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Election ‘Day’ In Nevada Is a Joke and No One Is Laughing

June 15, 2022 7:43 amJune 22, 2022 1:22 pm

June 14th, formerly known as Primary Election Day in Nevada, has passed, but the election is not still certified and it is 2 am on June 15. The polls were supposed to close at 7 pm on June 14, but three to four polls in the state still had lines...

Nevada Elections Draw National Attention

June 14, 2022 3:30 pmJune 15, 2022 8:19 am

As extensively chronicled by The Globe, Nevada is on the national radar for the right reasons. Media outlets and politicos across the country have labeled Nevada as “the epicenter of the midterms“, a “state to watch”, and have predicted a “red tsunami” as Republicans seek to regain control of the...

Nevada Senator Scheible Leaving DA Office

May 23, 2022 10:54 amMay 24, 2022 8:22 am

On Friday, the Las Vegas Review Journal reported that state senator Melanie Scheible is leaving her position as a Clark County prosecutor, days after two Nevada Supreme Court justices concluded that she cannot hold both jobs simultaneously. State Sen. Melanie Scheible, D-Las Vegas, is voluntarily leaving her job with the...

Two Dissenting Supreme Court Justices Uphold NV Constitution

May 19, 2022 1:45 pmMay 19, 2022 3:17 pm

What good is a state or federal constitution if legislators or judges don’t uphold or defend the document that they take an oath to protect? This is a question that is often asked when organizations, political parties, and individuals file a variety of lawsuits to protect the civil liberties and...

Nevada Policy Research Institute Wins Big at State Supreme Court

April 21, 2022 3:53 pmApril 21, 2022 3:57 pm

In a unanimous decision, the Nevada Supreme Court today ruled in favor of Nevada Policy Research Institute (NPRI) in the organization’s ongoing separation of powers lawsuit. In a landmark, precedent-setting ruling, the Court expanded its rules regarding taxpayer standing. “We hold that traditional standing requirements may not apply when an...

Nevada GOP Adds Over 24,000 New Voters

April 19, 2022 9:30 amApril 25, 2022 7:22 am

Nevada Democrats may have the majority, but they do not have a clear mandate. Many state-wide races were determined by razor-thin margins. For example, in a race for Clark County Commissioner (plagued with 139 discrepancies), candidate for Lt. Gov and Las Vegas City Council Stavros Anthony (R) lost by only...

Nevada Law Enforcement Group Endorses April Becker

April 14, 2022 11:42 amApril 16, 2022 4:28 pm

CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story contained a significant error. The Nevada Globe had reported that the Public Safety Alliance of Nevada (PSAN) had rescinded its endorsement of incumbent Congresswoman Susie Lee (D-NV3) and instead endorsed Republican challenger April Becker. In fact, the author of this story conflated the...