Republican gubernatorial candidate Adam Laxalt’s campaign responded Thursday to a threat of a lawsuit levied by the lawyer of his opponent, promising not to back off of using claims the she claimed were defamatory.
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Colton Lochhead covers pot and politics for the Review-Journal, where he started as an intern covering crime and breaking news in 2012. Raised in Las Vegas, the life-long desert rat graduated from Bonanza High School before earning his journalism degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Four major clean energy advocacy groups announced Thursday that they oppose Question 3, the ballot initiative that would break up NV Energy’s monopoly and create an open energy market in Nevada.
Nevada Rep. Dina Titus last week became one of the most prominent Democrats to come out against the proposed constitutional amendment that would open Nevada’s energy market to competition.
It’s too difficult to predict whether Nevadans’ electricity rates would go up or down in an open energy market under Question 3, according to a local think tank’s report released last week.
Aaron Ford, current state Senate majority leader and Democratic nominee in the race to become Nevada’s top prosecutor, has a history of failing to fully pay his taxes, public records show.
The longtime personal lawyer for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Steve Sisolak is demanding a retraction from Republican Adam Laxalt’s campaign for what she called “false and defamatory statements.”
The money race in Nevada’s 4th Congressional District is much closer thanks to drastically different spending patterns between the two major party candidates.
U.S. Rep. Jacky Rosen maintains that she built her career as a programmer and independent consultant, and said U.S. Sen. Dean Heller is attacking her because “he’s got nothing else to run on.”
A new Axios/SurveyMonkey poll has Democratic challenger Rep. Jacky Rosen up three percentage points over incumbent Republican Sen. Dean Heller in the race that both parties see as key to controlling the U.S. Senate.
The chief of staff for the Nevada Attorney General’s office has been tabbed to become the state’s next top federal prosecutor, according to Nevada Sen. Dean Heller.
An attorney representing a woman who accused Democratic nominee for governor Steve Sisolak of improper behavior with her daughter sent a letter to his opponent, Republican Adam Laxalt, urging him to stop using the allegations as a campaign tactic.
Nevadans will be able to decide if they want to up the state’s renewable energy production after the initiative was officially qualified for the November ballot on Wednesday.
Add another item to the mudslinging contest between the campaigns for incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Dean Heller and his challenger, Democratic U.S. Rep. Jacky Rosen.
The campaign of Democrat Rep. Jacky Rosen announced it hauled in $3.5 million during the 2nd quarter, eclipsing the $2.38 million raised by incumbent Sen. Dean Heller.
President Donald Trump is set to announce his nominee to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy on the U.S. Supreme Court, and the issue of women’s reproductive rights looms large over the decision.