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Nevada governor’s support for ambitious bills is uncertain
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CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — On the finish of a listening to for a invoice that may additional develop protection for gender-affirming medical care, transgender rights advocate Brooke Maylath shifted her focus from the majority-Democratic senators earlier than her to the Republican governor who doubtless will determine the invoice’s destiny.
“This bipartisan help has been described as ‘The Nevada Approach,’” Maylath mentioned, repeating Gov. Joe Lombardo’s mantra coined throughout his January inaugural handle. Within the speech, Lombardo vowed broadly to push conservative tenets like faculty selection and bolster legal penalties whereas working with the Democratic-controlled Legislature.
5 months later, little extra is understood about how Lombardo will reply to a number of bold coverage proposals advancing within the Legislature. He has declined to remark publicly on most payments, setting the stage for last-minute offers and conflicts as the ultimate month of the session nears.
The stakes are excessive in one of many few Legislatures assembly each different yr. Nevada lawmakers adjourn in early June, and the ultimate stretch will additional outline Lombardo — the one Republican to unseat a Democratic governor within the 2022 election.
As his counterparts within the GOP push anti-transgender rhetoric and vow to curtail transgender healthcare on the marketing campaign path, Lombardo steered a extra average path. He stayed away from anti-transgender rhetoric and touted his place as Clark County sheriff to construct an ethos amongst conservatives.
The Democratic sponsor of the gender-affirming care invoice contends it’s price a shot with Lombardo. If he in the end approves the invoice, Nevada would be a part of some states led by Democrats in carving out protected havens amid a flurry of conservatives transferring to ban or restrict transgender care.
“They know that this isn’t a political stunt,” state Sen. Melanie Scheible mentioned. “I’m not making an attempt to provide them a invoice to veto simply so I can complain about it later.”
Nevada is considered one of 10 states with govt and legislative branches cut up in numerous events — the bottom quantity since 1952, in keeping with the Nationwide Convention of State Legislatures.
Whereas the 2 main events turn into extra polarized, nationwide get together id has turn into a stronger driver of voting patterns, mentioned Jesse Richman, an affiliate professor of political science at Previous Dominion College, who researches the subject. State-level events have much less room to distinguish themselves.
Single-party management is producing substantial modifications on hot-button points, similar to abortion rights, entry to gender-affirming care and gun management.
Different states with dual-party management have seen gridlock.
Democratic Govs. Tony Evers in Wisconsin and Katie Hobbs in Arizona just lately set their state’s data for vetoes. In North Carolina, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s affect has appeared to wane after a Home member switched events in April, giving Republicans veto-proof supermajorities in each legislative chambers.
In Nevada, a invoice continues to be in play that may set up belief fund investments for the youngsters of households who obtain Medicaid, generally known as “ child bonds.” One other invoice would develop Medicaid or comparable applications to undocumented youngsters and pregnant dad and mom. Different measures, together with a trio of gun management payments and a measure to criminalize faux electors, have superior by one chamber.
Lombardo declined an interview request from The Related Press.
“As tons of of payments work by the legislative course of, our workplace has chosen to solely have interaction on laws after we really feel obligatory,” his spokesperson Elizabeth Ray mentioned in an electronic mail. “As payments are introduced to Governor Lombardo of their last kind, our workplace will remark and reply appropriately.”
Lombardo’s win over incumbent Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak was a part of a collection of tight, split-ticket races in Nevada’s midterms final yr that cemented the state as solidly purple.
Nonetheless, Democrats received a supermajority within the state Meeting and are one seat wanting reaching a supermajority within the state Senate.
Whereas Lombardo has given few early predictors of his stance on sure payments, he has damaged away from the GOP by indicating he’d signal a invoice to codify his predecessor’s govt order to guard out-of-state abortion sufferers and in-state abortion suppliers from prosecution and penalties. It’s a marked shift from an early marketing campaign promise to repeal the protections, on which he switched course later within the marketing campaign. Total, he has maintained an anti-abortion stance.
The Nevada Republican Celebration mentioned Chairman Michael McDonald was away on Friday and unavailable to touch upon Lombardo’s place. However it beforehand chided two GOP senators who voted to advance the measure to the Meeting.
Democratic lawmakers advancing payments which have riled conservatives elsewhere mentioned Lombardo’s workplace has been open to speaking about them.
These conversations will doubtless slim down a invoice increasing state well being applications to undocumented youngsters and pregnant ladies, mentioned Democratic Sen. Fabian Doñate, the invoice’s sponsor.
Lombardo’s payments haven’t all the time gotten a heat reception from Democratic management, who known as his proposals for voter identification and a partial rollback of the state’s common mail-in poll system a “non-starter.” However the state Meeting just lately superior considered one of his payments to strengthen sure disciplinary insurance policies in faculties, and an Meeting committee held a protracted, contentious listening to for his faculty selection measures.
“I’m imagining that he’s going to — and we are able to use Las Vegas parlance right here — lay that wager on the desk,” mentioned Sondra Cosgrove, a professor of historical past at Southern Nevada Faculty and govt director of Vote Nevada, a civics schooling nonprofit. “And say, ‘OK, that is what I need. If I don’t get it, don’t anticipate to get what you need.’”
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Related Press writers Gary D. Robertson in Raleigh, North Carolina, and Scott Bauer in Madison, Wisconsin, contributed reporting.
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Stern is a corps member for the Related Press/Report for America Statehouse Information Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit program that locations journalists in native newsrooms to report on undercovered points. Comply with him on Twitter: @gabestern326.
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Debates don’t tend to have a lasting impact. Could last week’s be different?
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While last week’s debate prompted further concerns about President Joe Biden’s cognitive fitness among pundits and some national Democrats, both Nevada Democrats and Republicans are shying away from the topic on the campaign trail.
Debates and campaign events usually have only temporary effects, according to Dan Lee, a political science professor at UNLV. Polls might change, but the effects dissipate over a couple of weeks, he said. Bigger predictors of election outcomes are partisanship and the state of the economy, he said.
But last week’s debate is different, Lee said. It was not like Biden gave a bad answer; rather, it brought up questions about his ability to be president, he said.
“Debates tend not to have lasting effects, but because this debate was more, you know, highlighting his perceived shortcomings in terms of his cognitive capabilities, that’s kind of something that could stick and what Democrats are worried about,” Lee said.
Voters have long expressed their concerns about both presidential candidates’ ages and ambivalence over the rematch. The debate heightened those concerns. A recent CBS News poll, for instance, found that 72 percent of 1,130 registered voters surveyed — including many Democrats — do not think Biden has the mental and cognitive health to serve as president. The poll had a margin of error of plus or minus 4.2 percentage points.
Texas Rep. Lloyd Doggett became the first Democratic lawmaker to publicly call on Biden to withdraw from the 2024 election. He cited multiple polls showing Biden running substantially behind Democratic senators in key states.
“I had hoped that the debate would provide some momentum to change that,” he said in a statement Tuesday. “It did not. Instead of reassuring voters, the President failed to effectively defend his many accomplishments and expose Trump’s many lies.”
Nevada campaigning to shy away from cognitive concerns
Nevada Democrats, however, are sticking with the president — though Sen. Jacky Rosen and other candidates have been maintaining a distance from the president, who has not polled well in Nevada — and the Nevada Republican Party does not plan to focus on Biden’s health as a top campaign strategy.
The state’s Democrats have been focusing on the actions the Biden administration has taken, from investing in affordable housing and infrastructure and trying to lower health care costs.
Democratic Rep. Dina Titus, who has campaigned for Biden and was named to his re-election advisory board, stands by the president.
“I’ve known him, I’ve supported him, I’ve worked with him for a long time,” Titus said. “And do I wish he’d have been stronger? Of course. Do I wish he’d have called out the lies better? Yes. Do I wish he’d focused on all the good things the Democrats have done under his leadership? Yes. But you’ve got to remember, you can’t just focus on the superficial.”
Instead, you have to focus on the substance, she said.
“You play the hand you’re dealt, and that’s what we’re going to do,” she said. Democrats’ goal is to show Nevadans who Biden really is and what he’s accomplished.
A spokesperson for Sen. Jacky Rosen’s campaign painted the election as a choice between an administration “focused on lowering costs, growing the middle class, and restoring reproductive freedom” and “Trump’s MAGA agenda,” while distancing her from the president.
“Senator Rosen is focused on her own reelection campaign and continuing her track record as one of the most bipartisan, independent, and effective Senators,” the spokesperson said in a statement.
‘Feel sorry’
Nevada GOP Chairman Michael McDonald told the Review-Journal he felt sorry for Biden.
“I know he had a bad night, but I think it’s deeper than that,” he said Monday. “I feel sorry for his family. It’s a major concern of who is running the country right now.”
That said, the Republican Party won’t focus on those cognitive concerns at a state level, said McDonald, who took on the role as senior campaign adviser for the Trump campaign.
Rather, McDonald said, the party will push on Trump’s record of helping working people and will highlight his plans and outlook for the future.
“We’re going to show the difference between the two,” he said.
Contact Jessica Hill at jehill@reviewjournal.com. Follow @jess_hillyeah on X.
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Catholic Charities of Northern Nevada hosting back to school vaccine clinic
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RENO, Nev. (KOLO) – Catholic Charities of Northern Nevada will be hosting a series of back-to-school vaccine clinics in the month of July.
The clinic will be for kids over the age of five, but under the age of 19.
“Our commitment to keeping our clients and their communities healthy includes ensuring everyone has access to health and wellness resources, including vaccines,” said Marie Baxter, CEO of Catholic Charites of Northern Nevada.
The clinics will be held at these locations, dates and times:
- Moana Neighborhood Center – Saturday, July 6 from 10 am to 2 pm at the Moana Neighborhood Center located at 480 E. Moana Lane.
- North Valleys Neighborhood Center – Monday, July 8 from 1 to 4 pm at the North Valleys Neighborhood Center located at 440 E. Golden Valley Road.
- Sun Valley Neighborhood Center – Friday, July 12 from 1 to 4 pm at the Sun Valley Neighborhood Center located at 130 West Gepford Parkway.
- Fernley Boys & Girls Club of Truckee Meadows – Saturday, July 20 from 9 am to 12 pm at the Fernley Boys & Girls Club located at 396 US Highway 95a South, Suite 401.
Qualifying criteria include children ages 5-19 who are eligible for the VFC program if they are uninsured, Medicaid-eligible or Medicaid-enrolled, American Indian or Alaska Native, or underinsured. Parents must be present and, if possible, provide shot record information.
Out-of-state residents must show proof of vaccination to qualify.
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