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Sen Rosen Calls On Feds To Address Insurance Crisis in Northern Nevada

July 25, 2024 9:44 amJuly 30, 2024 11:10 pm

This post has been updated to include a statement from Elizabeth Ray, Communications Director for Governor Lombardo. The Globe was one of the first news outlets to report of the insurance crisis in Northern Nevada, specifically in the Tahoe Basin, where insurance companies are dropping or reducing coverage on properties...

VP Nominee JD Vance To Campaign in Nevada Next Week

July 24, 2024 2:00 pmJuly 25, 2024 9:24 am

Vice Presidential nominee J.D. Vance will make two campaign stops in Nevada on July 30. This will mark the Ohio senator’s first-ever rally in the Silver State since his nomination was announced at the Republic National Convention last Monday. Vance will appear next Tuesday at Liberty High School in Henderson....

Not Twain’s Tahoe: Raw Sewage, Microplastics and Lead Telecom Lines Litter Lake Tahoe

July 24, 2024 12:34 pmJuly 24, 2024 2:00 pm

On July 19, North Tahoe Public Utility District estimated that 125,000 gallons of untreated sewage were “discharged” from a break in a sewer line, of which only 40,000 gallons were recovered. An estimated 85,000 gallons of raw sewage seeped into the lake from the shore of Carnelian Bay West Beach....

‘Fake Electors’ Case Dismissed, Clark County Judge Cites Lack of Jurisdiction

June 21, 2024 1:14 pmJune 24, 2024 12:10 pm

Clark County District Court Judge Mary Kay Holthus has dismissed a case involving six Republican ‘fake electors’ citing that the county was not appropriate jurisdiction. The prosecution, brought by Democratic Attorney General Aaron Ford, contends they will take the case to the Nevada Supreme Court as the statute of limitations...

Nevada Homeowners, Realtors Warn of ‘Insurance Crisis’ As Insurance Companies Drop Coverage

May 23, 2024 9:23 pmJune 1, 2024 7:30 pm

Editor’s note: This story has been updated with a comment from Assemblywoman Heidi Kasama During a joint interim legislative committee hearing of Commerce and Labor this morning, homeowners in Incline Village highlighted a growing crisis related to insurance companies, namely American Family Insurance and Farmers Insurance, dropping or reducing coverage...

OPINION: Dear DCSD Redshirts, We Will NOT Resign

May 21, 2024 10:46 amJune 5, 2024 11:42 am

Author’s note: This is my personal opinion and does not represent the board or district of Douglas County Schools. Four Douglas County School Board Trustees, Katherine Dickerson, Doug Englekirk, Susan Jansen, and me, David Burns, were elected to adhere to the values of Douglas County residents. As we are opposed...

Reps Horsford And Lee Sign Letter Urging Biden To ‘Restore Order At the Border’

May 8, 2024 2:06 pmMay 9, 2024 2:48 pm

Nevada’s Congressional Representatives Steven Horsford (CD-4) and Susie Lee (CD-3) joined thirteen of their Democratic colleagues in a letter to Joe Biden requesting his administration “immediately take further action” to secure the border between the United States and Mexico. In the letter first obtained by CBS News, the Democratic legislators...