Robert Lauer, Author at Nevada Globe

Amodei Votes for Omnibus Bill that Includes Heightened Screening for Gun Buyers

March 15, 2022 10:41 amMarch 15, 2022 3:28 pm

Last week, House Democrat’s passed a $1.5 billion spending bill, Fiscal Year 2022 Omnibus spending package, H.R. 2471 – Consolidated Appropriations Act, with the full-throated support of Nevada’s sole Republican Congressman Mark Amodei. Buried in the 2,700-page bill are funding increases for the ATF to target gun buyers. House Democrats...

CCSD Blames ‘Computer Glitch’ for Under-Reporting 177 Sexual Assaults

March 11, 2022 3:50 pmMarch 17, 2022 4:38 pm

Last month, the Nevada Globe reported that 66 sexual assaults were recorded in Clark County School District (CCSD) this past school year. We based that on their response to a public records information request we filed and from a report by Las Vegas Channel 8 News. CCSD only provided us...

Powerful Dems Moving Away from Sisolak to Lombardo

March 10, 2022 3:41 pmMarch 14, 2022 10:11 am

Four years ago, Paul Padda, a local and powerful Democratic Attorney and former Federal Prosecutor, held a fundraiser for then-candidate for Nevada Governor, Steve Sisolak. According to the Nevada Secretary of State’s records, Padda has donated over $130,000 to a majority of Democrat candidates and causes over the years. Therefore,...

450 Murder Trials Backlogged In Clark County Courts

March 4, 2022 10:53 am

Over 450 people charged with murder are currently awaiting trial in Clark County. A suspect arrested and charged with murder in Clark County can expect to wait three to four years for a trial date. “The system has completely collapsed,” Clark County defense attorneys told The Globe. Even though the...

Clinton Law Firm Files Suits to Stop Election Integrity Ballot Initiatives

March 1, 2022 7:31 amMarch 8, 2022 3:01 pm

On January 28, 2022, David G. Gibbs, Executive Director of the Repair the Vote political action committee, filed two ballot petitions to appear on the ballot in the upcoming November election if enough signatures are collected for qualification. The first petition is a proposed constitutional amendment that will require each person...

66 sexual assaults reported in CCSD this school year, thousands of violent incidents

February 28, 2022 3:13 pmMarch 1, 2022 2:17 pm

In August 2018, the Clark County School District (CCSD) Board of Trustees voted for a new juvenile justice partnership, which was supposed to address student behavioral problems in a more equitable manner by not turning in minority students to the criminal justice system when they commit offenses on campus. CCSD...

Governor Steve Sisolak Hasn’t Flown In Two Planes NDOT Purchased For $14 Million

February 28, 2022 9:12 amMarch 4, 2022 7:32 am

This week, The Globe served the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) with an open records request seeking the flight logs for Governor Steve Sisolak’s use of two brand new airplanes. Today, NDOT reported back that the Governor has not used the planes since the taxpayers purchased them for $14 million...