Problems in Nevada

At WP, Dana Milbank reports on the impending election fiasco in Nevada: The election supervisors in 10 of the state’s 17 counties have already quit, been forced out or announced their departures. Lower-level election workers have quit in the face of consistent abuse....

Hounding Election Officials from Office

Linda So, Joseph Tanfani and Jason Szep at Reuters: Businessman Robert Beadles claimed he had found evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election. Then he went on the attack, targeting a 48-year-old woman who runs elections in Nevada’s Washoe County. “Now,...

Solving a Journalist’s Murder

Sarah Ellison at WP: It was after midnight when Las Vegas Review-Journal executive editor Glenn Cook hit send on a short email to the staff. “I’m beyond devastated to be sending you this message,” he wrote. Veteran investigative reporter Jeff German had been found...

Fallen Journalist Jeff German

At the Las Vegas Review-Jounral, Christopher Lawrence remembers Jeff German, who died this month, allegedly at the hands of a politician he had exposed. German was an old-school journalist in every sense of the word. Cultivating sources. Gaining their trust. Working...

Civility in Nevada

Jessica Hill at The Las Vegas Sun: Pahrump resident Bill Hockstedler, a veteran who works as the vice president of strategic development for Mayo Clinic, refers to himself as a “straight shooter” and a moderate Republican who wants to see a level of civility and...