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Nevada Senator Scheible Leaving DA Office

May 23, 2022 10:54 amMay 24, 2022 8:22 am

On Friday, the Las Vegas Review Journal reported that state senator Melanie Scheible is leaving her position as a Clark County prosecutor, days after two Nevada Supreme Court justices concluded that she cannot hold both jobs simultaneously. State Sen. Melanie Scheible, D-Las Vegas, is voluntarily leaving her job with the...

Two Dissenting Supreme Court Justices Uphold NV Constitution

May 19, 2022 1:45 pmMay 19, 2022 3:17 pm

What good is a state or federal constitution if legislators or judges don’t uphold or defend the document that they take an oath to protect? This is a question that is often asked when organizations, political parties, and individuals file a variety of lawsuits to protect the civil liberties and...

Assembly Candidate Arrested For Bank Robbery

April 19, 2022 7:58 amApril 20, 2022 12:05 am

Lajuana D. Clark, a Democratic candidate vying to unseat incumbent Assemblywoman Selena Torres (D) in Assembly District 3, was identified as a suspect and arrested on April 16, charged with robbery and burglary of a bank in Las Vegas. The Las Vegas Review Journal reports: LaJuana Clark was quickly identified...

Embattled Nevada Democrats Abandon ‘Latinx’ for ‘Latino’

April 1, 2022 2:03 pmApril 10, 2022 7:03 pm

Polling has shown that Latinos are saying ‘adios’ to the Democratic party. Polling also shows that the progressive term ‘Latinx,’ created by Democrats to include ‘gender neutral’ hispanics, is also not polling well. As reported by CNN, a Gallup polls finds that only 4% of Hispanics prefer the term “Latinx”....