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OPINION: Gorelow Scandal Shows Need For Reform In Carson City

August 31, 2023 9:40 amSeptember 1, 2023 1:41 pm

Ethical scandals are nothing new in Carson City. From Kevin Atkinson to Alexander Assefa, plenty of officials have faced legal consequences or even prison time for failing to hold themselves to the standard we expect of our public servants. Unfortunately, recent developments have shown that some forms of public corruption...

NV Lawmaker Hired By NonProfit Who Received State Funds

August 28, 2023 2:36 pmAugust 28, 2023 2:44 pm

Quid Pro Quo, Gorelow? Democratic Nevada Assemblywoman Michelle Gorelow (AD-35) is refusing to comment after the Las Vegas Review Journal published an exposé highlighting Gorelow’s immediate hiring by a national nonprofit after Nevada lawmakers earmarked and approved $250,000 to the organization in Assembly Bill 525. As reported by the Review...

Democrats Kill Opportunity Scholarships For Hundreds of Low-Income Students

August 10, 2023 3:15 pmAugust 12, 2023 5:11 pm

In an unanimous vote, the Democratic majority on the Interim Finance Committee (IFC) refused to approve Governor Lombardo’s proposed $3.4 million to protect hundreds of Opportunity Scholarships for low-income students. Republican members of the committee unanimously approved the funding. During the lengthy hearing, numerous parents, students, and organization stressed the...

Lombardo Expands Postpartum Medicaid To 12 Months

June 13, 2023 11:58 amJune 19, 2023 2:16 pm

Last Friday, Governor Joe Lombardo signed Senate Bill 232 into law, extending Medicaid postpartum coverage to 12 months from 60 days. The bill, sponsored by Democratic Assemblywoman Michelle Gorelow and Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro, received wide bipartisan support, with only one Republican, Assemblyman Burt Gurr (AD-33), voting “no.” This...

Long-shot Libertarian Candidate Loses, Hands Democrats Super Majority in Nevada Assembly

November 21, 2022 12:48 pmFebruary 1, 2024 2:47 pm

After a failed Republican run for Congressional District 3 in 2020 (losing in the Republican primary to Dan Rodimer), “television personality” Mindy Robinson tried to hone her political chops as a Libertarian candidate and run for Assembly District 35. Her challengers were two-term incumbent Democrat Michelle Gorlow and Republican Tiffany...