Casey Harrison is political correspondent for The Nevadan. Previously, he covered politics and the Oakland Athletics’ relocation to Southern Nevada for the Las Vegas Sun, and before that, was a digital producer at The Detroit News. Casey graduated from Michigan State University in 2019.
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Sen. Jacky Rosen backs bill to ban lawmakers from stock trading
While this is the latest effort to bar members of Congress from trading stocks while in office, similar efforts in the past have stalled. Nevada Democratic US Sen. Jacky Rosen has become the latest federal lawmaker to announce their support for legislation that would ban members of Congress and their immediate families from trading on…
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Nevada Republican congressional candidate takes aim at birthright citizenship
During an interview with a local conservative radio station, ex-North Las Vegas Mayor John Lee suggested, among other things, that undocumented immigrants should be barred from owning property. The former mayor of North Las Vegas running to unseat Nevada US Rep. Steven Horsford suggested to a local conservative radio station last month that he favors…
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Sen. Jacky Rosen endorses bill to curb wasteful government spending
Rosen told The Nevadan her office has returned nearly $1.9 million to date in unspent operating funds back to the US Treasury Department since first joining Congress in 2017. Nevada US Sen. Jacky Rosen announced she is supporting new legislation aimed at eliminating frivolous spending in the federal government — and touted her office’s own…
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Nevada tribal communities to get $27M for affordable housing
Nevada’s senators applauded the funding, which comes in addition to federal investments last year that helped build new housing projects in Owyhee and Washoe Valley. Seventeen Native American tribal communities across Nevada are set to receive upwards of $27 million in federal funding to help develop and further administer affordable housing programs, the state’s two…
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Nevada Supreme Court rejects petition initiative challenging $380M in tax funding for A’s stadium
In a 5-2 ruling, the Nevada Supreme Court affirmed a lower court’s ruling the petition initiative circulated by Schools Over Stadiums was too vague and did not contain the full language of the legislation it sought to ask voters to repeal. The Nevada Supreme on Monday affirmed a lower court’s ruling that tossed out a…
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Report: Nevadans are saving big on EVs thanks to Inflation Reduction Act
Recent research from the US Department of Energy found that over a 15-year stretch, Nevada auto owners with battery electric vehicles or plug-in hybrids are projected to save more than $10,000 compared to those who own a traditional gasoline-powered vehicle. Drivers who have recently switched from internal combustion-powered automobiles to electric vehicles have collectively saved…
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Nevada lawmakers renew plea to pause USPS changes affecting Reno plant
The proposed changes would relocate operations of a facility in Reno to California, which Nevada leaders say would cause delays to the already-strained service and lead to dozens of layoffs. Nevada officials and federal lawmakers are renewing a request that the United States Postal Service delay its implementation of a “shortsighted” modernization plan they say…
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Rosen supports bill to study health defects in children of vets exposed to toxins
The bill would establish a multi-agency task force to research diagnoses and treatments sought by the children of former service members who were exposed to toxic substances during their military service Nevada US Sen. Jacky Rosen is endorsing a proposal that would fund a first-of-its-kind study of the potential health defects of descendants of veterans…
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Trump, GOP sue Nevada election officials over mail voting
The Trump campaign claims Nevada’s timeline for counting mail ballots received after Election Day “clearly violates” federal law, even though dozens of other states have similar laws on the books. Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, the Republican National Committee, and the Nevada GOP filed a lawsuit on Friday against the state’s top elections officials, alleging the…
