We’ve reached the point where legislative resolutions and citizen initiatives are used not to set policy, but to bring major industries to heel.
Steve Sebelius
Politics and Government Editor
Email: ssebelius@reviewjournal.com
Phone: (702) 383-0253
Steve Sebelius oversees the Review-Journal's Washington and Carson City bureaus, as well as the reporting team covering local governments in Clark County. He also writes a weekly politics column for the Sunday Viewpoints section. Sebelius previously worked for the RJ between 2000 and 2017. He returned to the RJ in March 2019. Sebelius has been the on-air political analyst for KLAS-TV Channel 8 for 10 years. He also has co-hosted “PoliticsNow,” Nevada’s only political television program, on the channel since 2015.
Ex-Nevada Assembly Speaker Richard Perkins, a former Henderson police chief, was arrested on DUI charges in Carson City after the close of the 2021 Legislature.
The Legislature was ordered by a judge to refund DMV fees that were improperly collected, but there’s a plan to keep them anyway.
North Las Vegas Mayor John Lee made the rumors official last week: He’s running for governor on the ticket of his newfound Republican Party.
Assemblywoman Annie Black, R-Mesquite, was stripped of her ability to vote or speak on the floor after she refused to don a mask in chambers.
The Nevada Supreme Court held that extending a tax set to expire triggers the two-thirds supermajority requirement, contradicting the author’s oft-stated view that it does not.
The Nevada Supreme Court has a history of issuing rulings in the waning days of legislative sessions that impact the state budget, and this year was no exception.
Former Sen. Harry Reid and President Joe Biden agree that America needs a functioning Republican Party, but the shadow of ex-President Trump still looms over the GOP.
State Sen. Keith Pickard has flip-flopped on whether to limit deductions for mining companies, an issue that Democrats will use in 2022 to win back his Henderson seat.
The inexplicable censure of Republican Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske by her own party is based on the unproven assumption that the 2020 election was rife with fraud.
The Nevada Republican Party defended its Saturday vote to censure Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske over her handling of fraud allegations in the 2020 election.
North Las Vegas Mayor John Lee left the Democratic Party and joined the Republicans last week, potentially ahead of a run for governor on the GOP ticket.
Assemblywoman Annie Black, R-Mesquite, doesn’t like limits on what she’s allowed to say on the Assembly floor, and isn’t shy about saying so.
North Las Vegas Mayor John Lee announced Tuesday that he is leaving the Democratic Party and becoming a Republican, citing a shift toward socialism.
Dan “Big Dan” Rodimer clearly wants nothing more than to be in Congress. Which state he represents in Washington is not as important as being there.
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