins in the Democratic gubernatorial primary to advance to the November election. The Associated Press also called the U.S. Senate race in the Democratic primary for incumbent Catherine Cortez Masto.
Trump stumps on the horn for Laxalt before Tuesday's primary: Sunday, June 12, 2022; Former Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt is leaning on President Donald Trump in final days in this leg of his U.S. Senate campaign ahead of Tuesday’s primary vote.
Nevada's leading GOP candidates unswayed by Jan. 6 hearings: Saturday, June 11, 2022; Leading Republicans in Nevada, many of whom are promoting false claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential election, weren’t commenting on findings revealed Thursday by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Scrum of challengers jockey to face Titus in Nevada's 1st Congressional District: Friday, June 10, 2022; A crowded field of Republicans is looking to take down longtime Democratic incumbent Rep. Dina Titus in Nevada’s 1st Congressional District, which covers the Strip, the Harry Reid International Airport and the East Las Vegas Valley.
Against community leaders’ wishes, Nevada Board of Regents names interim chancellor: Friday, June 10, 2022; Hours after the Nevada System of Higher Education’s Board of Regents received a letter from business leaders asking it to postpone a vote to appoint an interim chancellor, the board proceeded with ...
Get to know the prime contenders in Southern Nevada’s midterm primary races: Thursday, June 9, 2022; Who’s running to fill the state’s U.S. Senate and House seats, the governor’s mansion and more.
GOP secretary of state candidates largely cling to claims of election fraud: Thursday, June 9, 2022; Unfounded claims of election fraud, fueled by then-President Donald Trump and his supporters after his 2020 election defeat to Joe Biden, have become a rallying cry for some Republicans.
Dark money is keeping campaigns rolling but also keeping voters guessing: Wednesday, June 8, 2022; In the 2020 general election, it was reported that $1 billion in dark money was spent nationally attempting to influence voters. In the presidential election, Donald Trump received more than $22 million from dark money groups, and Joe Biden receiving more than $8 million, according to OpenSecrets.
More Democrats in May switch to Republican Party in Nevada: Monday, June 6, 2022; More than 2,000 registered voters in Nevada left the Democratic Party in May, according to data from Nevada Secretary of State’s office. With the June 14 primary quickly approaching ...