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Election Worker Protection Case Refiled In Federal Court

November 27, 2023 9:46 amNovember 27, 2023 11:35 am

Back in June, The Globe exclusively reported that four plaintiffs, represented by Attorney and Republican National Committeewoman Sigal Chattah, filed a lawsuit against Republican Governor Joe Lombardo and Democratic Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar challenging the legality of Senate Bill 406 known as the Election Worker Protection Bill. The legislation...

MLB Owners Unanimously Approve A’s Move To Las Vegas Amid Divided Fanfare

November 16, 2023 1:31 pmNovember 17, 2023 11:30 am

Today, MLB owners unanimously approved the Oakland A’s move to Las Vegas to the cheers and jeers of various elected officials and Nevada-based organizations and activists. “Today is an incredibly difficult day for Oakland A’s fans,” Athletics owner John Fisher said. “It’s a great day for Las Vegas.” MLB commissioner...

An Expensive and Useless Silver State Primary

November 13, 2023 1:21 pmNovember 20, 2023 9:03 am

With long-shot GOP candidate Tim Scott dropping out of the presidential race yesterday, preceded by Mike Pence (another candidate who had a snowball’s chance in hell), every registered Nevada Republican will receive a primary ballot with Tim Scott, Mike Pence, some no-name from Texas who is polling at ZERO and...

Lombardo Urges NCAA To Protect Women’s Athletics

November 7, 2023 2:29 pmNovember 8, 2023 10:48 am

Governor Lombardo, along with eight other GOP governors, have sent a letter (see below) to the NCAA in response to a recently enacted NCAA transgender policy which allows the individual governing body of each sport to determine criteria for eligibility. Their letter urges the association to “rewrite your Transgender Student...

Governor Lombardo Throws Shade At The GOP

November 1, 2023 12:13 pmNovember 2, 2023 9:45 am

Yesterday in a broadcasted interview with Nevada Newsmakers, Republican Governor Joe Lombardo threw some shade at the Nevada GOP and the RNC in response to to Sam Shad’s questions about the First in The West Caucus versus the state-run primary. One question posed by Shad to Lombardo was leading, in...

Lombardo Announces Bipartisan $100M Investment In Charter School Expansion

October 31, 2023 10:20 amOctober 31, 2023 11:37 am

Late yesterday, Governor Joe Lombardo along with Treasurer Zach Conine debuted the Nevada Facilities Fund, a fund financed by the Nevada State Infrastructure Bank through the approval of a $100 million revolving loan fund that will expand charter schools in underserved communities. Of that amount, $15 million was initially approved...

13 Nevada Legislators Funneled $33 Million To Connected Organizations

October 30, 2023 11:50 amOctober 31, 2023 10:20 am

A new Las Vegas Review-Journal report details more examples of ethical concerns involving additional Senators Marilyn Dondero Loop and Dina Neal, Assemblywoman Bea Duran, and Democrat Party Chair Daniele Monroe-Moreno, who is also an Assemblywoman and claimed she was “instrumental” in passing the bill. This comes after both Assemblyman Cameron “C.H.” Miller...