Politics + Government
Can Lombardo break the Democrats’ Assembly supermajority? Here’s a look at the terrain.
Each of the Nevada State Assembly’s 42 seats are up for reelection this year, but that doesn’t mean all voters will have a choice to make in the upcoming June primary — or even in the November general election. That’s because in about one-fifth of Assembly districts, only the incumbent filed to run for the […]
Headline-hunting Lombardo mistakes urban sprawl for affordable housing policy
You can’t begrudge Gov. Joe Lombardo for trying to throw some shade on Joe Biden when the president made a campaign visit to Nevada Tuesday. Democrats do the same thing when Trump comes to Nevada. But let’s not pretend the letter Lombardo sent to Biden – and more importantly for Lombardo’s purposes, to the Nevada […]
The Lombardo Machine? Election season officially begins for state legislators, hopefuls
While he is not up for reelection, Gov. Joe Lombardo will hardly be a bystander in this year’s election cycle, and political observers believe his influence could play a role in the handful of races that decide whether he maintains veto power over the Nevada State Legislature. The Republican governor has largely embraced the narrative […]
Mike Gallagher’s departure is a bad sign for democracy
U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher was a rising star in the Wisconsin Republican Party before Feb. 10, when he suddenly announced his plans to retire. Heavily recruited to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, he was seen by top Republican strategists as “their best shot to block Baldwin for a third term,” according to Politico. In a […]
What happens next in the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas?
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate is expected to head to trial later this month after House Republicans impeached Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Tuesday in a historic move against a sitting Cabinet member. A special core set of impeachment rules that were last revised in the 1980s requires the body to consider resolutions […]
U.S. House Republicans impeach Homeland Security chief Mayorkas on second try
WASHINGTON — In their second attempt in as many weeks, U.S. House Republicans impeached Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday, marking an inflection point in the growing rift between the GOP and the White House over immigration policy decisions at the southern border. In a 214-213 vote, the House approved two articles […]
North Las Vegas voters to see two property tax measures on the ballot
North Las Vegas residents this summer will decide whether to keep two ‘90s era property tax rates, one that funds law enforcement and another that invests in building parks and rehabilitating roads. The North Las Vegas City Council voted unanimously Wednesday night to add two ballot questions to the June 11 primary election in order […]
Nevada Republican Party caucus goes exactly as Nevada Republican Party planned: Trump wins
Nevada’s confusing and chaotic moment in the nation’s presidential nomination process came to its inevitable end Thursday, with former President Donald Trump winning the Nevada Republican caucus, two days after a symbolic victory in a state-run primary. The Associated Press called the caucus for Trump on Thursday night shortly after 8 p.m. with only a […]
Biden rallies Democrats in Las Vegas: ‘Imagine the nightmare’ if Trump reelected
With a primary win all but inevitable, President Joe Biden used his Sunday appearance in Las Vegas’s Historic Westside to rally his most vocal supporters in a battleground state that delivered for him four years ago. In a roughly 30-minute speech at Pearson Community Center, Biden mentioned Tuesday’s presidential preference primary only in passing, instead […]
Details of proposed major overhaul of U.S. immigration law, global aid package unveiled
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Sunday night released a $118.28 billion global security package that includes a long-anticipated overhaul of immigration law negotiated by a bipartisan trio of senators. “The United States and our allies are facing multiple, complex and, in places, coordinated challenges from adversaries who seek to disrupt democracy […]
Trump voters say this time will be different
For voters waiting hours in line to see Donald Trump at the Big League Dreams stadium in Las Vegas Saturday, other Republican presidential hopefuls are a small blip on the former president’s path to the party nomination. Boyd, a 73-year old retiree, said he threw away his Nevada primary ballot after learning Trump wasn’t on […]
Immigration lawyer laments Lombardo’s ‘dangerous’ support of Texas defying Supreme Court
Gov. Joe Lombardo, a long-time law enforcement official and former Southern Nevada sheriff, is one of several Republican governors who have sided with Texas’s defiance of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that allows federal law enforcement to tear down razor wire barriers that have “increased safety risk” to border agents and migrants alike. Though his […]