Legislature Archives - Page 33 of 35

Special Session: Legislative Redistricting Takes a Back Seat to Process and Politics

November 13, 2021 8:19 amNovember 13, 2021 9:52 pm

The work of the people was supposed to commence on Friday during the 33rd Special Session of the Nevada Legislature. With less than 24 hours to prepare, the part time legislators and interested parties had to make it to Carson City to debate, review and propose legislative maps that will...

Governor Sisolak announces Legislative Special Session on Redistricting

November 11, 2021 1:54 pmNovember 18, 2021 5:58 am

Governor Steve Sisolak has announced a redistricting special session starting Friday at 1 pm, during which state lawmakers will draw Nevada’s congressional and legislative maps for the next ten years. Earlier this week, the Democratic majority released the legislative maps for review and public comment. This morning, Sisolak tweeted: https://twitter.com/GovSisolak/status/1458842193288830994?s=20...

Don Tatro, Reno Businessman, appointed to Kieckhefer’s Open Senate Seat

November 10, 2021 4:30 pm

As reported by the Nevada Independent, ” Washoe County commissioners and Carson City supervisors voted Wednesday to appoint mortgage broker Donald Tatro to an open state Senate seat representing District 16, ahead of the coming redistricting special session that will determine the bounds of the district for the next decade....

NV Assemblyman Jim Wheeler: Democrats Have Redistricted Nevada Leg. into a Republican Minority

November 9, 2021 4:50 pmNovember 11, 2021 1:30 pm

The Nevada Legislature has published the proposed redistricting maps for the state. Congressional: https://redistricting.leg.state.nv.us/legdistricting/comments/plan/663/8… State Senate: https://redistricting.leg.state.nv.us/legdistricting/comments/plan/668/8… State Assembly: https://redistricting.leg.state.nv.us/legdistricting/comments/plan/670/8 These legislative maps are redrawn every 10 years and are based on Census data. Due to population growth, Nevada has become the third most diverse state in the nation, causing...

Las Vegas Councilman Stavros Anthony to Run For Lieutenant Governor

November 5, 2021 1:09 pmNovember 8, 2021 9:41 am

As reported by the Las Vegas Review Journal (RJ), Stavros Anthony (R) city councilman of Las Vegas, District 3, will run for Lieutenant Governor for the State of Nevada in 2o22. In his statement to the RJ, the former Las Vegas police captain criticized the current political power balance in...

Attack Ad by Schumer’s Senate Majority Fund Gets Axed For Lying

October 28, 2021 7:47 amOctober 31, 2021 2:00 pm

Catherine Cortez Masto is a vulnerable candidate in 2022 and the beltway is concerned. Anyone who doubts it might want to follow the money and actions of Chuck Schumer’s Senate Majority PAC (SMP). SMP placed its first ad buy of the election cycle in Nevada, spending $764,000 to support Cortez...

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...