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Conservationists hail ruling against “water grab”
A ruling Friday could mark the end of a three-decade fight over the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) plan to pump groundwater from eastern Nevada aquifers to Las Vegas, according to critics of the “water grab.” But the state engineer promised that water permit denials issued by the Nevada Division of Water Resources (NDWR) Friday […]
FiveThirtyEight likes Democratic chances in Nevada House seats
A FiveThirtyEight analysis of polls gives Democrats a 75 percent chance of winning control the U.S. House, and gives Susie Lee, the Democratic nominee for the open seat in Nevada’s Third Congressional District, a 66.9 percent chance of defeating her Republican opponent Danny Tarkanian. The battle for Nevada’s third district has remained contentious since Tarkanian […]
‘Credit cards are about credit, not immigration status’
In the “Ask the Expert” portion of an article ranking best credit cards without a social security number requirement for WalletHub, Francine J. Lipman, a professor of law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law defended unauthorized immigrants access to U.S credit cards. Most major credit card companies will approve […]
Lois Tarkanian takes to Breitbart to blast Lee, defend her son
In an article published Tuesday on Breitbart, Lois Tarkanian, the mother of Danny Tarkanian, the GOP nominee for the open seat in Nevada’s Third Congressional District, denounces his opponent Democrat Susie Lee for her campaign tactics saying “Susie Lee’s most recent lie especially sickens me.” Lois Tarkanian, a Democrat, has served on the Las Vegas […]
Laborers Local 872 endorses Heller
Laborers Union Local 872 endorsed Republican Sen.Dean Heller for reelection, Heller’s campaign announced in a release Tuesday. The release followed an announcement tweeted by the union Sunday. The union, best known recently for its aggressive support of public financing for the football stadium for the Raiders, has nearly 2,500 members. “I’m honored to have the […]
Revenue model: Nevada courts rely on criminalized traffic tickets
Thirty-seven states across the country consider traffic infractions civil matters that do not lead to jail time. Nevada is not one of them. In Nevada, even minor traffic infractions like speeding are treated as a misdemeanor, meaning a failure to appear in court or the inability to pay a ticket renders a person subject to […]
Senators take aim at bail industry’s insurers
Last Friday, Sen. Cory Booker D-N.J., and Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio sent a letter to 22 insurance companies requesting details of their finance and their relationship with the bail bond agents they underwrite, reported the Marshall Project. The letter includes a series of questions asking for information on how the insurance companies are monitoring for […]
Lee campaign brushes off Tarkanian ‘cease and desist’ letter
Democratic congressional candidate Susie Lee has formally responded to the cease and desist letter sent by her Republican opponent Danny Tarkanian requesting her and her campaign retract statements about his past business dealings: No. Last week in a letter to Lee, Tarkanian’s lawyer, Mark Randazza accused the Lee campaign of “publishing multiple defamatory statements” on […]
Failed bank robber programming UNLV radio station
The Hank Greenspun School of Journalism and Media Studies teaches students to become the next watchdogs of journalism — something the school could have done a better job of itself. Last month UNLV’s radio station announced a major format shift that eliminated many of its community programs from the station’s weekly schedule as well as […]
Child lead poisoning on rise, prevalence unknown
Reported cases of lead poisoning among children are on the rise in Southern Nevada. The increase is attributed in part to more testing. But researchers, pointing to a legacy of inadequate screening in the state, are also calling for stepped up measures to detect lead poisoning in children. “We currently only test three percent of […]
Rosen ad: “Trump manda y Heller obedece”
Democratic Rep. Jacky Rosen continues to court Latino voters with the launch of her third Spanish-language television ad this cycle, which starts airing today on Telemundo and Univision in Las Vegas and Reno. The 30-second television ad titled “Compas”— meaning buddies in Spanish — attempts to highlight the political alliance between President Donald Trump and Rosen’s […]
Telemarketing case follows Tarkanian to House race
Republican Danny Tarkanian hand-delivered a cease and desist letter Monday to the campaign office of his political opponent for Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District, Democrat Susie Lee. In the letter to Lee, Tarkanian’s lawyer, Mark Randazza accused the Lee campaign of “publishing multiple defamatory statements” on social media and elsewhere related to his role in setting up telemarketing […]