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Ranked-Choice Voting, Open Primary Seminars To Be Held in Reno And Las Vegas

July 26, 2024 11:21 amJuly 26, 2024 4:06 pm

As Nevadans prepare to vote in the 2024 general election, voters will be asked to vote again on a ballot initiative, Question 3, that would fundamentally transform the way Nevadan’s vote in a primary and in an election. But will an open primary and ranked-choice voting increase voter participation and...

Washoe County Libraries Cancel Drag Queen Story Hour

July 25, 2024 2:18 pmJuly 25, 2024 6:48 pm

This article has been edited to include a comment from Brad Bynum, Washoe County Library spokesperson/Marketing and Communications Assistant. A press release (see below) from Our Center, an LGBTQIA+ advocacy nonprofit and organizer of the controversial “Drag Queen Story Hour ,” announced that all future drag events in Washoe County...

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

July 25, 2024 9:44 amJuly 26, 2024 10:05 am

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....

Washoe County Commission Reverses Course, Certifies Primary Recounts

July 17, 2024 10:37 amJuly 17, 2024 2:51 pm

In a 4-1 vote, and after hours of public comment, the Washoe County Commission reversed course and certified two recounts in June’s primary election. Commissioner Jeanne Herman was the sole dissenting vote and the only commissioner who did not change their vote from last week’s meeting that resulted in a...

AG Ford and SOS Aguilar respond to Washoe County Commission Rejecting the Certification of Primary Recounts

July 11, 2024 11:40 amJuly 17, 2024 11:01 am

This article has been updated to include comments from Washoe County Commissioners Jeanne Herman and Mike Clark. Last night, Nevada Secretary of State Francisco Aguilar and Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford issued a joint statement after three Washoe County Commissioners failed to canvass the recount of two vote totals for...