Jessica Hill

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Early voting off to slow start in Clark County: Sunday, June 5, 2022; As the Republican Party has raised unfounded concerns about mail-in ballots, many Republicans may be waiting until Election Day on June 14 to cast their votes in person. And in general, many voters prefer voting in person.
‘That saved my life’: Las Vegas activists share stories on abortion as Roe ruling looms: Saturday, June 4, 2022; At a roundtable discussion this week, reproductive rights advocates like Brenda Rodriguez shared their stories to destigmatize abortion and speak against the U.S. Supreme Court’s expected decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the court’s landmark 1973 decision that protects a woman’s right to an abortion.
Sisolak’s choice vs. Henderson mayor in lt. governor primary: Friday, June 3, 2022; Many eyes are on the Nevada governor’s race in this election cycle, where a crowded field of Republicans is looking to oust Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak. But the race for the second-in-command position in the state is ...
New federal measures aim to increase production of clean energy on public lands: Thursday, June 2, 2022; Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, in a visit to Las Vegas, announced that the Department of Interior was reducing rents and fees for wind and solar projects on public lands by 50% for both existing and new projects. The department will ...
Voting aside, Lombardo confident ‘this primary is over’: Sunday, May 29, 2022; At the end of a debate of the five leading GOP candidates in the Nevada gubernatorial race, Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo closed with a proclamation that the race was over.
Fallon Paiute-Shoshone tribe continues battle to protect ancestral lands and culture: Sunday, May 29, 2022; The Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and Colony are facing many battles: a fight to preserve their land, a fight to keep their water rights, and a fight to maintain their culture.
In-person early voting for primary begins Saturday: Friday, May 27, 2022; There are 84 contested races with 340 candidates to choose from in Clark County. Primary races involve federal, state and local offices. The primary will pave the way to what is expected to be a historic, significant midterm election in November.
State official offers insight into how Nevada protects its elections: Friday, May 27, 2022; Dead people voting. Machines being hacked. Unregistered voters casting ballots. People voting multiple times. These claims of election fraud, fueled by then-President Donald Trump and his supporters after his 2020 defeat by Joe Biden, have become a rallying cry for many Republicans. Nevada election officials say ...
Officials explain 'dead pool' and how to stop it in Lake Mead: Thursday, May 26, 2022; Dead pool is when the water level would get so low in a reservoir that a dam would no longer be able to produce hydropower or deliver water downstream. It’s been a subject of concern for Lake Powell and Lake Mead, which are on the Colorado River and deliver ...
As election nears, retiring regent offers suggestions for board’s improvement: Wednesday, May 25, 2022; Patrick Carter’s term with the Nevada Board of Regents is coming to an end during what’s been a tumultuous tenure. In his five years on the board that oversees the Nevada System of Higher Education, he has been accused but absolved of wrongdoing in his official role, and the regents as a whole have continually come ...
Long shots in Republican governor’s field appear to be staying in race: Sunday, May 22, 2022; Anything can happen over the next three weeks before the June 14 primary, but it’s unlikely that any of the governor candidates will drop out of the race.
NV Energy Greenlink West project attracting criticism: Thursday, May 19, 2022; The Bureau of Land Management started the public comment process this week for the Greenlink West Project, part of a larger initiative by NV Energy to create a “renewable energy ...
In run-up to primary, Gilbert’s tour illustrates issues facing marginalized Nevadans: Wednesday, May 18, 2022; Joey Gilbert steps down a flight of narrow gravel and wire stairs and walks toward a drainage tunnel on Dean Martin Drive that extends about 1½ miles under Interstate 15 toward the Linq resort on the Strip. About 20 people live under that part of the tunnel, said Patrick Hollis, who said he had ...
Little-known GOP governor’s candidate running on aggressive agenda: Air Force veteran wants to break up Clark County School District, sue California for water, bus undocumented immigrants to Delaware and D.C.; Monday, May 16, 2022; With less than a month to go until the primary election, GOP gubernatorial candidate Tom Heck is confident he’ll win the Republican nomination with Nevada’s military vote. But he isn’t listed as an option in many of the polls, and he hasn’t been invited to participate in many debates and forums.
Republican Senate hopefuls in Nevada spar over ducking debates: Sunday, May 15, 2022; Retired Army Capt. Sam Brown is calling out one of his Republican primary opponents in the U.S. Senate race for not again agreeing to face him on the debate stage.
Fight over ranked choice voting in Nevada precedes initiative making its way onto ballot: Thursday, May 12, 2022; A proposed ballot initiative seeks to amend the Nevada Constitution to establish open top-five primaries and ranked-choice voting for general elections, but it isn’t without its critics.
Amodei faces stern challenge from perennial candidate Tarkanian in Northern Nevada: Wednesday, May 11, 2022; Rep. Mark Amodei pulls up in his rust-orange GMC truck that his father bought in 1971 from a shop down the road. He steps out in Merrells, jeans and a flannel and greets the ...
Elder recalls hardships, joys on tribal colony: Sunday, May 8, 2022; Betty Burns, an 81-year-old elder of the Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and Colony who has gray, curly hair and wears light-colored glasses, has lived on the colony since she was born in 1941. Made up of a few dozen houses ...
Nevada GOP bucks Trump on endorsements, but does it really matter?: Sunday, May 8, 2022; Trump’s decision to back the presumed frontrunners in both the state’s high-profile primaries — governor and Senate — instead of candidates who might be considered more Trumpian speaks to how much he wants to pad his win totals.
Nevada’s abortion rights would be difficult to revoke: Leaked decision aside, changes to state law would require a vote of the people; Wednesday, May 4, 2022; The U.S. Supreme Court is set to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision establishing a constitutional right to abortion, which will set the stage for abortion-rights battles across the nation with related laws determined by each state. As it stands now, the right to an abortion in Nevada ...
Pro-choice advocates rally for rights at Las Vegas courthouse: Tuesday, May 3, 2022; Shanzeh Aslam thought she had met her prince charming nine years ago. Because she had limited health insurance and didn’t want to take hormonal birth control, she got pregnant. Then her partner became abusive. She was able to terminate that pregnancy, “leave ...
Proposed lithium mine raises worries in Humboldt County: Tuesday, May 3, 2022; Humboldt County rancher Ed Bartell is in the middle of litigation with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management over its approval of Nevada Lithium Corp.’s proposed lithium mine. The mine, if ...
With Trump on board, Lombardo faces a fork in the campaign road: Sunday, May 1, 2022; Now that Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo has an endorsement from Donald Trump in the Nevada governor’s race, it will be interesting to see how he handles the campaign moving forward.
Trump gives approval to Lombardo for Nevada governor: Wednesday, April 27, 2022; Former President Donald Trump endorsed Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo in his Republican primary campaign for the Nevada governor’s race in a statement on Twitter from spokesperson Taylor Budowich ...
Deliveries to be cut as Lake Powell approaches crisis level: Tuesday, April 26, 2022; Lake Mead’s “bathtub ring” is set to become even more pronounced this year. The lingering drought is the overriding reason that the lake’s water level will fall again in 2022, but it’s also because less water will be released ...
Sisolak, senators break from Biden on border issue: Sunday, April 24, 2022; Gov. Steve Sisolak sent a letter to President Joe Biden last week asking him to reconsider his intention to roll back Title 42 without a detailed plan in place and to make a pathway to citizenship a priority.
At GOP forum, opponents lament absence of ‘no-show Joe’: Thursday, April 21, 2022; At a GOP gubernatorial forum Wednesday at the Republican Women of Las Vegas luncheon, candidates discussed how they’d fix education, their plans to improve the economy and run the state. Except one of the major candidates was missing — again. Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo, who is ...
Mental health services in Nevada to get $20 million shot in the arm: Sisolak, Biden Cabinet official unveil plans at Governor’s Healthcare Provider Summit; Wednesday, April 20, 2022; Emergency mental health services in Nevada will be getting a $20 million infusion, thanks to the federal government’s American Rescue Plan Act, and the state will hook into a national mental health hotline modeled after the 911 U.S. emergency call number. The plans were announced Tuesday by ...
Sen. Cortez Masto campaign raised $4.4M through March: Tuesday, April 19, 2022; The U.S. Senate race in Nevada is becoming expensive, with incumbent Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto holding a big financial advantage over two leading Republican hopefuls who each spent more than $1 million the ...
Primary debate gets heated between Tarkanian, Amodei: Sunday, April 17, 2022; Danny Tarkanian used a debate platform last week to criticize Rep. Mark Amodei’s voting record over the past decade while representing Northern Nevada in Congress.
GOP challenger for Nevada governor aims to take control over schools: Saturday, April 16, 2022; Nevada gubernatorial candidate Joey Gilbert, if elected to office, says he would declare a state of emergency to take over Nevada’s public schools and address the rising cases ...
Gay Republicans find home with Las Vegas Log Cabin: Friday, April 15, 2022; For Las Vegas resident Joel Brizzee, coming out as gay to the evangelical conservative world was a “picnic” in comparison to coming out as a conservative to the LGBTQ community. He says that a couple of years ago when a pool party photo of him and other ...
Governor unveils $500 million housing initiative in Las Vegas: Friday, April 15, 2022; Near the southwest edge of Las Vegas on South Fort Apache Road, construction crews widen the roads to accommodate more traffic. A newly built neighborhood stands across the street from the latest ...
Sisolak beefing up security amid recent threats to officials: Tuesday, April 12, 2022; Gov. Steve Sisolak’s security team will increase from five to eight officers after an increase in verbal attacks on elected officials. The Board of Examiners approved Tuesday an item from the Department of Public Safety to allocate ...
LGBTQ advocates in Las Vegas raise red flag over ‘Don’t Say Gay’ efforts: New law in Florida draws support from GOP Senate candidate Adam Laxalt; Tuesday, April 12, 2022; LGBTQ advocates in Las Vegas are criticizing Nevada U.S. Senate hopeful Adam Laxalt for his support of Florida’s parental rights in education law — dubbed by critics as the “Don’t Say Gay” law — and expressing worry that Republican candidates with ...
Nevada election officials say they’re prepared as shortages stoke paper ballot worries: Sunday, April 10, 2022; Joe Gloria, Clark County registrar of voters, said he confirmed with the county’s vendors that the paper shortage would not affect Clark County in printing ballots or sample ballots for the 2022 election.
Heller on abortion: Is it a political flip-flop or a change of heart over time?: Sunday, April 10, 2022; Former Nevada U.S. Sen. Dean Heller, who is running in the Republican primary for governor, is being criticized for a comment he made in 2006 saying he favored abortion rights.
As Democrats’ poll numbers go down, ad buys go up: Sunday, April 3, 2022; Another sign that Democrats are on the defensive in preparation for the upcoming midterm elections, which generally favor the party opposite of the president: The House Democrats’ main political action committee is spending nearly $102 million in early advertising spots across the country. In 2018, during a Democratic wave year, the Democratic PAC put out $43 million, according to The New York Times.
Nevada Regents blasted for actions that brought on chancellor's resignation: Saturday, April 2, 2022; The Nevada Board of Regents accepted the resignation of the state’s higher education chancellor, Melody Rose, but not without being roundly criticized by students, current and former regents and others in a highly charged meeting Friday.
Governor visits LGBTQ center, calls on Nevadans to be more welcoming: Thursday, March 31, 2022; In Nevada, Gov. Steve Sisolak declared today Transgender Day of Visibility to celebrate the achievements and resiliency of transgender people and communities.
Lithium mine opposition now includes planned RV park for construction managers: Thursday, March 31, 2022; A conservation group opposing a proposed lithium mine in Northern Nevada is asking the Bureau of Land Management to reopen its environmental review of the project, detailing how a temporary housing site for workers would be harmful to the environment.
Pahrump Republican tries to carve out a place as a moderate in Senate primary: Wednesday, March 30, 2022; Pahrump resident Bill Hockstedler refers to himself as a “straight shooter” and a moderate Republican who wants to see a level of civility and decorum return to politics.
Poll: GOP voters favor Sam Peters in Nevada congressional race: Wednesday, March 30, 2022; A poll of Republican voters has U.S. Air Force Major Sam Peters in the lead of GOP hopefuls running for Nevada’s 4th Congressional District.
Heckler has choice words for GOP candidate Lombardo: Tuesday, March 29, 2022; A Nevada socialist accosted Republican gubernatorial hopeful Joe Lombardo at an event Monday and posted video of the incident on social media.
Self-funded GOP primary candidate puts no limits on his aspirations for Nevada: Monday, March 28, 2022; Real estate investor Barak Zilberberg hopes to bring amusement parks, professional sports teams and the Olympics to Nevada if he becomes governor. In the crowded primary race for ...
Whose public safety credentials are best for Nevada governor? Camps weigh in: Sunday, March 27, 2022; It’s an interesting Catch-22 in a way, as both Gov. Steve Sisolak, who runs the state, and Sheriff Joe Lombardo, responsible for the public safety of Nevada’s largest county, are the ones who can currently be doing more.
At forum, Republican candidates are critical of commerce tax, Nevada public schools: Thursday, March 24, 2022; A group of Republican candidates looking to become Nevada’s next governor took turns detailing plans to enhance the state’s business diversity and improve education during a forum ...
Minimum wage in Nevada increasing in July: Monday, March 21, 2022; The minimum wage for Nevadans will increase in just a few months. Assembly Bill 456, which passed the Nevada Legislature in 2019 and takes effect July 1, increases the minimum wage in ...
Nye County clerk: No time to eliminate electronic balloting: Sunday, March 20, 2022; The Nye County Commission last week asked the county clerk to consider using only paper ballots in the upcoming primary and general election, part of a larger push from Republican lawmakers to ...
In unexpected move, Danny Tarkanian files to run for Congress in Nevada’s 2nd District: Friday, March 18, 2022; Tarkanian, the son of legendary UNLV basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian and NSHE Board of Regent Lois Tarkanian, filed to run against Republican Rep. Mark Amodei in Northern Nevada based 2nd Congressional District ...