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Governor Lombardo Urges President Biden to Rein In Federal Spending, Release Federal Lands

April 11, 2024 12:55 pmApril 11, 2024 4:25 pm

Today, Governor Joe Lombardo sent a letter (see below) to President Joe Biden urging his administration to curb inflation by reining in federal spending and to take action on the housing shortage in Nevada. “Here in Nevada, we are now at a stage where the housing shortage and inflation are...

On The Record With Dr Fred Simon, GOP Challenger to Congressman Mark Amodei

March 29, 2024 5:25 pmApril 4, 2024 2:52 pm

This interview has been edited and condensed. Dr. Fred Simon recently filed to challenge incumbent Republican Mark Amodei in the deep-red second congressional district in Northern Nevada which covers a third of the state and includes most of Lyon County, all of Churchill, Douglas, Elko, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, Pershing, Storey,...

NV SOS Reverses Course, Delays Top-Down Election Management System

March 19, 2024 12:49 pmMarch 25, 2024 1:23 pm

The Nevada Globe first reported on the wide-spread concerns county officials expressed about the “speedy” implementation of the top-down election system (VREMS). These concerns, first shared with the Globe, have now been made official in a request (see below) sent to the Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar by the Nevada...

RNC, NVGOP Files Lawsuit Claiming Five Counties Violate NVRA

March 18, 2024 11:47 amMarch 19, 2024 6:58 am

This article has been updated with a statement released by RNC Chairman. The Republican National Committee and the Nevada GOP have filed a lawsuit (see below) claiming five Nevada counties are violating the National Voting Rights Act (NVRA) by not maintaining clean and accurate voter rolls. The counties named are...

Taking Nevada’s Public School System From Worst to First In Four Steps

March 1, 2024 2:30 pmMarch 4, 2024 1:19 pm

When Governor Joe Lombardo was declared the election winner over a year ago, he promised all Nevadans that he would fix our failing public schools that have ranked worst-in-the-nation for over a decade. Ineffective school leaders who said the problem was low funding were rewarded billions more dollars in the...

NV Congressional Leaders Oppose USPS Plan To Move Mail Operations From Reno To Sacramento

February 29, 2024 11:06 amMarch 7, 2024 10:39 am

The Globe first reported that Republican Rep. Mark Amodei would be issuing a letter of opposition to the proposed USPS plan to transfer mail operations from Reno to Sacramento. https://twitter.com/NevadaGlobe/status/1762870392778260489 Late yesterday, Amodei was joined by Democratic Senators Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen to voice their concerns in a...

Trump Takes Nevada, Nevada GOP Takes A Bow

February 9, 2024 4:49 pmFebruary 12, 2024 3:05 pm

Last night, nearly 60,000 registered Republicans voted for former President Donald J. Trump in the Nevada GOP First in the West Caucus for the presidential nomination, securing 26 delegates needed for the convention. Trump received more votes in the caucus than his opponent Nikki Haley who lost in the state-run...

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