On Monday, a pac chaired by Sen. Majority Leader Michael Roberson filed an initiative to amend Nevada’s constitution to prevent sanctuary cities. The initiative would prevent Nevada elected officials from enacting a law that “prohibits, limits or discourages cooperation” with the enforcement of U.S. immigration laws. Sanctuary cities—or in California’s case, a sanctuary state—refuse to tell federal immigration authorities when they have arrested or are about to release an illegal immigrant.
CCSD Trustee Kevin Child vowed to continue visiting CCSD schools, despite Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky’s memo banning him from CCSD facilities. He said he had visited schools since the memo came out without incident.
“I’m going to go to schools,” said Child. “There’s got to be due process and I was never allowed due process. All it was, was that someone sent a memo out. To me, that creates a hostile work environment when you have no basis.”
Finding out exactly how much Obamacare has increased your insurance costs may give you a heart attack. It’s certainly going to flatline your wallet. Wednesday is the first day to buy 2018 health insurance coverage on Obamacare’s Marketplace. You’ve probably heard that premiums in Nevada are going up by an average of 36.8 percent from 2017.
The Clark County School District is currently holding private meetings to discuss implementing a district-wide policy on transgender students. That should concern every parent who thinks having boy private parts makes you a boy.
Danny Tarkanian believes President Donald Trump wants him to beat Sen. Dean Heller in Nevada’s Republican primary. Tarkanian isn’t counting on an endorsement, however, because he knows Trump needs Heller’s vote to pass legislation. Tarkanian made his comments Wednesday on reviewjournal.com’s “Nevada Politics Today.” “President Trump needs Dean Heller’s support on other bills that he’s trying to pass, so it’d be pretty unrealistic to think that he’s trying to come out and attack Dean Heller now, while he’s still waiting for the votes to come through,” Tarkanian said.
Opponents of the efforts to recall three state senators have resorted to stalking and harassing a signature gatherer, a video obtained by the Review-Journal shows. A young-looking female signature gatherer took the video on October 24. She’s being followed by an older man who’s holding literature that says “decline to sign.
Danny Tarkanian believes President Donald Trump wants him to beat Sen. Dean Heller in the Republican primary. Tarkanian isn’t counting on an endorsement, however, because he knows Trump needs Heller’s vote to pass legislative priorities.
Tarkanian made his comments Wednesday while filming Nevada Politics Today.
“I believe he (Trump) will want me to win,” said Tarkanian. “How much he’ll come out publicly or not, I don’t know that answer. But I’ll tell you this. There’s no way Dean Heller can get away from the fact that he was a Never Trumper in the last election.”
Danny Tarkanian believes President Donald Trump wants him to beat Sen. Dean Heller in the Republican primary. Tarkanian isn’t counting on an endorsement, however, because he knows Trump needs Heller’s vote to pass legislative priorities.
Tarkanian made his comments Wednesday while filming Nevada Politics Today.
“I believe he (Trump) will want me to win,” said Tarkanian. “How much he’ll come out publicly or not, I don’t know that answer. But I’ll tell you this. There’s no way Dean Heller can get away from the fact that he was a Never Trumper in the last election.”
Victor Joecks talks about Las Vegas applying to become the home of Amazon’s second headquarters, and what the implications and aftermath could result.
It was habit, not heroism, that caused Justin Pearson to grab his gun. But seconds later, that weapon enabled Pearson to stop a kidnapping taking place just outside his Las Vegas home on October 5.
The lawyer for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign just filed a lawsuit seeking to rewrite Nevada’s constitution and restrict your ability to hold politicians accountable. (Victor Joecks)
In 2013, local investors bought the Las Vegas 51s, a minor league baseball team, for $20 million. on Tuesday, the Las Vegas convention and visitors authority paid a whopping $80 million for 20 years of naming rights for a new 51s stadium going up in Summerlin.
Governor Brian Sandoval’s recent attack on Attorney General Adam Laxalt’s opposition to the commerce tax was just plain dishonest.
A liberal, pro-gun control Senator from California just offered much-needed perspective on the Las Vegas Strip shooting. Gun-rights supporters couldn’t have said it better if they tried (Victor Joecks)
It’s hard to believe now, but union leaders once praised the selection of Pat Skorkowsky as superintendent of the Clark County School District Superintendent. (Victor Joecks)
Gubernatorial candidate Dan Schwartz hopes Republicans value his persona over his policies. (Victor Joecks/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Democrats seeking political gain are now the biggest barrier to legal status for those who registered with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. (Victor Joecks)
The budget crisis facing the Clark County School District was so easy to see coming, Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky predicted it just 19 months ago. (Victor Joecks)
Having a supervisor approve pay increases is a basic accountability measure. No wonder so many Nevada politicians want to bypass the government-version of that, called the separation of powers. (Victor Joecks)
If you want a textbook example of national media elites looking down on Middle America, look no further than this week’s New York Times hit piece on Saturday night’s Mayweather-McGregor megafight. (Victor Joecks)
History says Danny Tarkanian is wasting his time challenging Sen. Dean Heller in next year’s Republican primary. but past trends ignore the unique problems Heller faces in his re-election bid. (Victor Joecks/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Nevada Democrats are in an uproar over Nevada Republicans exercising their constitutional rights.
