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Senator Heidi Seevers Gansert Won’t Seek Reelection In 2024

August 1, 2023 12:34 pmAugust 7, 2023 6:12 pm

The Nevada Independent confirmed this morning that state Senator Heidi Seevers Gansert will not run for reelection in 2024 to focus on her family, telling the NV Indy: “I’ve been asked numerous times whether I was going to run for U.S. Senate and I really am focusing on family. I...

WCSD Passes Gender Inclusive Sex-Ed For 4th and 5th Graders

July 27, 2023 4:16 pmAugust 4, 2023 9:08 am

The Washoe County School Board, in a 5-2 vote, passed a controversial sex-ed curriculum (S.H.A.R.E) for 4th and 5th students which teaches, in part, that “bodies with vulvas typically reach puberty before bodies with penises.” The curriculum rarely mentions female and male and teaches 9-11 year olds that “Our gender...

AG Ford Doubles Down on DEI

July 27, 2023 1:33 pmJuly 27, 2023 1:38 pm

Following his anger over the Supreme Court’s ruling on affirmative action, Democratic Attorney General Aaron D. Ford announced that he, along with a group of 20 other attorneys general, has sent a letter to the CEOs of Fortune 100 companies assuring them that diversity and inclusion efforts are lawful and protected. (see...

Assm La Rue Hatch Plays Partisan Politics With Opportunity Scholarships

July 26, 2023 4:50 pmJuly 27, 2023 1:35 pm

In an October 30, 2022 interview on Nevada Newsmakers, Washoe County teacher and freshman Assemblywoman Selena La Rue Hatch (AD-25) refers to Opportunity Scholarships as a “small sliver” of public schools, thereby minimizing the thousands of low-income students who have benefited from the program and the hundreds who are now...

Commissioner Alexis Hill Proposes User Tax on Tahoe Basin Drivers

July 25, 2023 1:48 pmAugust 1, 2023 12:35 pm

What happens when federal and local government agencies build a billion dollar, concrete tourist attraction in North Lake Tahoe, without adequate parking, and that hugs a narrow, two-lane highway? If you guessed traffic congestion, you must have been graced with a little common sense–or, you’re unfortunate enough to have been...

600 Low-Income Students At Risk Of Losing Opportunity Scholarships

July 24, 2023 4:52 pmJuly 25, 2023 1:51 pm

The battle over opportunity scholarships and school choice was well-chronicled throughout the 82nd legislative session as Republican Governor Joe Lombardo and Democratic leadership could not reach a compromise on Opportunity Scholarships. Legislative Democrats blocked efforts to provide any additional money to fund the ~$6.7 million program. During the legislative session,...

Poll: Governor Lombardo Surges to 57% Approval Rating

July 24, 2023 11:43 amJuly 24, 2023 4:53 pm

Republican Governor Joe Lombardo has surged to 57 percent approval rating with just 26 percent disapproving, according to a quarterly poll published by Morning Consult. Governor Lombardo’s approval rating saw the second-largest increase for any governor in the nation over the same period of time. Last quarter, Lombardo’s approval was...

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