politics/government

3 min read 2022-06-01 20:07:40

Rep. Susie Lee weighs in on proposed gun legislation: ‘we better try like hell’

U.S. Rep. Susie Lee and Wally Swenson, vice president of corporate affairs at Nevada HAND speak during a town hall. (Photo: Michael Lyle)Policy,

3 min read 2022-06-01 19:59:09

Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D-N.Y., in 2019. (Photo by Jacquelyn Martin - Pool/Getty Images)Policy, politics and progressive commentary WASHINGTON —

4 min read 2022-05-31 20:00:40

A sign reminds voters they need photo ID to vote at polling station in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)Policy, politics and

3 min read 2022-05-27 20:05:24

Rep. Steven Horsford during an interview at the Nevada Current office in early 2020. (Photo: Jeniffer Solis)Policy, politics and progressive

5 min read 2022-05-26 23:27:43

Policy, politics and progressive commentary Not a single ballot has been counted in the Republican primary for governor, but Clark County Sheriff Joe

3 min read 2022-05-26 20:30:19

Former Attorney General Adam Laxalt at a "Latinos con Laxalt" event in Las Vegas in March 2022. (Photo: Jeniffer Solis)Policy, politics and

5 min read 2022-05-24 20:00:19

North Las Vegas mayoral candidates (L-R) Jesse Addison III, Gary Bouchard, Pat Spearman and Nathan Atkins speak at a candidate forum. (Photo: Michael

6 min read 2022-05-23 20:30:02

Amy Vilela is challenging U.S. Rep. Dina Titus in the 2022 Democratic primary for Nevada's 1st Congressional District. (Photo: Amy Vilela

5 min read 2022-05-20 20:00:49

(Photo by Joshua Hoehne on Unsplash.)Policy, politics and progressive commentary Seven Nevada Republican lawmakers are members of at least one

2 min read 2022-05-17 19:41:52

Nevada's political-industrial complex dropped everything (namely urgent public priories which were being customarily ignored anyway) to give a

3 min read 2022-05-13 06:47:10

The U.S. Capitol, Jan. 6, 2021. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)Policy, politics and progressive commentary WASHINGTON — The U.S. House

7 min read 2022-05-12 20:18:51

Republican Secretary of State candidate and 2020 election denier Jim Marchant in March urging Nye County to switch to hand-counted paper ballots.

5 min read 2022-05-12 20:17:00

John Vellardita, executive director of CCEA speaking at rally outside Durango High School in Las Vegas, Nevada in May, 2019. (Photo: Jeniffer Solis)

5 min read 2022-05-12 03:52:44

Demonstators at the U.S. Supreme Court in March 2020. (States Newsroom file photo)Policy, politics and progressive commentary WASHINGTON — Efforts

5 min read 2022-05-11 20:14:57

Federal mining law was crafted by Nevada Sen. William Stewart (upper right), and signed into law by President U.S. Grant in 1872. Nevada politicians,