Aaron Ford Archives - Page 5 of 13

AG Ford Announces Civil Action Against Social Media Titans

January 31, 2024 11:48 amFebruary 1, 2024 3:40 pm

Democratic Attorney General Aaron Ford has announced that his office, assisted by outside counsel, is taking legal action against numerous social media companies alleging the algorithms used by the platforms have been designed deliberately to addict young minds and prey on teenagers’ well-understood vulnerabilities. This announcement preceded today’s Senate hearing...

Washoe County Sees Significant Spike in Crime After Criminal Justice ‘Reform’ Bill Passed

January 11, 2024 3:07 pmJanuary 18, 2024 5:22 pm

Last night in a presentation to Keystone Corporation members and business owners, Washoe County District Attorney (DA) Chris Hicks warned that Nevada is on its way to becoming California. Citing the criminal justice reform bill AB236, signed by Democratic Governor Steve Sisolak and enacted in 2020, Hicks directly tied AB236...

Kate Marshall Mulls 2026 Run For Mayor of Reno

January 9, 2024 1:16 pmJanuary 17, 2024 12:27 pm

Democrat Kate Marshall is mulling a run for the Mayor of Reno and has begun fundraising for her 2026 nonpartisan bid. According to financial records filed with the Secretary of State, Marshall has $116,000 cash on hand with contributions from her Democratic colleagues: Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar, Treasurer Zach...

AG Ford Releases First ‘Use of Force’ Incident Report

December 19, 2023 1:40 pmDecember 19, 2023 4:36 pm

The office of the Nevada Attorney General has issued the first statewide report (see below) on use of force incidents in the Silver State. In 2021, the Nevada Legislature passed Senate Bill 212, which provided a mandate for the Nevada Attorney General’s Office to review use of force data collected...

Trump in Reno: ‘Biden Is A Threat To Democracy’

December 18, 2023 2:31 pmJanuary 4, 2024 10:26 am

In expected fashion, former President Donald J. Trump blasted the Biden Administration, Democrats, and his opponents to a welcoming crowd yesterday at the Reno Sparks Convention Center. Prior to the Commit to Caucus rally, attendees waited for hours in a line wrapped around the convention center. Approximately 3,000 supporters attended...

Ford Presses for ‘Fake Elector’ Statute, Confirms Investigation is ‘Ongoing’

December 13, 2023 1:11 pmJune 21, 2024 1:03 pm

During a press conference in Las Vegas yesterday afternoon, Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford defended the length of the investigation into the six “fake electors” that resulted in felony charges of six, GOP-affiliated individuals. Nevada GOP Chairman Michael McDonald, Vice Chair Jim Hindle III, Clark County GOP Chair Jesse Law,...

After NV Democrats Overhaul Criminal Justice System, Retail Theft Soars In Silver State

December 11, 2023 1:48 pmDecember 18, 2023 2:50 pm

Since the Democratic majority. led by Steve Yeager, passed Assembly Bill 236 in 2019, the Silver State has seen a 15 percent increase in property crimes and a staggering 39 percent increase in drug-store thefts on the Las Vegas Strip. At the time, Attorney General Aaron Ford was “intimately involved”...