Prosecutors are expected to file a criminal complaint on Monday against a Las Vegas political adviser accused of sexually enslaving and battering his then-fiancee, a spokeswoman for the Clark County district attorney’s office said.
Ramona Giwargis
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Ramona Giwargis covered state government and politics for the Las Vegas Review-Journal from January 2018 to December 2018. She previously covered local politics all over California, including stops in her hometown of San Jose, Merced, Salinas and Eureka. Ramona is a graduate of San Jose State University and has won multiple awards for investigative journalism.
A Las Vegas political adviser who worked on national campaigns and high-profile Nevada races sexually enslaved and battered his ex-fiancee before police responded to a domestic dispute last week, the woman told the Review-Journal.
A prominent Republican club kept reporters out of a luncheon with U.S. Sen. Dean Heller because the group’s president said they get in the way of serving food at the crowded restaurant.
Nevada Republicans filed a complaint this week accusing U.S. Rep. Jacky Rosen of accepting illegal contributions.
With 21 seats in play this June, the Nevada Assembly elections could cause headaches for both parties.
Republican consultant Benjamin Sparks, who was working on former U.S. Rep. Cresent Hardy’s campaign this year, was fired on Thursday following an alleged domestic dispute, the Review-Journal has learned.
Most of the Congressional District 4 candidates who spoke at a Democratic forum Wednesday said they had no clue the event was closed to the press and expressed surprise after a Review-Journal reporter was asked to leave.
A new poll shows Chris Giunchigliani and Steve Sisolak in a statistical dead heat in the Democratic gubernatorial primary.
Nevada health officials said Wednesday they are fixing widespread problems with how the state distributed millions of dollars in federal crime victim assistance grants, errors that were uncovered in a U.S. Department of Justice audit this week.
Jacob Delgado says he was tackled, put into a headlock and sedated for no reason. David McCovy says he got slammed to the ground and punched in the eye. And Robby Risher died after intentionally driving his car into a concrete pole.
State officials have slapped Emper Ebiya, the owner of a filthy Las Vegas group home that housed severely mentally ill residents, with a $25,000 fine — the maximum penalty authorized by law.
It’s officially election season in Nevada, and that means its only a matter of time before your televisions and radios are overtaken by political ads.
Nevada health officials are examining how the state could license consultants who transfer mentally ill people to unregulated group homes, a step prompted by a Las Vegas Review-Journal investigation that highlighted the death of a suicidal woman after she was placed in an unsupervised residence.
At the urging of President Donald Trump, Republican Danny Tarkanian is dropping out of the U.S. Senate race to make another run for Congress.
Republican U.S. Sen. Dean Heller and Democratic opponent, U.S. Rep. Jacky Rosen, filed ethics complaints against one another this week, the latest salvo in Nevada’s contentious Senate race.