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Build Back Better? Nevada Inflation Rate Hits 16 Percent

October 14, 2022 2:24 pmOctober 25, 2022 2:54 pm

The U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee revealed that inflation in Nevada has reached 16 percent, nearly twice the national CPI average and hitting Nevada households the hardest. The data shows that rising prices are costing Nevada households an additional $867 a month or $10,402 a year since January 2021. In...

Republicans And Democrats Spending Millions On ‘Toss-Up’ Races

October 14, 2022 12:17 pmOctober 14, 2022 2:27 pm

Punchbowl news reports that Republicans and Democrats are saturating the airwaves by spending millions of dollars across Nevada in “toss-up” races as Republicans seek to gain control of the U.S. House, U.S. Senate and Silver State. Overall, in one week, $34M in ad buys has been spent in Nevada as...

Rep. Horsford and Sam Peters Spar Over Inflation, Abortion in CD-4 Debate

October 13, 2022 2:33 pmOctober 14, 2022 12:17 pm

Rep. Steven Horsford spent time during his recent debate (see below) with GOP challenger Sam Peters saying that Democrats are working to lower prices but that doesn’t seem to hold much water as new reports show inflation rose 8.2% year over year. https://twitter.com/unusual_whales/status/1580536435731750912?s=20&t=C45vHQyEVITVzCPCSbMwzA With less than a month until Election...

As Democrats Focus On Abortion, Voters Focus on Inflation

October 10, 2022 12:20 pmOctober 17, 2022 10:44 am

The Globe has extensively chronicled how Nevada Democrats, namely Rep. Susie Lee, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto and Governor Steve Sisolak, have obsessively focused their re-election campaigns on abortion, using fearful messaging to fundraise off the Supreme Court’s decision to send abortion legislation back to the states. Although abortion is not...

Masto, Sisolak, Aguilar Trail GOP Challengers In Latest CNN Poll

October 7, 2022 10:54 amOctober 14, 2022 12:19 pm

As Democrats in Nevada have focused on abortion, polling by CNN, and others, has shown that Nevadans are focused on inflation, the economy and jobs. In the latest CNN poll, Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, Governor Steve Sisolak, and Cisco Aguilar, Democratic nominee for Secretary of State, are trailing two to...

OPINION: Time To Take the Politics Out Of The Opioid Crisis

October 6, 2022 7:29 amOctober 6, 2022 3:23 pm

In two recent television campaign attack ads, Senator Cortez Masto attacked former Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt for not addressing the Purdue OxyContin opiate debacle and “national opioid problem” that has hurt Nevada. What a hypocrite. This is a lie. Even the Washington Post has called Cortez Masto out on...

Laxalt Receives NFIB Endorsement

October 5, 2022 12:12 pm

Yesterday, GOP nominee for U.S. Senate Adam Laxalt, received and endorsement from the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB). The endorsement was announced at Jalapeños restaurant in Reno, NV. The owner of the restaurant detailed their struggles during the pandemic and cited rising inflation and crime as ongoing challenges to...