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Ranked-Choice Voting, Open Primary Seminars To Be Held in Reno And Las Vegas

July 26, 2024 11:21 amAugust 1, 2024 2:50 pm

As Nevadans prepare to vote in the 2024 general election, voters will be asked to vote again on a ballot initiative, Question 3, that would fundamentally transform the way Nevadan’s vote in a primary and in an election. But will an open primary and ranked-choice voting increase voter participation and...

Rosen Campaign, NV Dems Label Purple Heart Recipient Sam Brown A ‘Grifter’ For Sharing His Personal Story

July 25, 2024 6:17 pmAugust 1, 2024 6:40 am

The Nevada Democratic Party Spokesperson Katharine (KC) Kurz and the Communication Director of Senator Jacky Rosen’s campaign Johanna Warshaw have accused U.S. Senate GOP candidate Captain Sam Brown of grifting off of his life story in an upcoming biography entitled, “Alive Day.” According to the book’s website, the book is...

Washoe County Libraries Cancel Drag Queen Story Hour

July 25, 2024 2:18 pmJuly 25, 2024 6:48 pm

This article has been edited to include a comment from Brad Bynum, Washoe County Library spokesperson/Marketing and Communications Assistant. A press release (see below) from Our Center, an LGBTQIA+ advocacy nonprofit and organizer of the controversial “Drag Queen Story Hour ,” announced that all future drag events in Washoe County...

Sen Rosen Calls On Feds To Address Insurance Crisis in Northern Nevada

July 25, 2024 9:44 amJuly 30, 2024 11:10 pm

This post has been updated to include a statement from Elizabeth Ray, Communications Director for Governor Lombardo. The Globe was one of the first news outlets to report of the insurance crisis in Northern Nevada, specifically in the Tahoe Basin, where insurance companies are dropping or reducing coverage on properties...

VP Nominee JD Vance To Campaign in Nevada Next Week

July 24, 2024 2:00 pmJuly 25, 2024 9:24 am

Vice Presidential nominee J.D. Vance will make two campaign stops in Nevada on July 30. This will mark the Ohio senator’s first-ever rally in the Silver State since his nomination was announced at the Republic National Convention last Monday. Vance will appear next Tuesday at Liberty High School in Henderson....

Not Twain’s Tahoe: Raw Sewage, Microplastics and Lead Telecom Lines Litter Lake Tahoe

July 24, 2024 12:34 pmJuly 24, 2024 2:00 pm

On July 19, North Tahoe Public Utility District estimated that 125,000 gallons of untreated sewage were “discharged” from a break in a sewer line, of which only 40,000 gallons were recovered. An estimated 85,000 gallons of raw sewage seeped into the lake from the shore of Carnelian Bay West Beach....

Trump on Harris: ‘If She is Elected, Our Country Will Be Permanently Destroyed’

July 23, 2024 4:52 pmJuly 31, 2024 2:19 pm

In a briefing call with reporters to highlight Vice President Kamala Harris’ failed record at the southern border, former President Donald J. Trump blamed Border Czar Harris for the border crisis, warning “if she is elected, our country will be permanently destroyed.” Trump blasted the Biden-Harris administration for advancing the...

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