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President Biden to Visit Las Vegas on Friday

December 4, 2023 2:27 pmDecember 5, 2023 1:23 pm

According to an advisory sent by the White House, President Joe Biden is expected to travel to Las Vegas this Friday. The president will continue on to Los Angeles, California. Details regarding the president’s visit to Las Vegas were not provided. The president and his team have been touting “Bidenomics”...

$70K Temporary Poem Along Truckee River Raises Questions

December 3, 2023 1:03 pmDecember 4, 2023 2:27 pm

A temporary art project along the Truckee River, funded in part by the Truckee Meadows Parks Foundation, City of Reno, Washoe County, and Nevada Humanities, was designed to raise questions. One question we have is why a temporary, mile-long poem (that costs $70,000) is necessary? Nevada Policy also raises and...

Conservation Groups File Lawsuit Against Placer County

November 30, 2023 3:00 pmDecember 3, 2023 11:03 am

The Friends of West Shore, TahoeCleanAir.org, and North Tahoe Preservation Alliance have filed a lawsuit (see below) against Placer County, CA for failing to comply with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in approving new amendments to its Tahoe Basin Area Plan (TBAP). The conservation groups claim the lawsuit is...

Assembly Dems Back Union Electrician For District 10

November 29, 2023 11:46 amNovember 29, 2023 2:00 pm

Assembly Democrats have announced Venise Karris as their endorsed candidate for Assembly District 10, a vacant seat formerly held by Assemblywoman Sabra Smith Newby who resigned in August to become a deputy city manager for Las Vegas. The seat was formerly held by Democratic Assemblywoman Rochelle Nguyen who was appointed...

Democratic Assemblywoman Shondra Summers-Armstrong Announces Candidacy for Las Vegas City Council

November 28, 2023 2:46 pmNovember 29, 2023 11:46 am

This morning, Assemblywoman Shondra Summers-Armstrong (AD-6) announced that she will not seek re-election after serving two terms in the Assembly. Instead, Summer-Armstrong will pursue a Las Vegas City Council seat (Ward 5) currently held by Cedric Crear who is running for mayor. https://twitter.com/Shondra_Summers/status/1729515491071512876 In her announcement she highlights her public...

Private Investigator Sues Sparks Police Department for Unlawful Search and Seizure

November 21, 2023 6:54 pmNovember 24, 2023 12:08 pm

A significant lawsuit (see below) has been filed on behalf of private investigator David McNeely against the Sparks Police Department (SPD), the City of Sparks, and the investigating officers involved in a high-profile case known as TrackerGate. The lawsuit claims that the defendants’ violated McNeely’s constitutional rights. This Complaint alleges...

Judge Accuses Robert Beadles Of ‘Smoke and Mirrors’ in Election Lawsuit, Dismisses Case

November 21, 2023 11:35 amNovember 21, 2023 6:55 pm

Carson District Judge James Russell ruled an election lawsuit brought by Reno resident and businessman Robert Beadles was without merit and dismissed the case “with prejudice” preventing subsequent refiling. Judge Russell also dismissed Beadle’s request for a change of venue noting that “he had never met Beadles or the people...