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Globe Files Open Records Request to Examine Redistricting Ties to Prominent Dem Consultant

October 26, 2021 9:00 amOctober 27, 2021 7:46 am

The Clark County Commission will hold a public hearing Tuesday, Nov. 2 at 10 am on an ordinance to set new boundary lines for each of the seven Commission districts, a process that takes place every 10 years following the U.S. Census. The ordinance was introduced at the Oct. 19...

Large Real Estate Sales Beg the Question: What is the Future of Gambling in Las Vegas?

October 25, 2021 1:15 pmOctober 27, 2021 6:08 pm

Private equity firm Blackstone is selling The Cosmopolitan’s luxury casino and hotel operations to MGM Resorts International for $1.65 billion. MGM Resorts International properties include The Mirage, The Bellagio, New York-New York and Mandalay Bay. The Cosmopolitan’s real estate assets were also sold to the Cherng Family Trust, Stonepeak Partners...

Concerned Mother Exposes ‘Hate Not History’ in Clark County Elementary School

October 25, 2021 7:41 amOctober 27, 2021 6:11 pm

A Nevada Globe reader sent me a private message highlighting what her 7-year-old was given as a reading assignment at Goolsby Elementary in Summerlin. The 2nd grade students were to read the following paragraphs every day for 7 days and were then tested on their speed and comprehension. According to...

Nevada Received $6.7 Billion in ‘Once-in-a-Lifetime’ ARP Funds

October 22, 2021 9:21 amOctober 25, 2021 5:17 am

This past Tuesday, the final Nevada Listening Tour of Nevada Recovers, hosted by Governor Steve Sisolak and Nevada Treasurer Zach Conine, rounded out 123 tours that criss-crossed the state. These tours were designed to ask Nevadans, organizations and city governments to highlight the problems that plagued their communities and solicited...

Who Will Replace Senator Kieckhefer in Senate District 16?

October 21, 2021 4:44 pmOctober 25, 2021 5:18 am

As the application process to fill Senator Ben Kieckhefer’s seat begins on Friday morning, October 22nd, The Nevada Globe has learned from sources at the highest level that the likely replacement is be former Assemblyman Al Kramer, who represented Assembly District 40, which covers both Washoe and Carson Counties. Kieckhefer...

At 86 years young, Julie Lee takes to the streets to save Nevada’s wild horses

October 21, 2021 7:00 amOctober 21, 2021 6:50 am

It was a beautiful fall afternoon in Carson City. My colleagues and I were visiting the state capitol to snap some photos, with hopes to run into a random legislator or two. We didn’t run into two, let alone one, as the legislators are out of session. But I did...

Kamala Harris Touts Build Back Better To Fix Lake Mead’s ‘Historic’ Drought

October 19, 2021 7:30 amAugust 16, 2022 12:49 pm

With Lake Mead in the backdrop, Vice President Kamala Harris, flanked by Nevada Democratic colleagues Steven Horsford, Susie Lee and Dina Titus, pushed to sell the Biden administration’s Build Back Better agenda which includes raising taxes to combat climate change. “The Build Back Better agenda will help us tackle the...