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Joey Gilbert resigning as Douglas County schools’ legal counsel

Reno attorney Joey Gilbert's resignation ends more than a year of work in the position marked by debate over his experience and questions about whether he was overcharging. 

D.C. Download: Mark Amodei sees infrastructural challenges for mass deportation

With Republicans taking control of both houses of Congress and the White House, Amodei will be the most influential Nevadan in the Capitol. And his mission goes beyond his Nevada priorities — his position as chair of the Homeland Security subcommittee in the Appropriations Committee will be more important, and scrutinized, than ever, as he’s tasked with funding the agencies that President-elect Donald Trump plans to deploy toward his mass deportation campaign.

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Nevada Democrats restart push to be nation's first presidential primary in 2028

As in 2022, state Democrats argue that Nevada is the only state that meets the DNC’s professed preferences for a state that is racially and economically diverse, politically competitive and feasible for candidates and the party, both from a cost and technical competence perspective. Given Democratic losses in 2024 with Latino voters and working class voters, state party Chair Daniele Monroe-Moreno wrote that the DNC should elevate a state that possesses those kinds of voters in droves.

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