Victor Joecks Archives - Nevada Globe

Thousands Of Teaching Jobs Remain Unfilled in Nevada

August 8, 2022 2:04 pmAugust 12, 2022 9:17 am

As reported by The Washington Examiner, 3,000 teaching jobs remain unfilled across Nevada’s 17 school districts as many schools return to the classroom today. According to the report: “We don’t have teachers for the classrooms, and I’m worried about lunch workers who aren’t going to be there to serve our...

CCSD Makes National News For Sexually Explicit Assignment

May 17, 2022 2:58 pmMay 18, 2022 10:52 am

As the Clark County School District (CCSD) continues to make headlines for all the wrong reasons: illiterate students; a failing education system; rampant violence; teacher shortages and race-based curriculum, a video released by Libs of Tik Tok has caused nationwide and local outrage. In the video, a visibly distraught mother at...

In First Debate, Sam Brown Swings at Laxalt and Mostly Misses

May 10, 2022 3:55 pmMay 10, 2022 4:26 pm

On Monday, GOP candidates for U.S. Senate, Former Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt and Captain Sam Brown squared off at the end of a “debate” hosted by Sam Shad and moderated by Victor Joecks of the Las Vegas Review Journal. Although the debate was an hour long, much of the...

Sigal Chattah and Tisha Black Square Off In Debate For Attorney General

May 6, 2022 3:11 pmMay 9, 2022 9:23 am

As reported by The Globe, the race for Nevada Attorney General has turned personal between Republican candidates Sigal Chattah and Tisha Black. Chattah has referred to Black as a “progressive plant,” a RINO, and a “Democratic donor,” while Black has labeled Chattah a “DUI lawyer” who is “soft on crime”...

Globe Exclusive: Sigal Chattah Launches Brutal, Statewide TV Ad

May 2, 2022 12:43 pmMay 2, 2022 5:50 pm

UPDATE (2 pm, May 2, 2022): After this story published, the Black campaign reached out to The Globe to dispute the truthfulness of Chattah’s message, both in her advertising and in her remarks to the Globe. Black’s representative told us, “Sigal Chattah is lying. Tisha Black has never given a...

Governor Sisolak’s Medical Advisory Doc Admits Mask Mandate Lifted Due To ‘Political Changes’

February 14, 2022 12:49 pmFebruary 16, 2022 12:50 pm

Today, The Nevada Globe filed an open records request asking Governor Sisolak’s office to release all communications related to his suspension of the mask mandate. In a letter (below), we requested the following: Under the Nevada Open Records Act (NRS.239), revised under SB287 taking effect October 1, 2019, we are...

GOP Candidates Skewer Sisolak Over Mask Mandate Reversal

February 10, 2022 3:26 pmFebruary 16, 2022 1:04 pm

In a virtual press conference this morning, Governor Steve Sisolak cited “science” to immediately suspend the mask mandate in Nevada. Although Sisolak lifted the mask mandates, Sisolak refuses to relinquish his emergency powers and directives, telling Victor Joecks of the Las Vegas Review Journal that “The emergency is not over.”...