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Nevada Housing Authority Earmarks $300 Million for Affordable Housing

February 17, 2022 5:26 pmFebruary 23, 2022 12:39 pm

In the past year, rents have skyrocketed throughout Nevada. On average, rents in Las Vegas and Reno have increased 24% and 19% respectively. Nationally, the average increase for a one-bedroom apartment is 11.6%. Governor Steve Sisolak and his Democratic constituents and some of his challengers want to solve this problem...

UNR Students and Faculty Protest to Reinstate Mask Mandate

February 16, 2022 12:55 pmFebruary 18, 2022 9:01 am

A small group of students, faculty and supporters led a protest on the University of Reno (UNR) campus yesterday to reinstate the mask mandate lifted by Governor Sisolak on February 10th. Approximately 50 people were in attendance at the protest organized by the Nevada Graduate Student Workers who started a...

Governor Sisolak’s NV Job Connect Offers Nevadans Jobs…In Alaska

February 15, 2022 1:40 pmFebruary 16, 2022 1:01 pm

Under Governor Steve Sisolak, Nevada has the second-highest unemployment—better than only California. According to Applied Analysis, 43,000 jobs remain open in Nevada and there are more than 3,200 jobs open in casinos and resorts. An executive in the hospitality industry told The Globe, “We can’t open at full capacity because...

Inflation Woes Cause Cortez Masto To Reverse Direction on Gas Taxes

February 14, 2022 3:25 pmFebruary 22, 2022 9:19 am

The Misery Index is making a dreaded comeback–rising to 11%, the highest rate recorded in 15 years. The Index is calculated by adding the inflation rate and unemployment rate to measure the degree of economic distress felt by everyday people. In Nevada, the combination of high inflation and unemployment rates...

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 Candidate Sam Peters Hopes to Take on Horsford in CD-4

February 11, 2022 1:59 pmFebruary 15, 2022 5:50 am

Bronze Star Veteran and businessman Sam Peters grew up in Northern Maine town so small that his high school graduating class was 70 students. After high school, he spent 20 years traveling the globe in the military as a canine cop and as an officer in the Air Force and...

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.”...