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Cortez Masto Cosponsors ‘Gas Tax Holiday.’ Nevadans Won’t Save A Penny.

February 23, 2022 12:06 pmMarch 2, 2022 5:09 pm

In July 2021, the Biden Administration issued a light-hearted tweet about saving money on barbecue condiments that sounds almost sadistically tin-eared in retrospect. https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/1410709115333234691?s=20&t=-sRAZRPcXcHs_BMl9W6TxA Adding to this financial windfall (in the face of double-digit inflation in Nevada), Catherine Cortez Masto and her fellow Democratic colleagues in swing states who are...

The Globe Interview: Sharelle Mendenhall, Candidate for U.S. Senate

February 21, 2022 5:55 pmFebruary 21, 2022 6:01 pm

Sharelle Mendenhall is a newcomer to Nevada and politics, and has set her sights on defeating Catherine Cortez Masto in November. In June, she will face leading challengers Adam Laxalt and Sam Brown. Her company, Elite Expo Talent Agency, her church, and prayer led her to Las Vegas only four...

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...

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...

Ralston Reports: ‘Every Trend Favors The GOP’

February 8, 2022 10:32 amFebruary 9, 2022 3:34 pm

Tracking voter registration numbers, the Nevada Independent’s Jon Ralston declares, “every trend favors the GOP” in the 2022 midterms as Republicans erase the Democrats’ voter registration advantage. Democrat voters continue to flee the party, choosing instead to register as Republicans or Independents. In his latest analysis, Ralston found that “the trend...

An At-Home Interview With Col. Mark Robertson, Candidate for CD-1

January 28, 2022 12:39 pmFebruary 2, 2022 3:45 pm

Retired US Army Colonel Mark Robertson, Congressional candidate for CD-1, had a spring in his step as he answered his front door for our afternoon interview. Perhaps because it was his first media interview, or, more likely, he had recently raised $70,000 in two hours at a Henderson gala hosted...

Nevada GOP Candidates Weigh In on Ukraine Crisis

January 26, 2022 2:54 pmJanuary 27, 2022 8:06 am

Ukraine was dominated for more than 70 years by the Soviet Union (USSR) following World War I until the collapse of the USSR on December 25, 1991. As Russia completely surrounds Ukraine today with some 120,000 troops, the United States, led by President Biden, has entered a high stakes game...