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An Interview with Republican Assemblyman PK O’Neill

March 3, 2022 5:36 pmMarch 4, 2022 7:30 am

Raised in Northern Virginia, PK O’Neill would watch Congress in action on the weekends. “It built a familiarity and interest in politics, ” O’Neill told The Globe. During his 40+ year career in law enforcement, O’Neill had his share of interacting with elected officials, but when he came to Nevada...

66 sexual assaults reported in CCSD this school year, thousands of violent incidents

February 28, 2022 3:13 pmMarch 1, 2022 2:17 pm

In August 2018, the Clark County School District (CCSD) Board of Trustees voted for a new juvenile justice partnership, which was supposed to address student behavioral problems in a more equitable manner by not turning in minority students to the criminal justice system when they commit offenses on campus. CCSD...

The Globe Interviews Charlie De La Paz, Candidate for Assembly District 19

February 18, 2022 6:30 amFebruary 17, 2022 6:00 pm

Charlie Nicole De La Paz is the mother of four kids, a small business owner, a parent and child advocate, and has lived in Nevada for 34 years, moving back to the state permanently at the age of 5 after her father served as Captain in the Army in Germany....

Nevada Housing Authority Earmarks $300 Million for Affordable Housing

February 17, 2022 5:26 pmFebruary 23, 2022 12:39 pm

In the past year, rents have skyrocketed throughout Nevada. On average, rents in Las Vegas and Reno have increased 24% and 19% respectively. Nationally, the average increase for a one-bedroom apartment is 11.6%. Governor Steve Sisolak and his Democratic constituents and some of his challengers want to solve this problem...

UNR Students and Faculty Protest to Reinstate Mask Mandate

February 16, 2022 12:55 pmFebruary 18, 2022 9:01 am

A small group of students, faculty and supporters led a protest on the University of Reno (UNR) campus yesterday to reinstate the mask mandate lifted by Governor Sisolak on February 10th. Approximately 50 people were in attendance at the protest organized by the Nevada Graduate Student Workers who started a...

Washoe County Stands By Testing Lab Under DHHS Investigation

February 8, 2022 1:17 pm

As reported by The Globe, University of Nevada Reno cancelled its contract with Northshore Clinical Labs due to “dissatisfaction.” Last week, The Globe reached out to UNR withe questions as to the details of their dissatisfaction, but our inquiry went unanswered. As reported by KNRV on January 19th: A former Northshore Clinical...

Sheriff Joe Lombardo Ends Vaccine Mandate for Recruits

February 3, 2022 7:51 pmFebruary 5, 2022 1:31 pm

Clark County Sheriff and GOP candidate for Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo has lifted the mandate requiring new hires of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) to be vaccinated against COVID-19. In a Tuesday interview, the Las Vegas Review Journal (RJ) reports: “He continues to encourage officers and other employees...