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Steve Sebelius

Politics and Government Editor

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.

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STEVE SEBELIUS: Amodei is no traitor

President Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign decided not to have Rep. Mark Amodei chair its Nevada effort, a change from 2016 occasioned by Amodei saying he supports an impeachment inquiry into the president.

STEVE SEBELIUS: Rogich returns to diplomacy

Longtime Republican ad maker Sig Rogich was co-chairman of a recent diplomatic delegation to China that included top former lawmakers such as Joe Lieberman, Bill Richardson and Billy Tauzin.

STEVE SEBELIUS: Good law makes a hard case

A Nevada Supreme Court ruling that makes misdemeanor domestic violence cases subject to a jury trial has created a dilemma for some local governments in the state, including the city of Las Vegas.

STEVE SEBELIUS: James Comey on leadership

Former FBI Director James Comey discussed leadership at a UNLV Boyd School of Law program last week, and the lessons proved a stark contrast to current presidential leadership.

Ex-FBI Director James Comey recalls controversial call

Former FBI Director James Comey discussed lessons he’d learned about leadership during his career as a federal prosecutor and top law-enforcement official at a William S. Boyd Law School event at UNLV on Tuesday.

STEVE SEBELIUS: Passing the buck on taxes

The Nevada Legislature passed the buck on raising sales taxes for education and social programs to the Clark County Commission, a gimmick that’s all-too-common when it comes to setting tax policy in the Silver State.