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AUDIO: Congressional Candidate Receives Abusive Phone Message

December 7, 2021 1:44 pmApril 3, 2022 8:33 am

Press play to hear the phone message left for Congressional candidate April Becker. (Warning: foul language) April Becker, who is looking to secure the Republican nomination and take on incumbent Democrat Susie Lee in November, received a particularly vicious message on her campaign phone this week. It’s a man voice...

Adam Laxalt Leads Catherine Cortez Masto in Latest Trafalgar Survey

December 7, 2021 11:42 amDecember 9, 2021 8:59 am

As expected, swing state Nevada is swinging during an election year that will decide which party controls the Senate. After the Cook Political report shifted the Governor’s and Senate race from ‘lean’ to ‘toss up’, a new Trafalgar Group survey shows Republican Senate hopeful Adam Laxalt taking a three-point lead...

Nevada Supreme Court Sides with Gun Manufacturers in Route 91 Mass Shooting

December 3, 2021 2:34 pmDecember 9, 2021 8:57 am

Breaking news from the Associated Press: “Nevada’s Supreme Court ruled gun manufacturers cannot be held responsible for the deaths in the 2017 mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip because a state law shields them from liability unless the weapon malfunctions. The parents of a woman who was among the...

Cook Political Report Shifts Nevada Governors Race from Lean to Toss Up

December 3, 2021 11:36 amDecember 9, 2021 2:13 am

The political headwinds continue to build against Democratic incumbents across the country and across Nevada. Today, the Cook Political Report shifted the Nevada Governor’s race from ‘Lean D’ to ‘Toss Up.’ This shift may be tied to the plummeting poll number for the Biden Administration. As reported by The Globe,...

2022: The Year of the Republican Rookie

December 3, 2021 9:35 amDecember 3, 2021 10:34 am

As 2021 comes to an end, so do the Assembly careers of more than two-thirds of elected Nevada Republicans. Many Republicans are running for higher office, including: Tom Roberts running for Clark County Sheriff; Jim Wheeler squaring off against Robin Titus for State Senate; Glenn Levitt is running for State...

Sisolak Mandates Unvaccinated Nevada State Workers Pay for COVID-19 Testing

December 2, 2021 4:18 pmDecember 3, 2021 2:36 pm

Today, the board of Nevada’s Public Employee Benefits Program (PEBP), which provides health and life insurance to approximately 70,000 people including state employees and their dependents, decided to start charging unvaccinated state employees and their dependents a monthly insurance surcharge for testing costs. Nevada is the first state to adopt...

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto Zooms to Wealthy Massachusetts Suburb to Raise Cash

December 1, 2021 4:48 pm

The Brookline Democratic Town Committee is hosting a fundraising ZOOM event for Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, featuring Sen. Amy Klobuchar as a special guest. The invitation reads: Senator Cortez Masto won her seat by just 2.4% in 2016. She faces a tough campaign in 2022 and needs our support. The...