Actor Andrew Shue is working with two prominent strategists of different parties to launch an initiative that has been a decade in the making.

Such boorish online behavior, however, is more than bad politicking — it is inherently inconducive to having civil or productive conversations about complex policy matters, such as immigration.

In this edition of Behind the Bar, we break down the governor's crime bill, explain the efforts to take on Ticketmaster and explore a new bill to counter federal layoffs.

The top Democrat and Republican in the Assembly are joining forces on a bill that would require all sample ballots to be sent to voters before mail ballots are distributed. An amendment also would provide a clearer timeline for when mail ballots must be sent to voters.

Recently, a Republican candidate winning statewide in Nevada was tough, and winning as a presidential candidate was almost impossible. The difference in 2024 is that President-elect Donald Trump built a coalition that had been as elusive as a hole in one.

In a ruling issued Friday afternoon, Judge Cristina Silva determined that Republicans had again failed to establish standing while arguing that high voter registration rates in five Nevada counties had harmed their overall mission and campaign work.

Judge Cristina Silva ruled that the Republican National Committee and Nevada GOP lacked standing to file the lawsuit, but will allow for an amended complaint to be re-filed with the court.

From pandering about tossing out taxes on workers' tips to vilifying migrants, he battled a balky Teleprompter and unleashed a dizzying, apparently off-the-cuff spiel that somehow appealed to his congregation.

Certainly, reducing the tax burden — the rate as well as compliance costs — on tipped earnings would be a welcomed reform among the millions of Americans who depend on tips as part of their regular income.

The longer term solution, meanwhile, is to rip our primary elections out of the hands of those with far too much time on their hands so politicians don't have to openly pander to the deranged few.

Here's a selection of reactions to the verdict from Nevada political leaders.

Forever Trumpers once again showed their trademark unyielding loyalty to their leader. To no surprise, Trump was swiftly declared the winner and wound up with 99.1-percent of the ballots in a lopsided victory.

Democrats [Attorney General Aaron] Ford and [Secretary of State Cisco] Aguilar would tell you they're not just talking a good game, but are bringing a strategy into the struggle to protect and maintain fair elections.

Lying about the last election being stolen is Donald Trump's only move. The fact the rabbit he keeps pulling out of the hat has been dead for going on four years appears to matter not at all to his followers.

Nevada's ballot is missing the bulk of top-name candidates because the GOP wanted it that way. Who could have possibly guessed such a plan would have stirred a bit of confusion and anger among "low information" voters in the Republican ranks?

The Nevada GOP, which decided the same primary election process that's been used to select every other non-presidential Republican candidate in the state for decades is still not good enough for presidential candidates in 2024.

Like most other issues in modern politics, much of the discourse surrounding the issue is little more than political pandering and manufactured outrage designed to generate support (or opposition) among certain partisan factions. 

Legislators approved a slate of new election regulations ahead of the state's presidential primaries in February. Five candidates have made appointments with the secretary of state's office to file for the race.

Given the similarities between the states, some people must question why Nevada doesn't have its own criminal case bursting into the headlines. What makes our fake elector scammers so different than Georgia's? Why can't we play, too?

For reasons known only to its members, the state party still celebrates the willing stooges who participated in Trump's desperate and despicable scheme by signing false elector certificates claiming he won the election.