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Senator Ben Kieckhefer Resigns

October 8, 2021 7:15 amOctober 15, 2021 10:39 am

In an announcement that took the state by surprise, State Senator Ben Kieckhefer, (R – District 16) has resigned just over a year before being termed out in Nov. 2022. Kieckhefer released a statement that reads: “While it has been an honor and privilege to serve the people of the...

Progressives Want to Tax the Mines; Senator Cortez Masto Says Not So Fast

October 7, 2021 10:29 amOctober 15, 2021 10:37 am

Senator Catherine Cortez Masto has rejected a proposal within the Democrats’ $3.5 trillion dollar budget bill that contains provisions to tax and impose royalty fees on mining operations. This rejection is surprising. In late September, she did not oppose the proposal. When asked, Cortez Masto said “I have talked to Senator...

Exclusive: Assemblyman Jim Wheeler speaks to the Nevada Globe

October 6, 2021 7:15 amOctober 15, 2021 10:39 am

Assembly Jim Wheeler never thought he would be a politician. He was running a successful high-performance auto parts business out of Lancaster, CA. After selling his business in 2005, he decided to retire in Northern Nevada–a place where he used to work on cattle farms in the summer as a...

Exclusive: Redistricting Consultant Reveals How Politics and Race Shape District Lines

October 5, 2021 9:03 amApril 3, 2022 7:36 am

Dave Heller is a Redistricting Consultant for a company with the anodyne name Main Street Communications. But the work these guys perform—redrawing the maps that are used to determine who holds power in the state—is anything but innocent. Press play to hear a narrated version of this story, presented by...

As Redistricting Begins in Nevada, Concerns Arise Over Partisan and Racial Gerrymandering

October 4, 2021 6:00 amOctober 8, 2021 7:10 am

Redistricting is the process by which new congressional and state legislative district boundaries are drawn. Each of Nevada’s four United States Representatives and 63 state legislators are elected from political divisions called districts. United States Senators are not elected by districts, but by the states at large. District lines are...