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Washoe County Library Board Rejects Book Challenge Appeals

April 19, 2024 9:40 amApril 19, 2024 9:41 am

During a meeting of the Washoe County Library Board on Wednesday, trustees voted to reject the appeals of five members of the public who had challenged eight books within the library system’s collection—opting instead to maintain Board Director Jeff Scott’s initial decision to deny their book challenges. The failure of...

NV Supreme Court Rules Abortion Ballot Initiative Constitutional

April 18, 2024 4:19 pmApril 18, 2024 5:04 pm

Overturning a district court’s ruling, the Nevada Supreme Court sided with the plaintiff, Nevadans for Reproductive Freedom (NRF), to move forward with a ballot initiative, the Reproductive Freedom Amendment, that would enshrine “reproductive freedom” into the Nevada constitution. NRF previously announced they had gathered 110,0000 signatures, 50 percent of their...

Senator Rosen Reports Soros and Son, Blue-State Billionaires Fund Reelection Campaign

April 18, 2024 1:40 pmApril 22, 2024 1:24 pm

Editors note (6:17 PM): The article has been updated to include comments from Kristy Wilkinson, Communications Director, Sam Brown for U.S Senate. According to Senator Jacky Rosen’s latest Federal Election Commission (FEC) April Quarterly Report (Q1 2024), out-0f-state donors continue to fuel Rosen’s reelection campaign. In Q1 2024, Rosen’s top...

Senator Rosen Votes Against Mayorkas Impeachment Trial

April 17, 2024 6:00 pmApril 17, 2024 6:20 pm

Democratic Senator Jacky Rosen voted against holding a Senate trial on the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The votes to dismiss both articles of impeachment and adjourn the trial were along party lines, 51-49. The Senate dismissed the two articles of impeachment, citing the Republican-led effort as “unconstitutional.”...

Cortez Masto Advisor Killed by Man Who Entered US Illegally

April 17, 2024 1:16 pmApril 18, 2024 2:09 pm

Elmer Rueda-Linares has been arrested in connection with the death of Kurt Englehart, a Senior Advisor to Democratic Senator Catherine Cortez Masto. Rueda-Linares entered the country illegally in March 2021 and is currently being detained in the Washoe County Jail on $100,000 bond. Mark Robison of the Reno Gazette Journal...

Could Gypsum Resources Lawsuit Financially Imperil Clark County?

April 16, 2024 3:19 pmApril 17, 2024 1:36 pm

In an ongoing and important case involving Clark County, several Democratic Clark County Commissioners and county employees, a final evidentiary hearing in Gypsum Resource LLC V. Clark County et al (see below), has been scheduled for tomorrow afternoon at the Clark County District Court House. Presiding over the case is...

Trackergate: NV Supreme Court Rules PI Must Disclose Client’s Identity

April 16, 2024 11:00 amApril 18, 2024 7:21 pm

Yesterday, the Nevada Supreme Court ruled (see below) that a private investigator hired by a “John Doe” must disclose his client’s identity who had hired him to investigate Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve and former Washoe County Commissioner Vaughn Hartung ahead of an election. McNeely chose to use a GPS tracking...