'Nevada Independent ID'd 10 legislative (races)..expected to be competitive in the general w/establishment-backed candidates..even split of contests in which the (gov)-backed candidates raised more $..and races where (Dem) candidate (did).'

via Tabitha Mueller and Eric Neugeboren

'The future is bright.'

My column on how we have stabilized the Nevada Independent ship, smoother sailing ahead. Many exciting things in the hopper, couldn't be prouder of our team.

We still need your help for long-term sustainability, but we are on our way.

thenevadaindependent.com/article/the-fu…

Good morning from The #WeMatter State.

On this day in 1998, Republican Brian Sandoval resigned from the Assembly after being appointed to Gaming Commission by Dem Gov. Bob Miller. Rest is history: AG-fed judge-gov-UNR prez.

Primary early voting: 32
Primary: 49
General: 196

Knights hang on for great win. Breathless.

Switches over to watch end of Nuggets-Lakers to catch my breath. Then…

Sports.

I want an NBA team so badly!

Amusing Gabby Birenbaum thread on today's groundbreaking for that NV-CA train project that I have only been hearing about for -- checks watch -- 40 years.

Does the myth become reality?

Look forward to this!

Officer in NV GOP, which is suing SOS over voter roll maintenance, also is, inexplicably, the election overseer for a county and in that capacity asked a judge to dismiss the lawsuit that...he de facto was party to.

Did I mention he's a fake elector, too?

Only in NV!

#WeMatter

Jim Hindle, the elected clerk of Storey County and vice chair of the Nevada GOP, has in his official capacity joined in the state's motion to dismiss the federal lawsuit filed by the GOP and NV GOP challenging Nevada's voter roll maintenance.

Money ain't destiny in politics, but it has predictive power.

No one analyzes partisan lean and $ races in key legislative districts as Tabitha Mueller, Eric Neugeboren do. A month before voting begins in primaries that will help decide who controls the capital, follow the $.

Our Gabby Birenbaum with the news that Nevada pharmacies have begun dispensing an abortion pill:

'The drug mifepristone’s authorization is under threat in a yet-to-be-decided Supreme Court case, but big pharmacies are filling prescriptions for now.'

Big pot of $ coming from the IRA to Nevada: $156M from the Solar for All program to the Nevada Clean Energy Fund, the state’s green bank

The money will go towards funding solar installations on houses, multi family buildings and community solar, plus education + workforce devel

Good morning from The #WeMatter State.

On this day in 2008, Sen. Harry Reid met with Colombian pop star Shakira. She was pushing the Education for All Act, which promoted quality, basic education in developing countries.

Primary early voting: 33
Primary: 50
General: 197

Both of Nevada's Democratic senators are expected to be at a fundraiser this afternoon in Las Vegas for Senator Jacky Rosen's re-election. It's being called the 'Electing Women Nevada launch event,' and it is being hosted by Perry Rogers, a sports agent and businessman.

#WeMatter

'..Vegas has never been good at aging. It buries its true story and implodes buildings that elsewhere would receive historic designation..endless boomtown mentality sends an existential reminder that nothing lasts, but Oscar Goodman still remembers his Las Vegas.' John L. Smith

The definitive piece on a new street vendor law passed by state legislators and then mangled in the hands of local governments who seem to want to over-regulate and keep them in the shadows.

Great reporting by Sean Golonka.

'The federal and tribal spawning operations are vital in the ongoing recovery of a population of fish that is culturally significant to the tribe and valuable to sportsmen, but it’s unclear whether the fish...can continue to rebound without such intensive human intervention.'

But then voted yes for packaging all the aid together. On the individual provisions, he was:
No on Ukraine
Yes on Israel
Yes on Taiwan