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Governor Lombardo Joins 23 States Opposing WHO Pandemic Treaty Proposals

May 23, 2024 10:40 pm

Governor Joe Lombardo and 23 other governors have sent a letter to President Joe Biden opposing proposals granting the World Health Organization (WHO) unprecedented and unconstitutional powers over the United States. The governors state that “if adopted, these agreements would seek to elevate the WHO from an advisory body to...

Nevada Homeowners, Realtors Warn of ‘Insurance Crisis’ As Insurance Companies Drop Coverage

May 23, 2024 9:23 pmJune 1, 2024 7:30 pm

Editor’s note: This story has been updated with a comment from Assemblywoman Heidi Kasama During a joint interim legislative committee hearing of Commerce and Labor this morning, homeowners in Incline Village highlighted a growing crisis related to insurance companies, namely American Family Insurance and Farmers Insurance, dropping or reducing coverage...

Trump Teases Endorsement in Nevada US Senate Race

May 22, 2024 12:18 pmMay 22, 2024 12:49 pm

In an interview with reporter Josh Meny of 2 News Nevada, former President Donald Trump announced that he will endorse a candidate in the Nevada U.S. Senate race “over the next two to three days” and reaffirmed his opposition to the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository project which has become...

Nevada Senators Propose Bill to Repurpose Yucca Mountain, Ban Nuclear Waste Storage

May 14, 2024 4:28 pmMay 15, 2024 10:58 am

This afternoon, Democratic Senators Jacky Rosen and Catherine Cortez Masto introduced legislation to repeal the law that led to the designation of Yucca Mountain as a repository for the nation’s nuclear waste, and examine job-creating benefits of other uses for Yucca Mountain, such as a data center, a command facility...

Exclusive: GOP Senate Candidate Jeff Gunter Targets Rival Sam Brown’s ‘Toxic’ Support of Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Facility

May 14, 2024 11:28 amMay 14, 2024 4:28 pm

Later today, GOP Senate primary candidate Dr. Jeff Gunter will release a statewide ad targeting rival Captain Sam Brown’s support of the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository, a position that is aligned with Senator Mitch McConnell and opposed by former President Donald Trump. In the ad, Gunter highlights his alliance...

AFP Targets Rep Lee and Senator Rosen For Supporting The Inflation Reduction Act

May 10, 2024 12:46 pmMay 13, 2024 12:20 pm

Today, Americans for Prosperity launched a new round of ads calling out Rep. Susie Lee (CD-3) and Senator Jackie Rosen who backed Bidenomics, highlighting how their vote for the Inflation Reduction Act is costing Nevadan’s an extra ~$28,000 per year due to 40-year high inflation and higher prices spurred by...

Reps Horsford And Lee Sign Letter Urging Biden To ‘Restore Order At the Border’

May 8, 2024 2:06 pmMay 9, 2024 2:48 pm

Nevada’s Congressional Representatives Steven Horsford (CD-4) and Susie Lee (CD-3) joined thirteen of their Democratic colleagues in a letter to Joe Biden requesting his administration “immediately take further action” to secure the border between the United States and Mexico. In the letter first obtained by CBS News, the Democratic legislators...