Robert Lauer, Author at Nevada Globe

GOPer Kristopher Dahir Runs for Nevada Secretary of State

February 23, 2022 8:41 am

Sparks City Councilman and member of the Washoe County District Board of Health, Kristopher Dahir, is running for Nevada Secretary of State (SOS) with the full support and backing of current SOS Barbara Cegavske. Dahir was first elected to the Sparks City Council in 2014. Termed-out Cegavske has had her...

Governor Sisolak’s NV Job Connect Offers Nevadans Jobs…In Alaska

February 15, 2022 1:40 pmFebruary 16, 2022 1:01 pm

Under Governor Steve Sisolak, Nevada has the second-highest unemployment—better than only California. According to Applied Analysis, 43,000 jobs remain open in Nevada and there are more than 3,200 jobs open in casinos and resorts. An executive in the hospitality industry told The Globe, “We can’t open at full capacity because...

Governor Sisolak’s Medical Advisory Doc Admits Mask Mandate Lifted Due To ‘Political Changes’

February 14, 2022 12:49 pmFebruary 16, 2022 12:50 pm

Today, The Nevada Globe filed an open records request asking Governor Sisolak’s office to release all communications related to his suspension of the mask mandate. In a letter (below), we requested the following: Under the Nevada Open Records Act (NRS.239), revised under SB287 taking effect October 1, 2019, we are...

GOP Candidates Skewer Sisolak Over Mask Mandate Reversal

February 10, 2022 3:26 pmFebruary 16, 2022 1:04 pm

In a virtual press conference this morning, Governor Steve Sisolak cited “science” to immediately suspend the mask mandate in Nevada. Although Sisolak lifted the mask mandates, Sisolak refuses to relinquish his emergency powers and directives, telling Victor Joecks of the Las Vegas Review Journal that “The emergency is not over.”...

SOS Candidate Jim Marchant Expects Subpoena from J6 Committee

January 31, 2022 11:05 amFebruary 1, 2022 4:39 pm

Former Nevada Assemblyman and current candidate for Secretary of State Jim Marchant told The Globe that he expects to be subpoenaed to appear and testify before the January 6th Congressional Committee. This would place Marchant in the company of President Trump’s White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, Nevada GOP...

Nevada GOP Candidates Weigh In on Ukraine Crisis

January 26, 2022 2:54 pmJanuary 27, 2022 8:06 am

Ukraine was dominated for more than 70 years by the Soviet Union (USSR) following World War I until the collapse of the USSR on December 25, 1991. As Russia completely surrounds Ukraine today with some 120,000 troops, the United States, led by President Biden, has entered a high stakes game...

Commissioner Tick Segerblom Under Investigation By OSHA for Going Maskless at County Meeting

January 25, 2022 2:22 pmJanuary 26, 2022 3:37 pm

On September 21, 2021 the Democratic Clark County Commissioners held a regularly scheduled meeting at which mask rules were strictly enforced. After the first segment of the meeting, they held a break—and that’s when all hell broke loose. Two members of the audience refused to wear their masks. Security threatened...