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Frierson names Assembly leaders
Assembly Speaker Jason Frierson, who was elected to retain his position as speaker by the Democratic caucus last week, Wednesday announced Democratic Assembly leadership positions for the 2019 legislative session. Steve Yeager of Las Vegas will be Frierson’s speaker pro tempore. Assemblywoman Teresa Benitez-Thompson of Las Vegas was named the elected majority leader. Additional appointments […]
Rosen hopes to buck political polarization
Despite the deep political polarization in Washington and the nation, U.S Senator-elect Jacky Rosen thinks there are areas where both parties can work together. Meeting with reporters Friday, Rosen said there are issues both parties can agree to work on, mentioning her involvement in the Problem Solvers Caucus as a representative in the House. […]
Trump’s trade war and the Strip: “You guys are going to feel it”
Over the past month several media sources have sounded the alarm that fewer Chinese business groups, tourists and students are visiting the United States, a possible sign that the tensions between the current administration and the People’s Republic has spread beyond the trade war. The White House levied tariffs of 10 percent on $200 billion […]
Nevada goes blue, elects Sisolak, Rosen
The blue wave that failed to wash over America showed up in Nevada, albeit a few hours late. Democrats Steve Sisolak and Jacky Rosen defeated Republicans Adam Laxalt and Dean Heller. Sisolak’s victory marked the first time in 24 years a Nevada Democrat has won a race for governor. Heller’s defeat marked the first time […]
Horsford, Lee win open U.S. House seats
Democrats took control of the U.S. House of Representatives in Tuesday’s election, and the new majority will include three Democrats from Nevada. In what was considered the most competitive of Nevada’s House races, Susie Lee defeated Republican perennial candidate Danny Tarkanian in the 3rd congressional district. It was Tarkanian’s second consecutive loss in the district. […]
Early voting meets Día de los Muertos
The last two days of early voting line up with the popular Mexican holiday Día de los Muertos, and as they pray for and remember family members who have died, some Nevada Latinos are also keeping an eye on a midterm election that, thanks to Donald Trump, has taken an ugly anti-immigrant turn. “I don’t […]
Tribes get their own polling places, some for the first time
Before the 2016 general election, members of the Pyramid Lake Paiute and Walker River Paiute tribes filed suit against Nevada, Washoe County and Mineral County for failing to provide adequate early voting and Election Day polling locations on their reservations. A U.S district judge found that the lawsuit would likely succeed under the Voting Rights […]
Democratic women team up to make legislative gains
State Assembly District 22 is a red-leaning district. Kristee Watson, 36, wants to turn it blue, by defeating Republican opponent Melissa Hardy Nov. 6. The seat is currently held by Republican Keith Pickard, who is running for state senate, and whose yard signs line the street near Watson’s phone bank location. The phone bank is […]
Sanders rallies for Rosen, against “billionaires buying elections”
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, the progressive provocateur who energized young voters in his 2016 Presidential campaign, rallied Thursday alongside Rep. Jacky Rosen and other Nevada Democrats urging voters to turn the state blue. “In a week and a half there is the most important midterm election in the modern history of this county, and what […]
Question 4: The quietest constitutional amendment
Voters approved a state constitutional amendment to exempt medical devices from sales tax the first time in 2016. Amendments must be approved twice to take effect, and that seems likely to happen this year. The measure was supported by more than 70 percent of voters two years ago. That helps explain why Question 4 has […]
Obama: “When you vote, good things happen”
In 2012, when Barack Obama and Mitt Romney were on the ballot, more than a million Nevadans voted in the general election, and Obama won the state. In 2014, when no presidential candidates were on the ballot, roughly half as many Nevadans turned out to vote, and Democrats were crushed. In 2016, Democrats turned out, […]
Nevada distinctly vulnerable to census citizenship question
A 2020 U.S. Census undercount could have potentially large ripple effects for everything the census determines — from how congressional seats are distributed around the country to where hundreds of billions of federal dollars are spent. And Nevada could be especially at risk. The Commerce Department, at the Justice Department’s request, has approved a question […]