Megan Barth, Author at Nevada Globe

Strike Three? Oakland Mayor calls Las Vegas a ‘gross desert’

April 7, 2022 2:57 pmApril 8, 2022 12:36 pm

It’s safe to assume that Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf won’t be booking a flight to Las Vegas anytime soon. During an interview with ABC 7, Mayor Schaaf got a little foul when commenting about the Oakland A’s potential move to Las Vegas, telling the morning anchors, “You’ve got to be...

Sen. Cortez Masto Flip Flops on Title 42

April 7, 2022 2:36 pmApril 10, 2022 7:01 pm

As reported by The Globe, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto is walking a precarious line between moderate bipartisan and progressive radical. She has partnered with groups who have called for defunding the police, supported Biden’s failed Build Back Better/Green New Deal agenda, and in 2020, voted for eliminating Title 42—a Trump-era...

NV GOP and NRSC Launch Operación ¡Vamos!

April 6, 2022 6:17 pmApril 8, 2022 1:04 am

Today, the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) and Nevada State Party (NVGOP) announced Operación ¡Vamos!, a seven-figure investment in Hispanic field and communications program that will enable the NRSC and the NVGOP to share the Republican message with voters in Nevada for the midterm election. This investment comes at a...

Report: Nevada Ranks As Best Economy in Country

April 5, 2022 4:50 pmApril 12, 2022 7:09 pm

According to a report in Vegas Business Digest and tweeted by Governor Steve Sisolak, Nevada ranks as the best economy in the country based on three key measures of personal income growth, employment growth and population growth. In the first quarter of 2022, the State Policy Reports, published by Federal...

Cook Political Report: Sen. Cortez Masto Ranked #1 Endangered Incumbent

April 4, 2022 2:09 pmApril 6, 2022 10:50 am

The editor of the Cook Political Report, Jessica Taylor, sent an eyebrow-raising tweet on April Fools Day. But for the incumbent senator, it’s no joke and Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto is certainly not celebrating with a first place trophy, https://twitter.com/JessicaTaylor/status/1509982659778428936 As the first Latina Senator, Cortez Masto has her work...

GOP Sen. Candidate Captain Sam Brown Launches ‘Hard to Kill’ Ad

April 4, 2022 12:24 pmApril 4, 2022 3:57 pm

As reported by The Globe, the Nevada U.S. Senate race has gained national attention as Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto vies to hold the slim Democratic majority in a race that Cook Political Report has shifted from lean Democrat to toss up. GOP candidate Captain Sam Brown, who is looking to...

Embattled Nevada Democrats Abandon ‘Latinx’ for ‘Latino’

April 1, 2022 2:03 pmApril 10, 2022 7:03 pm

Polling has shown that Latinos are saying ‘adios’ to the Democratic party. Polling also shows that the progressive term ‘Latinx,’ created by Democrats to include ‘gender neutral’ hispanics, is also not polling well. As reported by CNN, a Gallup polls finds that only 4% of Hispanics prefer the term “Latinx”....