Nevada has reduced youth smoking by scanning drivers licenses, but the state should ensure that license information remains private.
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Steve Sebelius

Steve Sebelius wrote about local, state and national politics, as well as the Nevada Legislature.
The so-called Reid machine waged a meticulous campaign to win back the Nevada State Democratic Party, a campaign straight out of the late Sen. Harry Reid’s playbook.
It’s long past time to do away with a Senate tradition that allows a single senator to thwart a president’s judicial nomination.
A bill by state Sen. Nicole Cannizzaro would protect women from states where abortion is illegal who come to Nevada to seek health care, but would not change Nevada’s underlying abortion laws.
The announcement by AMC that it will charge more money for better seats in its 1,000 movie theaters is but the latest example of corporations trying to maximize profits in declining industries.
A slate of establishment Democrats led by Assemblywoman Danielle Monroe-Moreno, D-North Las Vegas, is looking to take back the party from progressives who won party jobs in 2021.
Former state Treasurer Brian Krolicki’s appointment to the Nevada Gaming Commission resurrects a political career that stalled when he was indicted by then-Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto in 2008.
The 2023 Legislature will consider more than 1,000 bills and resolutions. Here are three ideas they should adopt before they adjourn in June.
Democrats keep suggesting getting rid of natural gas-powered stoves, but always seem to back off the suggestion.
A recent separation of powers ruling gets the Nevada Constitution wrong, but that’s not unusual when it comes to this much-neglected passage.
Instead of a much-delayed, 18th century idea like a steel-wheels-on-rail train, a revolutionary new idea could see travel from Las Vegas to Los Angeles in as little as 30 seconds! All that’s needed is government funding.
President Joe Biden’s letter upended the presidential primary calendar for 2024, and left Nevada worse off than it was before.
A losing Republican candidate says voter fraud cost him a close race for the Clark County Commission, but not in the way you’d think.
Nevada should give thanks for public officials such as Joe Gloria and Barbara Cegavske, who oversaw fair elections despite heavy criticism.
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto won her re-election, but by the smallest statewide margin since the man who picked her for the job — former Sen. Harry Reid — nearly lost his own seat.




