Following the Supreme Court ruling overturning a ban on bump stocks, Sen. Jacky Rosen joined in on a bill to ban the gun accessory.
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New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez plans to talk about abortion rights and housing at a Biden-Harris campaign event in Las Vegas.
Will Republican Sam Brown manage a victory over Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen in the fall? There’s a lot of factors at play.
Attorney General Aaron Ford said Nevada will be receiving upwards of $6 million in the settlement relating to allegations of “deceptive trade practices.”
Races have been called for the Senate primary and all four congressional seats. The last race was called Wednesday night.
The state of Nevada has fined a Pahrump winery thousands of dollars for COVID-19 safety violations at a September event featuring the son of President Donald Trump.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday he would push for a vote as early as this week on a slimmed-down coronavirus stimulus bill.
“I was deeply disheartened and dismayed to see the callous and dangerous behavior displayed last night in Las Vegas,” the governor said of the “Evangelicals for Trump” event.
The Nevada Legislature’s second special session of the summer will start Friday, with lawmakers expected to tackle a litany of issues from reforms on policing and elections to ways to protect workers amid a global pandemic.
Advocacy groups in Nevada plan to call on the state not to return to traditional, in-person voting in November, saying it may discourage some voters from participating.
Primary election turnout so far in the primary election is about 16 percent of active voters statewide, according to figures from the secretary of state. Average statewide primary turnout in the last 10 elections is 23.74 percent.
President Donald Trump threatened to withhold federal funds from Nevada in retaliation for the state’s decision to mail absentee ballots because of the coronavirus outbreak.
Nevadans have been mailing in their primary ballots, but arguments between the left and right over possible voter fraud and disenfranchisement continue.
The group Fair Maps Nevada, which is circulating an initiative petition to turn the redistricting process over to an independent commission, is suing the state in federal court to get more time and permission to collect signatures electronically.
U.S. District Court Judge Miranda Du rejected a request for a preliminary injunction sought by a conservative group that alleged conducting the June 9 primary election by mail could lead to voter fraud.
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