Joe Lombardo Archives - Page 6 of 27

Assemblywoman Jauregui’s Employment With Progressive Consulting Firm Raises Ethical Concerns

May 9, 2024 2:47 pmMay 16, 2024 12:57 pm

Prior to President Biden’s last visit to Nevada, Governor Joe Lombardo announced that he was calling on President Biden to release public lands for affordable housing development. Moments later, Nevada Democratic Assembly Majority Leader Sandra Jauregui (AD-41) attacked Governor Lombardo on X (formerly Twitter), voiced her opposition to his calls...

Exclusive: Latino Group Endorses Rafael Arroyo for State Assembly

May 2, 2024 9:01 amMay 2, 2024 2:12 pm

The LIBRE Initiative Action, “a political organization committed to working with those who want to advance freedom-minded policies that promote the well-being and self-sufficiency of the Hispanic community” will announce their endorsement of Rafael Arroyo for Assembly District 41 later today. Eddie, senior advisor to The LIBRE Initiative Action-NV, issued...

OPINION: Catholic School Shuts Down after NV Democrats Cut Scholarship Program

April 29, 2024 2:32 pmApril 29, 2024 2:26 pm

The Las Vegas Review-Journal (RJ) published a devastating editorial on Monday detailing how St. Anne’s Catholic School – an elementary school serving low-income, mostly minority children – is shuttering its doors thanks to Democrats in the Nevada Legislature. “They just keep closing all the ones on the side of town...

Tesla To Lay Off 693 Workers at Sparks GigaFactory

April 29, 2024 12:04 pmApril 29, 2024 12:05 pm

According to a report from the Nevada Department of Education, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR), Tesla will lay off 693 workers at its gigafactory in Sparks effective June 14. The notice came as a part of the U.S. Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, which requires companies of more than...

Brightline West Breaks Ground on HighSpeed Rail Between CA And NV

April 23, 2024 12:01 pm

On Earth day, a group of bipartisan officials attended a ground breaking ceremony for Brightline West, the first high speed rail system in the United States that will connect Southern California to Las Vegas, Nevada. Nevada’s Democratic congressional delegation and Republican Governor Joe Lombardo welcomed Department of Transportation Secretary Pete...

NV Supreme Court Rules Abortion Ballot Initiative Constitutional

April 18, 2024 4:19 pmApril 18, 2024 5:04 pm

Overturning a district court’s ruling, the Nevada Supreme Court sided with the plaintiff, Nevadans for Reproductive Freedom (NRF), to move forward with a ballot initiative, the Reproductive Freedom Amendment, that would enshrine “reproductive freedom” into the Nevada constitution. NRF previously announced they had gathered 110,0000 signatures, 50 percent of their...

Governor Lombardo Signs Executive Order to Address Healthcare Workforce Shortage

April 12, 2024 2:28 pm

Today, Governor Joe Lombardo signed a new executive order (see below) expanding the mission of the Patient Protection Commission (PPC) to review and make recommendations on how to address the state’s health-care workforce shortage. In 2019, the Nevada Legislature created the Patient Protection Commission to perform a systematic review of...