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State Senator Dina Neal Under FBI Investigation

April 4, 2024 2:50 pmApril 12, 2024 2:29 pm

Democratic Nevada State Senator Dina Neal (SD-4) is under FBI investigation according to a follow-up report from the Las Vegas Review-Journal (RJ). Last May, the Review-Journal reported that Neal was under investigation after a College of Southern Nevada professor claimed she had pressured him to direct federal money toward businesses...

Democratic Assemblywoman Shondra Summers-Armstrong Announces Candidacy for Las Vegas City Council

November 28, 2023 2:46 pmNovember 29, 2023 11:46 am

This morning, Assemblywoman Shondra Summers-Armstrong (AD-6) announced that she will not seek re-election after serving two terms in the Assembly. Instead, Summer-Armstrong will pursue a Las Vegas City Council seat (Ward 5) currently held by Cedric Crear who is running for mayor. https://twitter.com/Shondra_Summers/status/1729515491071512876 In her announcement she highlights her public...

Ethics Scandals Prompt Duran To Drop Re-election Bid, Dondero Loop Scrubs Website

October 31, 2023 11:37 amNovember 1, 2023 12:16 pm

As ethics scandals rock Nevada’s Democratic party, those who have been named are responding with action rather than delivering public statements specific to the concerns of the growing scrutiny of their alleged impropriety. Yesterday, Assemblywoman Bea Duran (AD-11), a Culinary Union activist, announced she was dropping her re-election bid in...

13 Nevada Legislators Funneled $33 Million To Connected Organizations

October 30, 2023 11:50 amOctober 31, 2023 10:20 am

A new Las Vegas Review-Journal report details more examples of ethical concerns involving additional Senators Marilyn Dondero Loop and Dina Neal, Assemblywoman Bea Duran, and Democrat Party Chair Daniele Monroe-Moreno, who is also an Assemblywoman and claimed she was “instrumental” in passing the bill. This comes after both Assemblyman Cameron “C.H.” Miller...

Democrats Back National Popular Vote Interstate Compact

April 10, 2023 12:48 pmMay 18, 2023 2:55 pm

Last week, the Nevada Assembly Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections held a public hearing on AJR6 the the National Popular Vote interstate compact. The compact would require that Nevada’s electoral college votes would go to the Presidential candidate with the largest share of the popular vote. In March 2023, the National Popular...

From Lactating Rooms to Mail-In Voting. New Nevada Laws Take Effect in 2022

January 3, 2022 7:24 pmJanuary 4, 2022 7:35 am

As reported by the Las Vegas Review Journal (RJ): “A ban on the sale or possession of untraceable weapons heads a list of laws passed last session that take effect with the new year. Part of the weapons law, passed as Assembly Bill 286 in the spring, was struck down earlier in...