Hugh Jackson

Nevada Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen joined the rest of their Democratic Senate colleagues Tuesday, along with a handful of Republicans, in killing a cryptocurrency bill the industry really, really wanted. The industry believed that if the Clarity Act, which the House passed last year, was enacted into law, the legislation would bestow […]

Lombardo’s big sloppy crush on data centers finally attracts Ford’s attention

“We refute these claims,” Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar said Friday in response to the latest baseless allegations and crude extortion threats hurled at Nevada and its elections from Trump and his lap dogs. Aguilar found himself issuing more than one statement about Trump’s attacks on Nevada elections as the past week came to […]

After the police bodycam video of Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo’s traffic stop in May was made public by The Associated Press Tuesday, Nevada Democrats issued a statement raising some questions about the incident.  “Why does Lombardo think he can name drop his way out of a ticket?” for instance, and “Does he think his role […]

The minimum wage is going up in 17 states and localities July 1, but Nevada isn’t one of them. With one or two exceptions, this summer’s minimum wage increases across the country are the result of statutes or ordinances by which the wage is adjusted each year for inflation, according to tracking by the Economic […]

The artificial intelligence industry claimed one of its first high-profile scalps of the 2026 campaign cycle in a New York congressional primary Tuesday, putting politicians on notice nationwide that if they want to advocate regulation of AI, the industry, a segment of the industry will be coming after them. And Nevada helped. A little. Federal […]

Nevada is in the running to hold the first Democratic presidential primary in the nation in 2028. The idea, according to the state’s Democratic professional political leadership, is that Nevada Democratic voters are uniquely constituted to give unto a grateful nation a safe and not at all scary Democratic presidential nominee. “The early calendar is […]

The digital currency industry has high hopes for legislation that does two things: It declares the cryptocurrency industry needn’t adhere to reporting and transparency requirements that apply to other legitimate investments, because c’mon it’s crypto, yippeee! And at the same time, it declares crypto a totally legitimate investment for everyone and anyone, so jump in, […]

Regular unleaded gasoline was 29% higher in the U.S. in April than it was in April 2025, according to consumer price index (CPI) data — the inflation report — released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics Tuesday. Relatedly, airline fares are 21% higher than they were a year ago, an increase driven primarily by the […]

Donald Trump appointed Jeff Gunter ambassador to Iceland in 2018, and Gunter served in the post until 2021. Since then, Trump twice has had the opportunity to endorse Gunter for a seat in the U.S Congress. Both times, Trump endorsed somebody else. Gunter, who lost the Republican U.S. Senate primary to Trump-endorsed candidate Sam Brown […]