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This is Part 6 of our 10-part series, “Lombardo’s Nevada Showdown: The Fight for 2026.” Core problem: Sky-high premiums and rural access gaps persist, worsened by federal mandates. Dispute flares as Lombardo’s health agency proposals in his 2025 roadmap, via Nevada Policy’s January report, faced pushback, with vetoes blocking costly...

This is Part 5 of our 10-part series, “Lombardo’s Nevada Showdown: The Fight for 2026.” Dilemma alert: Nevada ranks near the bottom in K-12 performance, with reading scores lagging and teacher shortages rampant. Friction mounts as Lombardo backed Trump-era school choice expansions in March 2025, per his office’s press release,...

Do 40-to-75% of Washoe County School District’s secondary school students actually use drugs on campus every day? Without exception, that’s what numerous parents, students, and staff members at over half of all WCSD secondary schools  have reported to the Education Crusade organization for years. How have WCSD Superintendents and School Board members...

Opinion: This is Part 4 of our 10-part series, “Lombardo’s Nevada Showdown: The Fight for 2026.” The issue: Rising crime in Clark County, from car thefts to fentanyl flows, has Nevadans on edge, fueled by lax bail reforms from past sessions. Tension boils as Lombardo’s marquee crime bill died in...

Opinion: This is Part 3 of our 10-part series, “Lombardo’s Nevada Showdown: The Fight for 2026.” Problem time: Nevada’s economy is rebounding post-COVID, but inflation and other factors are squeezing tourism and mining, leaving folks in Vegas and rural spots wondering if growth trickles down. Conflict arises as Democrats, including...

This is Part 2 of our 10-part series, “Lombardo’s Nevada Showdown: The Fight for 2026.” Here’s the mess: Nevada’s legislature, stacked with Democrats, pushed through bills that could balloon spending and erode local control, like a bipartisan ballot drop-box measure that critics say invites fraud. The clash peaked when Lombardo...

This is Part 1 of our 10-part series, “Lombardo’s Nevada Showdown: The Fight for 2026.” Nevada’s got a problem, folks: after flipping the governor’s seat in 2022, we’re staring down a toss-up race in 2026 where voters are split on whether the state’s heading in the right direction, with economic...