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ByMichelle Rindels

Indy DC Download: Congress pushes for end-of-year appropriations deal as a COVID-19 relief package remains elusive

Dark clouds over the U.S. Capitol building
November 21st, 2020 - 2:00am
Prospects for Congress to wrap up the 12 annual appropriations bills before the end of the year improved last week as chances for a deal on pandemic aid remained low.


Court finds state gaming regulators don’t have jurisdiction to discipline Steve Wynn

A photo of Wynn Resorts in Las Vegas
November 20th, 2020 - 8:40am
In an order issued Thursday, Clark County District Court Judge Adriana Escobar wrote that the state’s Gaming Control Board overstepped its regulatory bounds last year when it filed a formal complaint against Wynn seeking to prohibit the former casino executive from future involvement in the casino industry.

Judge rejects ‘shocking ask’ of new election over voter fraud claims brought by Sharron Angle and affiliated group

November 20th, 2020 - 5:26pm
Judge Gloria Sturman rejected the request by Election Integrity Project and Angle after a lengthy hearing Friday afternoon, saying that the group’s claims of potential voter fraud fell far short of the required level of evidence needed for a judgement in their favor — throwing out a state law allowing mail-in ballots to be sent to all active registered voters, declaring the 2020 election null and ordering a new election to take place.

Judge rejects Marchant request for new election in congressional race over ‘voter fraud’ allegations

Republican congressional candidate Jim Marchant at a rally in support of law enforcement organized by the Nevada Republican Party on Thursday, July 30, 2020 outside the Legislature in Carson City.
November 20th, 2020 - 1:43pm
Though Marchant’s attorney, Craig Mueller, said he would be comfortable pairing the request for a new election with either a later evidentiary hearing or the transferring of computer records related to mail ballots, Sturman said she was not comfortable issuing such an order both because of jurisdictional concerns — Nevada state law has a separate process for the filing of election contest suits — and because of the basic geography of the congressional district, which spans seven counties.


Organizers believe Nevada Native turnout was historic, despite gaps in exit poll data

November 20th, 2020 - 2:00am
Tribal leaders moved into the 2020 general election campaign season with the same goal held by other organizers — to achieve high voter turnout and elevate the voices and concerns of their fellow community members.


Coronavirus Contextualized, 31st edition: Exploring, through data, COVID-19 in Nevada and beyond

November 20th, 2020 - 2:00am
Welcome to the 31st installment of “Coronavirus Contextualized,” a recurring feature in which we explore some of the numbers swirling around in the time of coronavirus.

Counties urge clear messaging from Sisolak in advance of new coronavirus restrictions

November 19th, 2020 - 3:20pm
County officials across Nevada were asked a simple, if impossible, question during a state COVID-19 task force meeting on Thursday: What steps would you recommend the state take to stem the rising tide of coronavirus?

Rodimer files legal challenge seeking new election in congressional race over voter fraud claims

November 19th, 2020 - 3:56pm
The lawsuit largely copies the claims in the previously-filed suits: that various instances of individuals potentially receiving mail ballots addressed to different voters and other supposed irregularities are cause for the court to order a new election and prohibit use of an automated signature verification machine used by Clark County.

With Nevada prison COVID-19 cases nearly quintupling in two weeks, families call for early releases

Ely State Prison
November 19th, 2020 - 6:16pm
“This isn't about partisan politics. It's about fighting for the survival of people and seeing the humanity in those who are not defined by the worst thing they've ever done,” said Leslie Turner of the Mass Liberation Project, which is affiliated with the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada. “And we all should believe that COVID-19 shouldn't be a death sentence for anyone, including those who are incarcerated.”

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Black voters in Nevada choose Biden by wide margin, but support for Trump seemingly on the rise

Savanna Strott and Tabitha Mueller
November 19th, 2020 - 2:00am

Black voters were projected to drop to the third largest racial or ethnic voting bloc in the country in 2020 after being surpassed by Hispanic voters for the first time. But organizers and researchers emphasized that the Black voters — historically loyal to Democrats and with the second-highest turnout rates across racial and ethnic groups — were the cornerstone of Biden's win and the future of the country.

Indy Environment: Las Vegas is updating its urban plans. Why that matters for addressing climate change.

Daniel Rothberg
November 19th, 2020 - 8:00am

This week's Indy Environment looks at what's at stake with Clark County's effort to rewrite its Master Plan and Development Code. The detailed planning efforts offer a significant opening to address climate change and to correct past planning injustices.

Judge tosses separation of powers lawsuit challenging government-employed lawmakers over lack of standing

Riley Snyder
November 18th, 2020 - 5:43pm

“It is an organization, rather than a particularly-aggrieved individual, harmed by any alleged dual employment,” Crockett wrote in a brief order. “It is quite clear that Nevada Policy Research Institute does not allege any particularized harm beyond that of any ordinary taxpayer and that is simply not enough to give standing to Nevada Policy Research Institute to bring this suit.”

Historic turnout among young voters forecasts increased progressivism, youth engagement

Tabitha Mueller and Savanna Strott
November 18th, 2020 - 2:00am

Ben Wessel, the executive director of the progressive advocacy group NextGen America, told reporters on Thursday that young people's advocacy, voter mobilization on social media and youth organizer efforts helped spur the highest turnout of youth voters the country has ever seen — even surpassing the surge of young voters in 2008.

Few inmates considered eligible for early ‘compassionate release’ even as COVID-19 flares up in prison

Michelle Rindels
November 18th, 2020 - 2:00am

Nevada prison officials say they’ve identified just two people in a population of nearly 14,000 who might be eligible for an early release on the basis of their susceptibility to COVID-19 and other factors, even as more than 80 percent of the inmate population in a Carson City prison has tested positive for coronavirus.

CCEA-backed tax proposals submitted with almost double the number of required signatures to qualify

Riley Snyder and Jackie Valley
November 17th, 2020 - 2:19pm

Two ballot initiatives backed by the Clark County Education Association that would raise the state’s sales and gaming tax rates have garnered enough signatures to move forward to the 2021 Legislature, setting up a potentially politically fraught fight over taxes next year.

Democratic candidate sues Clark County after commission declines to certify his 10-vote victory, instead pursues special election

Kristyn Leonard
November 17th, 2020 - 7:15pm

Democratic candidate Ross Miller has filed a lawsuit over the Clark County Commission’s decision not to certify the results of the election for the District C seat on the board — a race he initially won by 10 votes out of more than 150,000 cast.

Republican congressional, state Senate candidates request new election in lawsuit alleging voter fraud

Riley Snyder
November 17th, 2020 - 12:18pm

Attorneys representing Jim Marchant, the Republican congressional candidate who lost to incumbent Rep. Steven Horsford in the 2020 election, and April Becker, a Republican state Senate candidate who narrowly lost to state Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro, filed the lawsuit in Clark County District Court on Monday seeking a court-ordered new election over alleged inadequacies and voter fraud in the 2020 election process.

Trump campaign files lawsuit asking judge to overturn or annul Nevada’s presidential election results

Riley Snyder
November 17th, 2020 - 3:50pm

The lawsuit, which was filed in Carson City District Court Tuesday afternoon, is the latest legal challenge filed by the Trump campaign and Republican groups over Nevada and Clark County’s general election processes and procedures. Final vote tallies released over the weekend and certified by counties on Monday gave former Vice President Joe Biden a 33,596 vote, or 2.39 percentage point, lead over Trump in the state.