Megan Barth

Governor Sisolak Releases ‘Common Sense’ Ad Pledging ‘No New Taxes’

August 10, 2022 5:07 pm

Taking a trip back to 1998, “Read my lips. No new taxes.” was uttered during the Republican National Convention by GOP presidential nominee George H.W. Bush. President Bush went on to raise taxes and became a one-term president. Governor Steve Sisolak echoes a similar statement in his new campaign ad...

The Globe Investigates: Incline Village General Improvement District

August 10, 2022 2:09 pmAugust 18, 2022 10:31 am

This past April, The Nevada Globe was contacted by concerned Nevadans and family members after numerous open records requests were ignored or challenged by the Incline Village General Improvement District (IVGID). Initially, their concerns were related to the continued resistance by IVGID to provide detailed financial documents. In the spirit...

Democrats Seek To Flip Washoe County Commission

August 9, 2022 3:48 pmAugust 16, 2022 9:18 am

As reported by The Globe, the Washoe County Commission race was a highly-charged political spectacle with rival PACs and lawsuits–one of which resulted in Commissioner Bob Lucey losing his effort to boot Republican rival Mike Clark from the ballot. In a surprise upset, Clark defeated Lucy and received 57 percent of...

Nevada Surpasses $1 Billion In SNAP benefits

August 9, 2022 12:40 pmAugust 9, 2022 3:49 pm

According to a report by KTNV, Nevada passed the $1 billion threshold in cumulative benefits issued under the emergency allotment for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) or Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). Nevada households on SNAP have received an increase to their benefits every month since April 2020...

Report: Nevada Ranks 17th In Housing Affordability

August 8, 2022 3:30 pm

The National Low Income Housing Coalition recently released their annual “Out of Reach” report which “documents the significant gap between renters’ wages and the cost of rental housing across the United States. The report’s central statistic, the Housing Wage, is an estimate of the hourly wage a full-time worker must...

Thousands Of Teaching Jobs Remain Unfilled in Nevada

August 8, 2022 2:04 pmAugust 12, 2022 9:17 am

As reported by The Washington Examiner, 3,000 teaching jobs remain unfilled across Nevada’s 17 school districts as many schools return to the classroom today. According to the report: “We don’t have teachers for the classrooms, and I’m worried about lunch workers who aren’t going to be there to serve our...

Nevada Democrats Unanimously Support The ‘Inflation Reduction Act’

August 8, 2022 12:39 pmAugust 9, 2022 12:42 pm

Over the weekend, Senate Democrats unanimously voted to pass the “Inflation Reduction Act” with Vice President Kamala Harris delivering the tie-breaking vote. Prior to this Democratic legislative victory, Sen. Cortez Masto had only mentioned inflation once back in March 2020. During a fundraiser last year, Rep. Susie Lee stated, “I...