Election Day is a month away, and Steve Sisolak has offered almost nothing specific about what policies he’d pursue if elected.
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Assemblyman Keith Pickard is “exploiting community members” for political gain. Gun control won’t prevent mass shootings, and the key to improving education is keeping great teachers in the classroom. That’s all according to Byron Brooks, who’s running for the Republican nomination for Senate District 20.
Animal traps be illegal on public lands, and Nevada should increase the gaming tax to hike education spending, according to Bryce Henderson.
Often what a candidate won’t say is more telling than what they want to talk about. Consider Democrat gubernatorial frontrunners Steve Sisolak and Chris Giunchigliani.
Steve Sisolak couldn’t scare off Chris Giunchigliani, and now she has Sisolak running scared. They’re both seeking the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. You can see this in his shifting policy positions and recent TV ads — a six-figure buy almost three months before the primary.
Nevada’s Democratic Party doesn’t think a women’s right to choose should include picking where she gets medical treatment. Last week, Republican gubernatorial candidate and attorney general Adam Laxalt visited First Choice Pregnancy Services, a crisis pregnancy center.
Attorney general and Republican gubernatorial candidate Adam Laxalt is committed to continuing the education reforms started by Gov. Brian Sandoval. He also wants to implement work requirements for able-bodied Medicaid recipients and doesn’t think the federal government will disrupt recreational marijuana in Nevada.
It’s time to put my credibility as a pundit on the line and offer eight political predictions for 2018.
Sen. Dean Heller wants to ensure the Raiders’ Las Vegas stadium can issue tax-exempt bonds, despite his opposition to government-funded stadiums. GOP House leaders surprised Nevada officials by proposing to eliminate tax-exempt bonding for professional sports stadiums in the tax-reform plan they unveiled last week.
Forget health care or taxes. The current public-policy discussion with the farthest-reaching societal implications is on transgender issues.