Governor Sisolak Archives

Judge Wilson Blocks Pardon Board, Sisolak From Commuting Death Sentences

December 20, 2022 12:03 pmDecember 20, 2022 3:17 pm

As reported by The Nevada Independent, A Carson City judge on Monday blocked Gov. Steve Sisolak’s plan for a state board to consider reducing all Nevada death sentences to life without parole, saying the last-minute proposal did not offer enough advance notice to victims. Judge James E. Wilson said that...

Governor Sisolak Touts Spending Spree For Mental And Public Health

August 18, 2022 1:48 pmAugust 19, 2022 10:21 am

In a lengthy Twitter thread, Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak announced a variety of agencies, projects and subsidies that were approved by the Interim Finance Committee to receive $171 million for “investments in public and mental health”, with an additional $100 million approved for ancillary, assistance programs. These programs will be...

Vulnerable NV Dems Focus on Abortion and Drag Shows for Kids

June 28, 2022 12:41 pmJune 29, 2022 9:10 am

In spite of the second highest gas prices in the nation, skyrocketing rents, empty grocery shelves, and the highest inflation in 40 years, vulnerable Nevada Democratic incumbents, like Senator Catherine Cortez Masto and Governor Steve Sisolak, have predominately focused their re-election campaigns on social issues–primarily abortion and LBTQIA rights. In...

Nevada Elections Draw National Attention

June 14, 2022 3:30 pmJune 15, 2022 8:19 am

As extensively chronicled by The Globe, Nevada is on the national radar for the right reasons. Media outlets and politicos across the country have labeled Nevada as “the epicenter of the midterms“, a “state to watch”, and have predicted a “red tsunami” as Republicans seek to regain control of the...

Fellner: End the forced masking of Nevada schoolchildren

February 7, 2022 8:45 amMarch 1, 2022 6:51 am

The Carson City School District has finally repealed its mask mandate after acknowledging that there were no discernible differences in Covid cases between schools that had a mandate and those that did not. Unfortunately, most Nevada students remain trapped within the Clark County School District, which still has a mask mandate...

‘Don’t Play Games With Fred Simon,’ Gov Hopeful Tells Globe

January 19, 2022 4:00 pmJanuary 25, 2022 1:19 pm

It is said that surgeons retire when their hands start to shake, but at 69 years old, Dr. Fred Simon wants to shake as many hands across the state of Nevada in his run to unseat Governor Steve Sisolak. As a trauma surgeon, Dr. Simon is trained to think on...

Federal Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Opposing Gov. Sisolak’s School Mask Mandate

December 23, 2021 1:08 pmDecember 30, 2021 12:01 pm

Following the mask mandate imposed on Nevada public school children by Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak and the Clark County School District (CCSD), parents filed a lawsuit in federal court in August 2021 seeking an injunction and damages. Federal Judge Jennifer Dorsey dismissed the lawsuit without hearing any evidence from expert...