After every mass shooting, elected Democrats and their allies in the media tell Americans to “do something.” The response to Wednesday’s horrific shooting in Florida has been no different.
After every mass shooting, elected Democrats and their allies in the media tell Americans to “do something.” The response to Wednesday’s horrific shooting in Florida has been no different.
Victor Joecks talks about the education establishment wanting more money.
Victor Joecks talks about how major news outlets reacted to Kim
Jong-un’s sister at the Winter Olympics.
In 2016, Sens. Joyce Woodhouse and Nicole Cannizzaro collected thousands from Manendo. Both faced extremely competitive campaigns. Nevada Senate Democrats, then under the leadership of Sen. Majority Leader Aaron Ford, accepted $13,500.
Review-Journal reporter Victor Joecks interviews Adam Laxalt, Attorney General and Candidate for Governor of Nevada.
It doesn’t matter who CCSD hires. It doesn’t matter if he or she has financial expertise and loads of political savvy. The next superintendent isn’t going to have the one thing he or she actually needs — authority.
Sitting in her Clark High School math class, Daniela Lopez longed to go to a private school. There was just one, seemingly insurmountable problem. Her family couldn’t afford it. Thanks to school choice, they didn’t have to. Fortunately for Lopez, Gov. Brian Sandoval and legislative Republicans passed the OpportunityScholarship program in 2015.
Nevada Politics Today: Victor Joecks interviews National School Choice Week President, Andrew Campanella.
Teen girls shouldn’t have to take their pants off in front of random teenage boys. The Clark County School District disagrees.
On Thursday, the House passed a temporary spending measure and six years of funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program. Although Republicans have a slim majority in the Senate, Senate rules require a spending bill to get 60 votes. This gives Democrats the power to shut down the government, which they look eager to do. Democrats in both houses want protections for illegal aliens brought to the U.S. as children.
The law states that giving the public access to government records “foster(s) democratic principles.” That’s strong rhetoric and rightly so. Government officials work for the public. That makes members of the public, the boss. One of your rights as a supervisor is to know what your employees are doing. Too often they refuse.
Nevada Politics Today: Victor Joecks interviews North Las Vegas Mayor John Lee.
On Thursday, Pence offered remarks at two Air Force events, accompanied by Sen. Dean Heller and attorney general Adam Laxalt. Pence acknowledged Laxalt, but went out of his way to praise Heller.
Victor Joecks talks to Las Vegas City Councilwoman Michele Fiore about the Cliven Bundy trial.
Clark County residents have endured over a dozen tax increases, including increases in the sales tax, property tax, car tab tax and gas tax. There was also the creation of a new gross receipts tax called the commerce tax. That’s on top of dozens of fee increases based by Carson City.
Last year, President Donald Trump’s election integrity commission asked Nevada for voter information. Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske gave the commission, which Trump disbanded Wednesday, the information state law required her to release, but not things like Social Security Numbers.
Review-Journal columnist Victor Joecks and White House Correspondent Debra Saunders discuss several tweets from President Trump, his relationship with Senator Dean Heller and what changes are being made to DACA.
If you thought the Clark County School District’s budget problems were over, think again. An
unelected, unaccountable, out-of- state arbitrator could leave CCSD without enough money to
pay its bills.
Review-Journal reporter Victor Joecks provides four 2018 predictions.
For start to finish, the recall of an elected official in Nevada is supposed to take just over 120 days. Four months after the start of recalls against Sens. Joyce Woodhouse and Nicole Cannizzaro, however, it looks like the process isn’t even half over.
This summer, Democrats elected Erika Washington, an African-American woman, to CCDP’s number two spot. One of her jobs was to fill CCDP’s Political Organizing Committee, which works on voter outreach and mobilization. Washington selected three African-American women
to serve. That wasn’t acceptable to West, a white woman, because it would put too many black women on the 13 member committee.
Candidate for Nevada Attorney General, Wes Duncan gives his thoughts on gun laws and Stephen Paddock.
Candidate for Nevada Attorney General discusses his thoughts on Nevada’s background check laws and Nevada’s status as a point of contact state.
Nevada Politics Today: Victor Joecks interviews Wes Duncan, Candidate for Nevada Attorney General.
Ten days ago, Buzzfeed reported that Kihuen’s former finance director had accused him of sexually harassing her and touching her thigh twice in early 2016. Identified by her first name, Samantha, who was 25, says then-candidate Kihuen asked her for sex, and she rejected her advances. Disgusted by his behavior, Samantha quit the campaign and told the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee why she was quitting.
Over the last week, CCSD has conducted five community meetings on the proposal. Transgender students have shared stories of being bullied at school in their push for the policy. But Nevada already has one of the most aggressive anti-bullying laws in the country. This includes a requirement that an investigation into bullying occur within one day.
Victoria expresses her thoughts on the recent tax reform bill passed by congress.
Victoria Seaman expresses her thoughts on the sexual harassment allegations surrounding some members of congress.