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Here’s who’s on the ballot in Nevada’s House primary elections
| June 7, 2024
From a video game composer to a longtime DJ, these candidates are looking to challenge safe House incumbents en route to the November election. Little time remains before Nevada’s June 11 primary, but there are still several ways to have your voice heard in deciding who represents the Silver State on Capitol Hill. The early […]Sen. Jacky Rosen backs bill to ban lawmakers from stock trading
| May 24, 2024
While this is the latest effort to bar members of Congress from trading stocks while in office, similar efforts in the past have stalled. Nevada Democratic US Sen. Jacky Rosen has become the latest federal lawmaker to announce their support for legislation that would ban members of Congress and their immediate families from trading on […]Nevada Republican congressional candidate takes aim at birthright citizenship
| May 24, 2024
During an interview with a local conservative radio station, ex-North Las Vegas Mayor John Lee suggested, among other things, that undocumented immigrants should be barred from owning property. The former mayor of North Las Vegas running to unseat Nevada US Rep. Steven Horsford suggested to a local conservative radio station last month that he favors […]Sen. Jacky Rosen endorses bill to curb wasteful government spending
| May 23, 2024
Rosen told The Nevadan her office has returned nearly $1.9 million to date in unspent operating funds back to the US Treasury Department since first joining Congress in 2017. Nevada US Sen. Jacky Rosen announced she is supporting new legislation aimed at eliminating frivolous spending in the federal government — and touted her office’s own […]House Democrats announce investigation into Big Oil price-fixing
| May 22, 2024
The investigation comes in the wake of bombshell allegations accusing former Pioneer Natural Resources CEO Scott Sheffield of colluding with OPEC to drive up oil prices at the expense of American consumers.