At 10 a.m. on Wednesday, students from 12 schools in the Las Vegas valley will walk out of their classes for 17 minutes as part of the National School Walkout. It’s an event organized by the Women’s March, and it claims that similar protests will occur at thousands of schools throughout the country.
Victor Joecks talks about Ruben Kihuen and the possibility he has to run for reelection.
President Donald Trump appears committed to imposing new tariffs, 25 percent on steel and 10 percent on aluminum.
Nevada Politics Today host Victor Joecks sat down with Republican Senate Minority Leader, Michael Roberson to discuss gun safety and his race as republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor.
Sandoval is a moderate, and the policies he’s leaving behind reflect that. Republicans unexpectedly took control of both houses in 2015. Sandoval had a chance to replicate Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and fundamentally change Nevada policy and politics. Sandoval did neither.
On Monday, House Democrats introduced an assault weapons ban. Of the 193 Democrats in the House, 168 are sponsors or co-sponsors, including Nevada’s three House Democrats.
Nevada Politics Today host Victor Joecks sits down to talk with Candidate for Congressional District 4, Amy Vilela.
Last week, Republican gubernatorial candidate and attorney general Adam Laxalt visited First Choice Pregnancy Services, a crisis pregnancy center.
Victor Joecks interviews David Chipman, Giffords Senior Policy Advisor, about the recent shooting in Florida and how to stop an event like this from occurring again.
Being a shooting victim doesn’t make you an expert on ending gun violence. You wouldn’t know that from watching CNN.
After every mass shooting, elected Democrats and their allies in the media tell Americans to “do something.” The response to Wednesday’s horrific shooting in Florida has been no different.
After every mass shooting, elected Democrats and their allies in the media tell Americans to “do something.” The response to Wednesday’s horrific shooting in Florida has been no different.
Victor Joecks talks about the education establishment wanting more money.
Victor Joecks talks about how major news outlets reacted to Kim
Jong-un’s sister at the Winter Olympics.
In 2016, Sens. Joyce Woodhouse and Nicole Cannizzaro collected thousands from Manendo. Both faced extremely competitive campaigns. Nevada Senate Democrats, then under the leadership of Sen. Majority Leader Aaron Ford, accepted $13,500.
Review-Journal reporter Victor Joecks interviews Adam Laxalt, Attorney General and Candidate for Governor of Nevada.
It doesn’t matter who CCSD hires. It doesn’t matter if he or she has financial expertise and loads of political savvy. The next superintendent isn’t going to have the one thing he or she actually needs — authority.
Sitting in her Clark High School math class, Daniela Lopez longed to go to a private school. There was just one, seemingly insurmountable problem. Her family couldn’t afford it. Thanks to school choice, they didn’t have to. Fortunately for Lopez, Gov. Brian Sandoval and legislative Republicans passed the OpportunityScholarship program in 2015.
Nevada Politics Today: Victor Joecks interviews National School Choice Week President, Andrew Campanella.
Teen girls shouldn’t have to take their pants off in front of random teenage boys. The Clark County School District disagrees.
On Thursday, the House passed a temporary spending measure and six years of funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program. Although Republicans have a slim majority in the Senate, Senate rules require a spending bill to get 60 votes. This gives Democrats the power to shut down the government, which they look eager to do. Democrats in both houses want protections for illegal aliens brought to the U.S. as children.
The law states that giving the public access to government records “foster(s) democratic principles.” That’s strong rhetoric and rightly so. Government officials work for the public. That makes members of the public, the boss. One of your rights as a supervisor is to know what your employees are doing. Too often they refuse.
Nevada Politics Today: Victor Joecks interviews North Las Vegas Mayor John Lee.
On Thursday, Pence offered remarks at two Air Force events, accompanied by Sen. Dean Heller and attorney general Adam Laxalt. Pence acknowledged Laxalt, but went out of his way to praise Heller.
Victor Joecks talks to Las Vegas City Councilwoman Michele Fiore about the Cliven Bundy trial.
Clark County residents have endured over a dozen tax increases, including increases in the sales tax, property tax, car tab tax and gas tax. There was also the creation of a new gross receipts tax called the commerce tax. That’s on top of dozens of fee increases based by Carson City.
Last year, President Donald Trump’s election integrity commission asked Nevada for voter information. Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske gave the commission, which Trump disbanded Wednesday, the information state law required her to release, but not things like Social Security Numbers.
Review-Journal columnist Victor Joecks and White House Correspondent Debra Saunders discuss several tweets from President Trump, his relationship with Senator Dean Heller and what changes are being made to DACA.
If you thought the Clark County School District’s budget problems were over, think again. An
unelected, unaccountable, out-of- state arbitrator could leave CCSD without enough money to
pay its bills.
