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Former Head Of Nevada Prison System Is Back Under Governor Lombardo

Under the newly-installed Republican governor, Joe Lombardo, a former head of the Nevada state prisons who left the role in 2019 is taking up the position once again. The state's Department of Corrections was overseen for three years by Republican Brian Sandoval, who was the governor at the time. Under Democrat Governor Steve Sisolak, he...

Trump Investigation Subpoenas Nevada’s Elections Department

The U.S. Department of Justice special counsel's investigation into former President Donald Trump and his supporters' attempts to annul the results of the 2020 election resulted in the serving of a subpoena to Nevada's retiring secretary of state last month. The subpoena demanded that Barbara Cegavske either show up in person on December 9 at...

‘Progress Over Chaos’: Democrats Including Obama Stress On The Need To Vote

Former President Barack Obama had a simple message for Nevadans when he was in Las Vegas Tuesday: vote. “This election requires every one of us to do our part,” said Obama, who happened to be Cheyenne High School’s rally’s main attraction. The rally itself was meant to invigorate supporters ahead of the midterms coming up...

Sisolak, Lombardo Answer Questions At Forum

GOP gubernatorial nominee and Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo says he’d demand the federal government to offer subsidies to farmers growing almonds and alfalfa, as well as other water-intensive crops across the west. He also says he’d rally behind getting a larger share of the Colorado River’s water for Nevada after the expiry of...

Biden’s loan forgiveness Has Impacts In All Areas Of Nevada

Vacations were a rarity when it came to the childhood of Nicole Platt and her brothers. Their family chose to invest their money in something they saw as more pressing, although they did go to Disneyland one year. The Platts didn’t struggle all that much to meet their needs while the kids were growing up, Nicole...

Former Nevada GOP chairwoman In Trouble For Endorsing Democrats

Amy Tarkanian, former Nevada GOP chairwoman and prominent conservative TV pundit, is getting backlash from the Republican Party after endorsing two candidates from the Democratic party, ahead of the midterms on November 8. This week, Tarkanian, who formerly resided in Las Vegas and is the wife of Danny Tarkanian—the Commissioner of Douglas County—shared a letter...

2020 Nevada Election Fraud Claims Debunked

Voting machine inaccuracies, Ballot tracking discrepancies, failure to give observers sufficient access to the counting of ballots, and Democrats bribing voters — these constituted the claims President Donald Trump and his supporters put forth as proof of voter fraud in the 2020 United States presidential election in Nevada. Shortly afterwards, judges in Nevada dismissed these...

Cortez Masto Says Laxalt Would Support Federal Abortion If Elected

Senator Catherine Cortez Masto verbally hit out at her Republican opponent this Friday, arguing that if Adam Laxalt were to be elected, he would further restrict women’s rights by supporting a national abortion ban. “We have an election here,” said Cortez Masto, a sitting Democrat senator seeking reelection into a second term. “And who wins...

Brown And Laxalt At Odds Over Voter Fraud Surrounding GOP Senate Race

Aspirant Republican Senators Sam Brown and Adam Laxalt had it out on Monday concerning the latter’s performance as chairman on former-president Donald Trump’s campaign in 2020 in Nevada. The main topic was whether he did sufficiently well in combating voter fraud during the time when he served as attorney general. There were few philosophical differences...

Officials Prepared As Supply Shortages Trigger Ballot Concerns

The Election Assistance Commission’s Vice Chairperson Christy McCormick knows that supply scarcities could cause delays as election officials order the envelopes and paper required for midterm and primary elections. The predicament stems from international supply chain problems and more requirement for paper thanks to the epidemic. It has made ballot vendors concerned about not...