Megan Barth, Author at Nevada Globe

Vegas Desi Abandons Susie Lee, Endorses April Becker

October 18, 2022 2:05 pmOctober 18, 2022 2:57 pm

The Globe has learned that vegasdesi.com, the only South Asian publication in Las Vegas, has abandoned Democratic Rep. Susie Lee and endorsed her GOP rival, April Becker, in the race for Congressional District 3 (CD-3). In 2018 and 2020 vegasdesi.com endorsed Lee. According to their 2022 general election endorsements, they...

Lyon County Sheriff Frank Hunewill Faces Allegations, Responds To The Globe

October 18, 2022 11:45 am

The Globe received financial documents related to and witness statements questioning the residence of Lyon County Sheriff Frank Hunewill. To note, Sheriff Hunewill is running for re-election for a second term and faces Sergeant Brad Pope in November. The allegations contend that Hunewill lives in Topaz, California at the Topaz...

Sisolak Raises $3.2 M In Third Quarter, Spends $12.8 M

October 17, 2022 6:05 pmOctober 18, 2022 2:06 pm

A statewide outage shut down Nevada government websites and delayed third quarter candidate filing reports, however, Governor Steve Sisolak met today’s deadline with his most recent filing. The report shows that Sisolak raised an impressive $3.2 M in the third quarter but spent a massive $12.8 M on his re-election...

Build Back Better? Nevada Inflation Rate Hits 16 Percent

October 14, 2022 2:24 pmOctober 25, 2022 2:54 pm

The U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee revealed that inflation in Nevada has reached 16 percent, nearly twice the national CPI average and hitting Nevada households the hardest. The data shows that rising prices are costing Nevada households an additional $867 a month or $10,402 a year since January 2021. In...

Republicans And Democrats Spending Millions On ‘Toss-Up’ Races

October 14, 2022 12:17 pmOctober 14, 2022 2:27 pm

Punchbowl news reports that Republicans and Democrats are saturating the airwaves by spending millions of dollars across Nevada in “toss-up” races as Republicans seek to gain control of the U.S. House, U.S. Senate and Silver State. Overall, in one week, $34M in ad buys has been spent in Nevada as...

Rep. Horsford and Sam Peters Spar Over Inflation, Abortion in CD-4 Debate

October 13, 2022 2:33 pmOctober 14, 2022 12:17 pm

Rep. Steven Horsford spent time during his recent debate (see below) with GOP challenger Sam Peters saying that Democrats are working to lower prices but that doesn’t seem to hold much water as new reports show inflation rose 8.2% year over year. https://twitter.com/unusual_whales/status/1580536435731750912?s=20&t=C45vHQyEVITVzCPCSbMwzA With less than a month until Election...

RGA PAC Invests Another $2.8 Million In Nevada To Unseat Sisolak

October 12, 2022 1:02 pmOctober 13, 2022 2:36 pm

The Republican Governor’s Association (RGA) Nevada PAC has released a new statewide ad that has a significant $2.8 million dollars behind it. To date, the PAC has spent over $17 million on TV and radio ads to unseat Democratic Governor Steve Sisolak as Sheriff Joe Lombardo has proven to be...