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Las Vegas Review-Journal
April 29, 2018
Atlantic Richfield, owner of the former Anaconda copper mine, was suddenly halting the free home delivery of bottled water it's provided since 2004 to about 100 residences on a neighboring Native American reservation in Nevada where scientists continue to track the movement of a poisonous plume ofÃâà...
The Nevada Independent
April 29, 2018
The Nevada Independent already produces fact-checks for political advertisements and off-the-cuff remarks, but we also want to get ahead of the campaign .... Rocky Research $58,300 Carpenters & Joiners Union $57,500 Barrick Gold $52,500 Last Report: 12/31/17 Credit: Center for Responsive Politics.
Virginian-Pilot
April 28, 2018
"This latest frivolous complaint shows just how weak Nevada Democrats perceive their anointed candidate, Jacky Rosen," Heller's campaign spokesman Keith Schipper said in a statement. Schipper called on Rosen ask her political party to stop wasting taxpayer dollars spent looking into the complaints.
KTNV Las Vegas
April 28, 2018
LAS VEGAS (KTNV) - An Army veteran is hoping to make political history in Nevada. LaDon Henry wants to become Nevada's first openly transgender legislator. "I know the type of discrimination that happens on a day-to-day basis that has been swept under the rug for far too long," says Henry. Living as aÃâà...
CNN
April 28, 2018
Nevada's electoral landscape argues very much against the idea that Democrats should take much if any comfort in America's changing demographics. It's a state that has become incredibly more diverse in the past 25 years or so. According to the Census's Current Population Survey, 81% of the state'sÃâà...
Las Vegas Review-Journal
April 27, 2018
Giunchigliani, a county commissioner who served 15 years in the Nevada Assembly, said she's stood with Planned Parenthood her entire political career, and fought in 1999 to ensure Nevada insurance companies cover birth control. Her appreciation for the clinics began when an anxious 16-year-oldÃâà...
Las Vegas Review-Journal
April 27, 2018
Independent political analysts rate the open Nevada seats as leaning or likely Democrat in 2018. ... in 2016, they should be able to hold them in 2018 in what should be a Democratic-leaning environment,” said Kyle Kondik with Sabato's Crystal Ball at the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia.
The Killeen Daily Herald
April 26, 2018
(AP) — An eighth-grade student has filed a federal lawsuit accusing his northern Nevada school district of violating his First Amendment rights after he says ... "Any social studies teacher should know, the First Amendment protects students' right to speak on political or social issues — including the right toÃâà...
Las Vegas Review-Journal
April 26, 2018
Four Democrats jostling to be Nevada's next governor squared off Wednesday on gun control, immigration and the state's struggling education system. The candidates — Clark County Commissioner Chris Giunchigliani, pediatric endocrinologist Asheesh Dewan, union leader David Jones and businessÃâà...
Las Vegas Review-Journal
April 26, 2018
To fire up voters before the midterm elections, Nevada Democrats have launched a one-stop shop for voter registration, information and volunteer opportunities. The new website, Vote Nevada, includes information about important deadlines, registering to vote and methods of casting a ballot, such as earlyÃâà...
Reno Gazette Journal
April 26, 2018
Leading up to the primary election in June, the Reno Gazette Journal is getting the top candidates for governor on the record on a variety of issues that voters care about. Those questions spanned everything from immigration to guns. Below are the candidates in their own words on the topic of #MeToo andÃâà...
Las Vegas Review-Journal
April 26, 2018
Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson, President Donald Trump's choice to be secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, leaves a Senate office building after meeting individually with some members of the committee that would vet him for the post, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 24, 2018. (J. ScottÃâà...
Vox
April 25, 2018
President Donald Trump isn't popular in the state of Nevada — and it looks like it's going to be a problem for Sen. Dean Heller, the most vulnerable Republican senator up for reelection in 2018. A new independent poll shows Heller neck and neck with his Democratic challenger Rep. Jacky Rosen; 39.7Ãâà...
Reno Gazette Journal
April 24, 2018
Such policies have moved to the political foreground since the start of the #MeToo movement, a social media-driven wave of support for thousands of victims who came forward with sexual misconduct allegations that rocked Hollywood, the media, politics. Schwartz did not specify what measures he thoughtÃâà...
Las Vegas Review-Journal
April 24, 2018
Henry, a small-business owner and radio host, said he felt the urge to get involved with politics after the election of President Donald Trump, whom Henry feared ... Henry will face fellow Democrats Kathleen Lauckner and Alexander Assefa in the June 12 primary election in his first run for a political office.
Las Vegas Review-Journal
April 7, 2018
Oram, however, didn't take on just anybody as a client, Sandoval said. He had to believe in the candidate and their values. During his first meeting with Sandoval in 2001, Oram chatted with the future governor for a couple of hours but didn't ask a single question about politics. “He asked me how I was as aÃâà...
Las Vegas Review-Journal
March 30, 2018
Heller was crucial” to Republican efforts to hold the Senate seat, said Matt Mackowiak, a GOP political consultant not involved in the Nevada race. ... case” for the argument by GOP leaders that donations will increase because of the tax cuts, said Kyle Kondik with the University of Virginia Center for Politics.
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