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Senator Rosen Announces Reelection Campaign

April 5, 2023 4:30 pmApril 12, 2023 4:11 pm

Highlighting her bipartisanship and acknowledging that Nevada is a battleground state, Senator Jacky Rosen announced her reelection campaign for the US Senate. In her first campaign video, Sen. Rosen lists her priorities in the following order: reducing costs for the middle class, defending abortion rights, tackling the climate crisis and...

Senator Carrie Buck Votes With Dems On Abortion Bill

April 5, 2023 3:41 pmMay 24, 2023 2:44 pm

Battle Born Progress, a far-left organization, cheered Republican State Senator Carrie Buck’s (SD-5) vote in the Senate Commerce and Labor Committee on Senate Bill 131, a bill that which specifically eliminates the ability of any healthcare licensing board to investigate or disqualify unsafe abortionists from practicing in Nevada. The bill...

Governor Lombardo To Appoint Clara Andriola As Washoe County Commissioner

April 5, 2023 11:56 amApril 5, 2023 3:47 pm

The NV Indy is reporting a scoop that Governor Joe Lombardo will appoint Reno Rodeo Foundation Executive Director Clara Andriola to replace former Washoe County Commissioner Vaughn Hartung. Lombardo appointed Hartung to head the Nevada Transportation Authority. Currently, the Washoe County Board of Commissioners is evenly split between Republicans Jeanne...

GOP Eyes Nevada As Top 2024 Battleground State

April 3, 2023 2:54 pmApril 6, 2023 5:12 am

With the midterm election only six months behind us, political parties and prospective candidates are gearing up for the 2024 election with many rumors swirling and tea spilling on who and what to expect as the Silver State prepares to enter another election season. Attorney General Aaron Ford is reportedly...

NV Dems Want $1M More To Fund Boyd School Of Law Immigration Clinic

April 3, 2023 8:55 amApril 3, 2023 2:55 pm

The Assembly Ways and Means Committee will hear Assembly Bill AB 328 this morning and vote on the bill later this afternoon. AB 328 will provide and additional $1 million to the UNLV Boyd School of Law Immigration Clinic to assist in “free” legal defense against deportation and other services...

Legislative Dems Propose 25 Percent Pay Increase For State Employees

March 30, 2023 2:11 pmMarch 30, 2023 5:46 pm

Going beyond Governor Lombardo’s budgetary proposal to increase state worker pay by 12 percent over two years and executive bonuses of $2,000 per year, Legislative Democrats countered his budgetary recommendations with a significant compensation and benefit increases for state workers in order to fill “unprecedented vacancies.” Currently the state job...

NV Dems: No Citizenship Required To Serve on Citizens Advisory Councils

March 29, 2023 2:43 pmMarch 30, 2023 2:13 pm

Democratic legislators continue to fight on behalf of non-citizens in the state legislature. After introducing a bill that would allow non-citizens to enroll in Medicaid, Sen. Fabian Doñate has sponsored another bill that eliminates the requirement for a member of a citizens’ advisory council of a town or a town advisory...