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Nevada delays launch of statewide voter registration system
Nevada is delaying the launch of a “top-down” voter registration database and election system until after the upcoming June primary, a decision made after 15 county election officials requested the scheduled spring launch be delayed. On Tuesday, Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar announced the implementation of the Voter Registration and Election Management System, or […]
Biden campaign highlights ramp up of Nevada efforts before visit
Democrats will have more than 40 campaign staffers on the ground in Nevada and Arizona by the end of this month, according to a Biden-Harris 2024 campaign manager, and operations are expected to match or exceed what the party invested in the region during the 2022 midterm election. President Joe Biden will travel to Reno, […]
Rosen, Cortez Masto ask HHS to improve tribal access to mental health services
Nevada U.S. Democratic Sens. Jacky Rosen and Catherine Cortez Masto called on Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Xavier Becerra to improve tribal access to federal mental health services via a letter sent on March 14. The Indian Health Service is “the agency tasked with providing direct public health support to members of Tribal […]
After two month of primaries and caucuses, Biden, Trump clinch their nominations
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump clinched their parties’ nominations for president by winning state primaries Tuesday, setting up the same choice voters saw in the 2020 election. Both candidates are unpopular with the general electorate, but neither faced serious hurdles to their nominations in the states that have held presidential nominating contests. […]
Patagonia retail workers in Reno vote to form company’s first union in U.S.
Patagonia retail workers in Reno voted to unionize. The Reno Patagonia outlet store, located at 130 S Center St., is the first of the outdoor retailer’s U.S. stores to vote for union representation. Nine of 15 eligible workers voted to join United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 711, according to the National Labor Relations […]
IRS launches its new free tax filing program
The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service launched its new, free tax filing program in Nevada and 12 other states Tuesday. Nearly 20 million people qualify for the Direct File program including 480,000 Nevadans, according to the Treasury Department release. In Nevada and the dozen other states participating in the Direct File […]
Rosen helps secure increased funding for tribal housing programs
Nevada Democratic U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen announced Monday that $1.34 billion in funding for tribal housing programs is now available, including for the Indian Housing Block Grant program. The funding was included in the government spending package approved by Congress and signed into law last week. Native Americans in tribal areas have some of the […]
Biden enlists local officials to revive immigration deal
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Monday urged local officials to lobby their members of Congress to pass the bipartisan border security deal struck in the Senate that Republicans walked away from this year. In a brief speech touting the administration’s accomplishments to more than 2,000 mayors, city officials and other advocates in Washington for […]
Federal designation allows Reno Sparks Tribal Health Center more access to specialists
The Reno Sparks Tribal Health Center announced its designation Thursday as a Tribal Federally Qualified Health Center, which allows it to pay higher reimbursement rates to specialists providing care. The designation is in collaboration with the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services. “Tribal patients will have an easier time accessing care, and I hope […]
Lombardo backs Brown in Republican U.S. Senate primary
Gov. Joe Lombardo endorsed Nevada Republican Senate candidate Sam Brown Thursday, Brown’s campaign announced in a release. Brown already has the backing of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) committee, the Republican Senate’s campaign arm, in his bid to win the primary and challenge incumbent Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen in the general election. Other Republicans […]
House spending bill eliminates VA testing on dogs, cats, monkeys
The spending bill passed by the House of Representatives Wednesday includes language that would end what animal advocates say is cruel and unnecessary taxpayer-funded testing performed on dogs, cats, and monkeys by the Department of Veterans Affairs. “The Department shall implement a plan under which the Secretary will eliminate the research conducted using canines, felines, […]
State launches committee to review deaths of vulnerable adults
In an attempt to uncover policy gaps that might have contributed to the death of people with physical and mental disabilities, the state recently began a committee to review fatalities of vulnerable adults. The findings are expected to highlight systemic barriers and recommend policy changes, but the committee won’t be investigating care facilities or individuals […]