The Nevada Independent recently published a poll that found 81 percent of Democratic respondents supported rent control and 53 percent of Republican respondents did. Establishing rent control would be a disaster for Northern Nevada, however, making our housing crisis worse, not better.  

As cases of monkeypox infections continue to climb across the country, U.S. officials have declared the virus a public health emergency and the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared it a global health emergency. These recent declarations are vital efforts to help increase awareness about this public health threat, as monkeypox has often been downplayed and stigmatized as a disease that can only infect those within the LGBTQ+ community.

Operating Engineers Local 501 is attempting to turn up the heat in its organizing effort at Resorts World Las Vegas with a scathing letter to Gov. Steve Sisolak that accuses the casino’s owner Genting Group of maintaining “alarming” ties to Chinese Communist state-owned businesses.

Seriously, this conversation again. The Holocaust is not a political tool for you to score political points.

For the first time in 40 years, inflation is dominating headlines across the country. Whole generations of Nevadans have never seen such skyrocketing prices at the grocery store, the gas station and in their monthly bills.

Some might call that the perfect time to make a move for a jaw-dropping settlement: Make the big payout for fear of potentially being forced to pay an even larger one.

Perhaps what actually makes Goldfield special, and what made visiting there so habit- forming in the first place, was what it was not.

Most people probably assume that necessities like food and emergency medical care are provided for people locked up in prisons and jails.

Allow me to explain. My religion has changed since I was a kid. We have two different versions of Catholicism now. Version A was a respectful, caring, private religion that lived and let live. We did our thing but didn’t try to force others to live the Catholic way. We didn’t try to wipe out other religious beliefs and replace them with our own.

How did we get from “there’s no planet B” to “drill baby drill” again? Inflation and hostile gas prices are causing a fast-swinging pendulum of messaging mayhem. At a time when climate change unequivocally demands reductions in fossil fuel emissions, we’re hearing appeals for increased oil and gas drilling rather than less.

I know I am a broken record on this, but it’s time that Nevada supplant New Hampshire as the first-in-the-nation state in the presidential nominating process.

That congressional seat is his for as long as he wants it — he doesn’t need to play silly partisan games to pander to the “Fox News is liberal, actually, and run by globalist Marxists” crowd.

With little fanfare and minimal notice, the City of Las Vegas appears to be ready to consider shelling out $64 million to settle a string of lawsuits involving EHB Companies developer Yohan Lowie over projects that include building hundreds of condominiums on land inside the upscale Queensridge neighborhood.

One of the more dangerous trends in our modern political culture has been the simple refusal from political losers to acknowledge electoral outcomes.

As teachers, students, and families prepare for the start of a new school year next week, there is great uncertainty as to how many students will be assigned to a classroom that does not have a full-time licensed teacher, a long-term substitute, or worse, no teacher at all. (Clark County School District has 1,473 teacher vacancies.) 

As a person who has been a registered Republican since first being eligible to vote 32 years ago, I believe it is time for Republicans to unequivocally repudiate the “Big Lie” and begin a new era of civic engagement focused on putting the people and communities we are serving ahead of our ideological affiliations and special interest loyalties. 

Nevadans must have access to good-paying technology-driven jobs and opportunities. By decentralizing digital jobs currently concentrated in places like Silicon Valley, we can revitalize Nevada’s economy and ensure that everyone can benefit from the digital economy.

The current volume of Lake Mead compared to years prior is clear evidence there is a serious water issue. Residents, businesses and all those who depend on the Colorado River should be paying close attention to the facts and focusing on conservation policies that will help ensure we utilize our water in the most responsible way possible to preserve our future.

By some accounts, Las Vegas attorney and former FBI Agent George William “Bill” Coulthard was at the top of his game personally and professionally on July 25, 1972, his last day among the living.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom had a busy Friday of schadenfreude. He not only signed a gun control law modeled off the controversial Texas abortion bill from 2021, he taunted conservatives in the Lone Star State with a not-so-subtle full-page newspaper ad reminding them it was their pro-life bill that give him the inspiration to go after firearms.