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New York Times
February 16, 2018
The White House is assertively working to make America white again, and Democrats are too afraid to speak that truth. The aggressive .... Democrats won Nevada in the last three presidential elections, so the primary task is bringing those voters back to the polls for the midterm elections. The protectiveÃÂ ...
Mineral County Independent-News
February 15, 2018
Cresent Hardy, a Republican defeated by Kihuen two years ago, and Steven Horsford, a Democrat defeated by Hardy four years ago, have already announced for the seat that covers northern Clark County and the southern half of rural Nevada. There is also a wide open race for governor since Gov.
Washington Examiner
February 14, 2018
Martha McSally, who is running to replace Sen. Jeff Flake in Arizona. The ads capture some lawmakers changing attitudes toward the president. The one slamming Heller uses an interview during the campaign in which the Nevada Republican said he was 90 percent sure he wasn't going to vote for Trump.
Lincoln County Record
February 8, 2018
President Donald Trump struck a chord of bipartisanship in his first State of the Union address, but some Nevada Democrats want to see action rather than rhetoric. “Tonight, I call upon all of us to set aside our differences, to seek out common ground, and to summon the unity we need to deliver for theÃÂ ...
Newsweek
February 8, 2018
“They've been promised this for I don't know how long,” Representative Dina Titus (D-Nev.) told Newsweek amid .... Strategists suggest Democrats take their cue from former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat whose support for immigrants engaged Latinos and propelled him to victory.
CBS News
February 7, 2018
National Democrats fear the Nevada effort, if successful, could become a template for Republicans seeking to hang on to power in statehouses nationwide, ... "It's curious that the Democrat Party's attorneys would label such a system and its uses as frivolous when their actions are undemocratic by definition.
Las Vegas Review-Journal
February 7, 2018
Holder said former President Barack Obama would join the effort targeting 12 states, including Nevada. Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval cannot run for re-election due to term limits. Both chambers of the Nevada Legislature are held by Democrats. Holder, who left open Wednesday whether he would seekÃÂ ...
CNN
February 7, 2018
Republicans in Nevada are seeking to recall two senators who were elected in 2016 -- without alleging any wrongdoing on the part of the senators. Why oust Sens. Joyce Woodhouse and Nicole Cannizzaro? Because both are Democrats, and if the GOP can flip two seats, it will take control of the stateÃÂ ...
The Hill
January 17, 2018
“With full caucus support, it's clear that Democrats are committed to fighting to keep the internet from becoming the Wild West where ISPs are free to offer premium service to only the wealthiest customers while average consumers are left with far inferior options,” Schumer said in a statement Tuesday.
Belleville News-Democrat
January 17, 2018
Nevada's marijuana regulators have tentatively given pot retailers a green light to begin home deliveries for the first time since recreational marijuana sales became legal last July. The Las Vegas Sun reports The Nevada Tax Commission voted 8-0 on Tuesday to make permanent most of the temporaryÃÂ ...
The Record-Courier
January 17, 2018
It will be hosted by Northern Nevada Marches Forward Together, Second Annual Women's March Reno, Organizing for Action Nevada, For Nevada's Future, Indivisible Northern Nevada, Women of Washoe, Action Together Nevada, and PDA Reno. Cole said it will focus on "causes we care about,"ÃÂ ...
Ames Tribune
January 17, 2018
The climate of national politics and recent remarks allegedly made by President Trump made their way into forum of local legislators, with Democrats focusing on their Republican ... The forum, sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Story County, was held in Nevada and included state Sen. HermanÃÂ ...
Slate Magazine
January 17, 2018
The Impeach-O-Meter is a wildly subjective and speculative daily estimate of the likelihood that Donald Trump leaves office before his term ends, whether by being impeached (and convicted) or by resigning under threat of same. Winning campaigns, we wiseacres in the coastal punditsphere should alwaysÃÂ ...
Las Vegas Review-Journal
January 16, 2018
1, the advantage has shrunk to about 76,000 — or 565,904 Democrats and 489,674 Republicans. The total number of active registered voters statewide dipped from 1.5 million in January 2017 to 1.46 million last month as Nevada gears up for a key off-year election. U.S. Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., is tryingÃÂ ...
FiveThirtyEight
January 10, 2018
An optimistic Democrat might note that all the races the party needs to win control of the Senate — that is, all of their own seats, plus the Republican-held ones in Arizona and Nevada — are nevertheless listed as toss-ups or better for Democrats. But that doesn't mean their overall chances of winning theÃÂ ...
Las Vegas Review-Journal
January 8, 2018
Kelvin Atkinson as the Senate Democratic Caucus' campaign chair for Nevada's 2018 election cycle, the caucus announced. Atkinson named state Sens. Mo Denis and Nicole Cannizzaro, both Las Vegas Democrats, as co-vice campaign chairs, according to the release. “I am excited to be heading up ourÃÂ ...
Belleville News-Democrat
January 6, 2018
Nevada's new opioid prescription law is only days old but doctors already are worried about how it might be implemented. Physicians, lawyers and others expressed concerns this week to the state medical and dental boards over draft disciplinary rules for doctors who write improper prescriptions for painÃÂ ...
Las Vegas Review-Journal
January 5, 2018
A two-term state Senator and progressive Democrat is officially running for Congress in hopes of replacing disgraced Nevada Rep. Ruben Kihuen. ... Nevada's 4th District favors Democrats in terms of voter registration, so it's no surprise that Democrats are starting to line up for the chance to replace Kihuen.
Fort Worth Star Telegram
January 4, 2018
Nevada Democrats expressed outrage while Republicans took a wait-and-see approach Thursday after U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions called for federal prosecutors to decide whether to pursue marijuana cases in their districts. State Sen. Richard "Tick" Segerblom, a Democrat and the dean ofÃÂ ...
CNN
January 3, 2018
For that, look to two of Utah's neighbors: Nevada and Arizona. If a blue wave is building ahead of this year's midterm elections, it will crash there first. The two states are the prime pickup opportunities for Democrats on 2018's map, and their recipe for winning the Senate includes victories in those two racesÃÂ ...
New York Times
December 16, 2017
WASHINGTON — Representative Ruben Kihuen, a freshman Democrat from Nevada who has been accused of sexual harassment, said Saturday that he would not seek re-election. He is the fifth member of Congress in the past two weeks whose career has been derailed as part of the national reckoningÃÂ ...
New York Times
December 15, 2017
At this time last year, the Democratic path to Senate control seemed impossible: Hold all of the Democratic seats, flip Arizona and Nevada, then hope for a miracle. The Democrats got the political version of a miracle on Tuesday. Doug Jones's victory in Alabama means Democrats have accomplished theÃÂ ...
Belleville News-Democrat
March 6, 2017
Democrats are in control of the Nevada Legislature for the first time since the court's 5-4 decision on former President Barack Obama's health care law, and they are searching for justification to scrap the exemption entirely, as proposed, or narrow it ...
Belleville News-Democrat
March 4, 2017
Union membership in Nevada dropped last year to its lowest level since the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics began collecting data in 1989, according to statistics released by the federal government.
Las Vegas Review-Journal
March 4, 2017
Democrats from across the state elected Assemblyman William McCurdy II as the Nevada State Democratic Party's chair on Saturday.
KNPR
March 2, 2017
Rep. Frank Pallone still hasn't been given a chance to see the Republicans' bill that would replace the ACA. "I think they're afraid," the Democrat from New Jersey said of his Republican colleagues. "I think they're afraid that it will show that it ...
The Hill
March 2, 2017
Trump said that afternoon he has "total" confidence in Sessions, dismissing bipartisan calls for his recusal and some Democrats seeking the attorney general's resignation. The president has been dogged by his campaign's association with Russia sinceÃÂ ...
U.S. News & World Report
March 2, 2017
Democrat Eyes Tax Credits for Employers to Help With Daycare. A Nevada lawmaker has revived a proposal to give businesses a break on payroll taxes if they help employees find or pay for child care.
Reno Gazette Journal
March 1, 2017
Pat Spearman, a North Las Vegas Democrat who carried the resolution. The vote was along party lines with Democrats in the majority, save for state Sen. Heidi Gansert, R-Reno, who voted to approve.
Las Vegas Review-Journal
March 1, 2017
Air Force flyboy heroes will tell you that the flak gets heaviest when you get close to the target. That reminds me of what Republicans face whenever we bring up voter fraud.
Las Vegas Review-Journal
March 1, 2017
Ruben Kihuen, D-Nev., previously endorsed McCurdy. Also running for the post are Kimi Cole, Owen Carver and Matthew Buehler.
Las Vegas Sun
March 1, 2017
He asked his colleagues to "think creatively" when considering his proposal to ask Nevada voters to absorb their duties into the governor's office.
U.S. News & World Report
March 1, 2017
Nevada Democrats Want Ethics Probe of Laxalt Meeting. The Nevada Democratic party wants state ethics officials to investigate whether state Attorney General Adam Laxalt violated conflict-of-interest rules in a meeting with a chief state gambling ...
Vox
February 28, 2017
She's described a frustrating upbringing in Nevada in which her parents didn't let her take opportunities that came her way - from joining the cheerleading squad to attending a magnet school - because "they were afraid they'd have to show papers and ...
Las Vegas Review-Journal
February 28, 2017
Sen. Pat Spearman, D-North Las Vegas, listens to Sen. Joseph Hardy, R-Boulder City, during a meeting of the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services at the Nevada Legislative session on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, at the Legislative Building,ÃÂ ...
Reno Gazette Journal
February 28, 2017
Nevada lawmakers want to give people addicted to heroin, painkillers and other narcotics the option to treat their condition with medical marijuana.
Belleville News-Democrat
February 27, 2017
With an eye on Republican leaders inching toward a plan to replace the Affordable Care Act, Nevada lawmakers considered Monday the first in a series of proposals to enshrine federal health policies in state law.
Heavy.com
February 27, 2017
Who the Democrats have chosen to respond to Trump is quite symbolic of the issues they plan to focus on in the coming months.
Fetchyournews.com
February 27, 2017
Apart from that, in its death throes, the Democrat Party has revealed its inner demons and for awhile, they will remain the coastal nuisance party.
Las Vegas Review-Journal
February 27, 2017
Marsy's Law will guarantee victims a voice in the process, guarantee that victims will be informed of case actions and guarantee that there will be repercussionsÃÂ ...
Roll Call
February 27, 2017
That makes Nevada the biggest underperformer in the 115th Congress, as measured by the difference between its institutionalized sway on Capitol Hill (tied for 47th) and its ranking among the states in population (34th, with 2.9 million residents as of ...
Las Vegas Sun
February 27, 2017
One provision of the Affordable Care Act that Democrats hope to enshrine in state law this year will be considered on Monday when lawmakers present the case for workplace lactation accommodations.
Nevada Appeal
February 26, 2017
Harry Reid, a feisty Southern Nevada Democrat who successfully fought the Yucca Mountain project for 30 years before retiring in January.
U.S. News & World Report
February 26, 2017
Nevada lawmakers will tackle higher stacks of bills and a faster pace in the fourth week of the session when, among floor votes of increasing significance, lawmakers debate proposals to lock in a portion of Obamacare and abolish two state agencies.
Reno Public Radio
February 25, 2017
Back in control of both the Assembly and the Senate, Democrats recently unveiled the newest iteration of their "Nevada Blueprint." Senate Majority Leader Aaron Ford of Las Vegas says the agenda lays the framework for the next 102 days of the session.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
February 24, 2017
CARSON CITY, Nev. - Despite warnings this week of a federal crackdown by President Donald Trump's administration on recreational marijuana use, Nevada officials said Friday the state will launch recreational pot sales in July. Marijuana possession andÃÂ ...
Belleville News-Democrat
February 24, 2017
Gov. Brian Sandoval is considering whether Nevada needs a directive similar to Washington state's barring state agencies from arresting certain immigrants.
Los Angeles Times
February 24, 2017
Nevada's blue trend continues as it tries, more than 3 decades later, to ratify ERA with Democrats controlling state Legislature.
Salon
February 24, 2017
While Sandoval has, so far, remained mum on the matter, the governor effectively killed a 2013 passed by Democrats that would have allowed Nevada voters to register as close as three days before elections. Given that Sandoval can hardly be described asÃÂ ...
Belleville News-Democrat
February 22, 2017
Protesters demonstrate outside a hotel-casino where Sen. Dean Heller and Rep. Mark Amodei addressed a luncheon hosted by the Carson City Chamber of Commerce in Carson City, Nev., Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. About 200 protesters clamored outsideÃÂ ...
