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TNG Files Ethics Complaint Against Reno Councilman Devon Reese

August 3, 2023 3:18 pmAugust 4, 2023 7:03 pm

The Nevada Globe has filed an ethics complaint with the Nevada Secretary of State’s office against At-Large Councilman Devon Reese, Vice Mayor of the City of Reno. The basis of the complaint stems from Councilman Reese blocking The Nevada Globe on Twitter from following his @votereese account which he uses...

The Washoe County Audit Committee Is Violating County Ordinance

August 3, 2023 9:36 am

I read with some dismay the article penned by Mark Robison of the Reno Gazette Journal (RGJ) concerning the Washoe County Audit Committee that met on August 1. Robison has since updated the article to reflect that Commissioner Herman is not, in fact, the Chair of the Audit Committee but...

Poll: Democrats Lose Double-Digit Lead on Education In Battleground States

August 2, 2023 1:58 pmAugust 8, 2023 2:51 pm

New polling shows Nevada parents are rejecting Democrats on the issue of education amid serious concerns about learning loss during COVID, Nevada’s failing public education system, and as hundreds of low-income students face losing their opportunity scholarships. The poll of 1,200 voters conducted across four battleground states conducted by Emerson...

Opinion: Reforming Pharmacy Benefit Managers Will Improve Drug Affordability

August 1, 2023 3:37 pm

Medically vulnerable patients in Nevada and across the country can face extraordinary challenges accessing and affording their prescribed treatments. That is particularly true for cancer patients and those living with immunodeficiency diseases and deficiencies. Unfortunately, a large part of the reason we face such high barriers to care is due...

Senator Heidi Seevers Gansert Won’t Seek Reelection In 2024

August 1, 2023 12:34 pmAugust 7, 2023 6:12 pm

The Nevada Independent confirmed this morning that state Senator Heidi Seevers Gansert will not run for reelection in 2024 to focus on her family, telling the NV Indy: “I’ve been asked numerous times whether I was going to run for U.S. Senate and I really am focusing on family. I...

Cortez Masto Backs Bill To Expand Food Assistance To Tribal Nations

July 31, 2023 4:02 pm

New legislation introduced by Democratic Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (NV) and Patty Murray (WA) would expand nutrition assistance programs to Tribal families across the country. The Tribal Access to Nutrition Assistance Act amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to allow for dual enrollment in the supplemental nutrition assistance program and...

Gov Lombardo Proposes Funding To Rescue Opportunity Scholarship Program

July 31, 2023 11:19 amAugust 5, 2023 3:42 pm

On Friday, Republican Governor Joe Lombardo proposed utilizing unallocated federal COVID relief funds to prevent hundreds of low-income school children from losing their opportunity scholarships. In a memorandum submitted by The Governor’s Finance Office, the office is requesting $3.2 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds to fund the Opportunity Scholarship...

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