Tag: Steve Yeager

Assembly Leader Yeager Engages In Dirty Politics To Avoid Cleaning Up Carson City Corruption

The Globe has extensively reported on the lack of ethics, accountability and transparency in Carson City. By design, Nevada’s legislative body is exempt from open records requests, further shielding lawmakers from scrutiny or transparency. In 2015, legislators approved a bill cementing their immunity, which shields their calendars, emails and communications...
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Democracy Dies In Darkness: Nevada Democrats Refuse Ethics Reforms

By design, Nevada’s legislative body is exempt from open records requests, further shielding lawmakers from scrutiny or transparency. In 2015, legislators approved a bill cementing their immunity, which shields their calendars, emails and communications from public records requests. As a result, numerous ethical scandals have plagued legislative Democrats, forcing three...
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Scam ‘GOP’ PAC Spotlights ‘Bipartisan’ Democratic Candidate in Nevada Swing District

Ryan Hampton, a self-proclaimed “fierce bipartisan advocate” endorsed by the Nevada Democratic party for the open seat in Assembly District 4, vows to “end toxic politics” and seeks to find bipartisan solutions to “make real change for Nevada’s hard-working middle class.” Sounds nice, but Hampton’s comments made during a recent...
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Democratic Assemblyman Steve Yeager ‘Proud’ of Criminal Justice Reform Bill, GOP Opponent Responds

During a recent podcast, Democratic Speaker of the Assembly Steve Yeager (AD-9) said he was proud of the 2019 “landmark” criminal justice reform bill AB 236 that the Democratic majority passed, Attorney General Aaron Ford supported, and former Governor Steve Sisolak signed into law. Criminal justice reform, Yeager said, was...
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