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New Barton Hospital Location Divides South Shore Community

September 5, 2024 9:54 amSeptember 6, 2024 6:24 pm

This story has been updated to include a comment from Barton Health. The promise “You, only better” was erected on a billboard at the former site of the Lakeside Inn and Casino and has left the community divided over the proposed Barton Hospital site in Stateline, Nevada. Oliver Park General...

Conflict of Interest? Democratic Legislator Accepted Campaign Donations from Defendants In Multiple Lawsuits

September 4, 2024 5:44 pmSeptember 12, 2024 12:37 pm

Democratic Assemblywoman Elaine Marzola (AD- 21) received a combined $22,500 in campaign donations from the Nevada Resorts PAC and MGM Resorts International while representing plaintiffs in lawsuits against their members and properties. To date, three of these cases have been dismissed, including one with prejudice. Assemblywoman Marzola took two donations from...

Study: Nevada Counties Will Be Hardest Hit If Trump’s Tax Cuts Expire

September 4, 2024 12:49 pmSeptember 9, 2024 11:45 am

The Wall Street Journal has analyzed the Tax Foundation estimates on which counties would be most impacted if the Trump Tax Cuts and Jobs Act expires in 2025. If the law expires, the Journal reports that “income taxes will go up for most households.” In 2017, the Journal reported that...

Jacky Rosen Scrubbed References To Her Husband Serving Veterans Before Launching Reelection Campaign

September 3, 2024 1:57 pmSeptember 6, 2024 7:13 pm

A new report from the Washington Free Beacon reveals that Nevada Senator Jacky Rosen (D) falsely claimed that her husband, Larry Rosen, treated veterans at the VA “every day,” but records obtained by the Free Beacon show otherwise. According to the report: “My husband is a radiologist, and for the last...

Harris Receives Bipartisan Backlash After CNN Interview, Trump Campaign Delivers Receipts

August 30, 2024 2:29 pmSeptember 6, 2024 3:05 pm

After 40 days on the campaign trail and in her first primetime interview as the Democratic nominee for President of the United States, Vice President Kamala Harris, flanked by running mate Tim Kaine Walz, delivered word-salad responses, served on a plate of government force and subsidies, to a variety of...

A Beginner’s Guide to Self-Funded Group Health Insurance

August 30, 2024 12:36 pmAugust 30, 2024 2:29 pm

Self-funded group health insurance is an arrangement in which an employer assumes the financial risk of providing health care benefits to its employees. Instead of paying a fixed premium to an insurance carrier, the employer pays out-of-pocket for each claim as it is incurred. This model can offer significant savings...

Study: Lake Tahoe Wildfire Evacuation Times May Exceed 14 Hours

August 29, 2024 10:57 amAugust 30, 2024 12:46 pm

Yesterday, a first-ever independent Tahoe Basin Wildfire Evacuation Analysis (see below), combining artificial intelligence (AI) and real-life Sierra Nevada wildfire experience, reveals Tahoe workers, residents, and visitors to California and Nevada’s iconic Lake Tahoe could face dangerously long, potentially life-threatening wildfire evacuations. The release of the Placer and Washoe Tahoe...