SPOTLIGHT
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FEMA does have its issues, but not the ones Republicans lie about • Nevada Current
If anyone’s earned the right to complain about the federal government’s response to disasters, whether they be natural or manmade, it’s residents and business owners in south Louisiana. Yet even the most jaded of folks has to acknowledge the Federal Emergency Management Agency has improved since its widespread shortcomings in 2005 following Hurricane Katrina. You might recall then President George…
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Can Montana’s ‘last rural Democrat’ survive another election? • Nevada Current
Jon Tester has never had it easy. The three-term Democratic senator from Montana has scored more than 50% of the vote only once in his three runs for the U.S. Senate, attracting 50.3% of the vote in 2018 against state auditor and future U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale. This year, Tester’s always-perilous path to reelection seems narrower and more harrowing than…
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Trump offers women the deal of the 19th century • Nevada Current
In her widely panned, sotto voce response to the State of the Union address in March, U.S. Sen. Katie Britt had a message for women: Be afraid. Be very afraid. “The country we know and love seems to be slipping away. It feels like the next generation will have fewer opportunities — and less freedom — than we did. I…
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He’s not on the ballot, but Lombardo’s got a lot at stake in this year’s election • Nevada Current
Nevada Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo backs Donald Trump for president. But Lombardo’s top priority of the 2024 election season is not Trump winning the battleground state of Nevada. As you may have noticed, Lombardo has not appeared at any Trump rallies in Nevada this year. Lombardo has also endorsed Republican Sam Brown in the race for U.S. Senate. But Lombardo…
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Cities are clearing encampments, but this won’t solve homelessness − here’s a better way forward • Nevada Current
Homelessness is a rare issue in American politics that does not cut neatly along party or ideological lines. It can be hard to predict who will support or oppose measures to expand affordable housing and services for people without homes. San Francisco, for example – one of the most progressive U.S. cities – has adopted numerous policies that make it…
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Men in red states • Nevada Current
Like it or not, abortion access has always been viewed as a “women’s problem.” Men rarely talked about it, at least not publicly, and it didn’t seem to rank very high on their list of political priorities. Not anymore. Since Donald Trump proudly took credit for overturning Roe v. Wade with his anti-choice Supreme Court appointments, men have been forced to pay…
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How the US government can stop ‘churches’ from getting treated like real churches by the IRS • Nevada Current
The Family Research Council is a conservative advocacy group with a “biblical worldview.” While it has a church ministries department that works with churches from several evangelical Christian denominations that share its perspectives, it does not represent a single denomination. Although its activities are primarily focused on policy, advocacy, government lobbying and public communication, the Internal Revenue Service granted the…
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If only NV’s elected Democrats cheering Harris’ progressive economic agenda had one of their own • Nevada Current
When costs went up – and in a lot instances, stayed up – after the pandemic, it hurt Nevadans more than most Americans. The pain of higher prices is made even worse in Nevada because Nevadans pay one of the nation’s highest sales tax rates whenever they buy clothes, pet food, a sandwich for lunch, and countless other consumer items,…
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Why home insurance rates are rising so fast across the US – climate change plays a big role • Nevada Current
Millions of Americans have been watching with growing alarm as their homeowners insurance premiums rise and their coverage shrinks. Nationwide, premiums rose 34% between 2017 and 2023, and they continued to rise in 2024 across much of the country. To add insult to injury, those rates go even higher if you make a claim – as much as 25% if…
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Brown poses with make-believe book while pretending to be on Home Shopping Network • Nevada Current
Republican Senate candidate Sam Brown posted a two-minute video on a campaign social media account last week and it is all about … not Sam Brown. Nor is it about his Senate campaign. The whole two minutes is Brown singing the praises of cryptocurrency, as if he was working a Home Shopping Network time slot targeting tech bro fanboys. “Can…
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