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Investigation finds $150K Missing in Senator Neal’s Campaign Reports

May 20, 2024 11:47 amMay 20, 2024 12:23 pm

Democratic State Senator Dina Neal’s (SD-4) campaign finance reports allegedly show that $150,000 is unaccounted for or has “seemingly disappeared.” Victor Joeck’s of the Review-Journal found that, since 2021, her year-0ver-year totals are also off-balance. His eye-opening report reveals: Despite her modest start, Neal’s fundraising soon took off. Eventually chairing...

Engelstad Foundation Ceases Financial Support to UNLV

May 17, 2024 1:07 pmMay 22, 2024 12:54 pm

In a scathing letter (see below) from CEO Kris Engelstad to UNLV President Dr. Keith Whitfield, the Engelstad foundation announced they would “no longer support, financially or otherwise, any initiatives, projects or future endeavors for UNLV” beyond their existing Engelstad Foundation Scholar Program. The letter notes that Engelstad’s decision was...

On The Record with Josh Leavitt, GOP Candidate Senate District 18

May 16, 2024 12:50 pmMay 22, 2024 12:55 pm

Josh Leavitt, GOP candidate for Senate District 18 (SD-18), grew up in Las Vegas and graduated from Clark High School in 1991. After a “rough” semester at UNLV, he quickly learned that he wasn’t quite ready for college, so he worked as a coin sorter at Valley Bank, which was...

Governors Lombardo And Newsom Square Off Over New CA Fuel Regulations

May 15, 2024 10:48 amMay 21, 2024 2:21 pm

Yesterday afternoon, Governor Lombardo sent a letter (see below) to California Governor Gavin Newsom raising his concerns about the unintended consequences of California’s SBX1-2 legislation, which could further increase gas prices in California, Nevada, and Arizona. SBX1-2, known as the California Gas Price Gouging and Transparency Law, was hastily enacted...

Nevada Senators Propose Bill to Repurpose Yucca Mountain, Ban Nuclear Waste Storage

May 14, 2024 4:28 pmMay 15, 2024 10:58 am

This afternoon, Democratic Senators Jacky Rosen and Catherine Cortez Masto introduced legislation to repeal the law that led to the designation of Yucca Mountain as a repository for the nation’s nuclear waste, and examine job-creating benefits of other uses for Yucca Mountain, such as a data center, a command facility...

Exclusive: GOP Senate Candidate Jeff Gunter Targets Rival Sam Brown’s ‘Toxic’ Support of Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Facility

May 14, 2024 11:28 amMay 14, 2024 4:28 pm

Later today, GOP Senate primary candidate Dr. Jeff Gunter will release a statewide ad targeting rival Captain Sam Brown’s support of the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository, a position that is aligned with Senator Mitch McConnell and opposed by former President Donald Trump. In the ad, Gunter highlights his alliance...

Schools Over Stadium Strikes Out With Supremes

May 13, 2024 12:20 pmMay 20, 2024 12:29 pm

The Nevada Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling that rejected the language of a referendum petition to overturn Senate Bill 1, the public financing legislation needed to move the Oakland A’s to Las Vegas. The higher court agreed that the petition was “legally deficient” and “confusing.” In a...