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Viral Video In Washoe County Leads to Dismissal of Election Certification Board Appointee Caught Stealing GOP Candidate’s Signs

November 4, 2024 4:51 pmNovember 8, 2024 2:46 pm

A video taken over the weekend by a volunteer for Marsha Berkbigler’s GOP campaign for Washoe County commissioner revealed that a woman was removing her campaign signs from a public thoroughfare. Berkbigler is running against Democratic Chairwoman Alexis Hill. The woman, later identified as Amy Powell, is also the “Deputy...

Washoe County Manager Caught Drinking At Local Bar While on Medical Leave

November 1, 2024 10:59 pmNovember 8, 2024 12:27 pm

Washoe County Manager Eric Brown celebrated Halloween last night by having drinks with his wife at a local haunt in Sparks. The eyewitness, who first noticed Brown’s sports car with personalized plates parked in front of the Red Hawk Golf and Resort, took photos of the Browns inside at the...

NV Supremes Narrowly Rule State Government Employees Cannot Serve As State Legislators

November 1, 2024 1:27 pmNovember 6, 2024 12:03 pm

Late yesterday, the Nevada Supreme Court narrowly ruled that state government employees are no longer allowed to serve as state legislators. (see below) The ruling comes in response to Nevada Policy’s Separation of Powers lawsuit, which was first filed in July 2020. The lawsuit is Nevada Policy’s third—and now final—attempt...

On The Record With April Arndt, GOP Candidate for Assembly District 21

October 30, 2024 2:18 pmNovember 3, 2024 3:54 pm

April Arndt’s GOP candidacy for Assembly District 21 and her campaign slogan “Safer Streets, More Jobs, Better Schools” reflects her life-long passion of serving her community. As the mother of three children, she has had to navigate the challenging “one-size-fits-all” public education system and is an advocate for school choice....

Washoe County Manager Takes Month-Long Medical Leave During National Election

October 28, 2024 5:50 pmNovember 1, 2024 9:33 pm

Starting today, Washoe County Manager Eric Brown is on a month-long, planned medical leave through November 29. His absence follows the forced medical leave of interim Registrar of Voters Cari Ann Burgess. The Globe has learned that Burgess is expected to file a lawsuit against the county this week. https://twitter.com/OurTownReno/status/1851047516185509933...

Assembly Leader Yeager Engages In Dirty Politics To Avoid Cleaning Up Carson City Corruption

October 24, 2024 2:50 pmOctober 29, 2024 3:06 pm

The Globe has extensively reported on the lack of ethics, accountability and transparency in Carson City. By design, Nevada’s legislative body is exempt from open records requests, further shielding lawmakers from scrutiny or transparency. In 2015, legislators approved a bill cementing their immunity, which shields their calendars, emails and communications...

Early Voting Rides a Red Wave, GOP Registrations Surge

October 23, 2024 9:40 amOctober 26, 2024 8:49 am

GOP consultant Jeremy Hughes writes, “For the first time in a presidential election since possibly 2004, Republicans have taken the lead in early voting,” and the numbers coming out of Nevada’s 17 counties for in-person and mailed-ballot voting indicate that Republicans have adopted early voting and ballot harvesting, long embraced...

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