Nevada
RFK Jr. sues Nevada Secretary of State over ballot petition
LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – The Robert Kennedy Jr. campaign is suing the Nevada Secretary of State, alleging a “reinterpretation” of ballot access rules.
The campaign announced the lawsuit Monday afternoon. They allege that the Secretary of State approved a petition to get on the ballot without having named a Vice Presidential running-mate, but later reversed course, saying they must name a running mate for the petition to be valid.
“This is a clear case for the federal court to apply the doctrine of equitable estoppel to prohibit the Secretary of State from changing his mind after providing binding statutory instruction upon which the campaign properly relied to our detriment.
The court must prohibit what was either rank incompetence or partisan political gamesmanship by the Secretary from invalidating petition signatures afforded the highest First Amendment protection by the United States Supreme Court.”
The Secretary of State’s office said they gave plenty of notice about the requirement, and that the campaign has yet to even hit the deadline to submit a valid petition.
“In early March, the Secretary of State’s office sent guidance to all independent campaigns for president that had filed petitions for ballot access. This guidance highlighted the statutory requirements necessary for petitions to be valid. The guidance was sent well in advance of the deadline to submit signatures, which still has not passed. While some campaigns took the opportunity to refile petitions with our office, others did not.
Our office has received no official communication from Mr. Kennedy’s campaign since the time our office sent that guidance. Earlier today, the Kennedy campaign sent a letter threatening to sue the Secretary of State over ballot access. Secretary Aguilar issued the following statement:
“Nevada has a rich history of independent and third party candidates for office. Each of those candidates managed to attain ballot access by following the law. We look forward to seeing Mr. Kennedy’s team in court.”
Our office will have no further comment.”
The deadline for the petition to be submitted to allow Kennedy and his now-named running-mate, Nicole Shanahan, is July 5.
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Nevada
Nevada fuel line will return to normal service
LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – Clark County asks consumers to ”not panic buy at the pump.”
After messages from Clark County saying the fires in California were potentially affecting the fuel lines servicing Southern Nevada, the County is advising the public to not run out and buy gas for their cars.
The gas line from California to Nevada will re-start and be operational by Friday.
Message from Clark County:
“In working with California, a solution has been put in place which will power the Kinder Morgan fuel line into southern Nevada and fuel should start to flow into the valley in the next 12-24 hours. Clark County Office of Emergency Management remains engaged on this issue with regional and state partners. The public is encouraged to not panic buy at the pump.”
FOX5 will have a full report on the gas line running from California to Nevada at 10 and 11 p.m.
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Nevada
Missing Southfield girl might be in Nevada with man who just found out he’s her father, police say
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. – A 4-year-old Southfield girl who has been missing for two months might be in Nevada with a man who just found out he’s her father, police said.
Bali Packer was picked up by her biological father, Juwon Madison, on Nov. 10, 2024, and has not been returned to her mother, Timeah Wright-Smith.
Packer was last seen wearing a blue PJ mask shirt, pink hat, pink leggings, and pink boots.
Madison is not listed on Packer’s birth certificate, and no court order in place states he has any parenting time.
He recently discovered that he may have been the father of Packer prior to picking her up with her mother’s permission, who is the sole guardian of the 4-year-old girl.
Madison is believed to have left Michigan and went down to Nevada.
Wright-Smith does not believe Packer is in any danger.
Bali Packer | Details |
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Eyes | Brown |
Age | 4 |
Height | 3′3″ |
Hair | Brown |
Weight | 3 pounds |
Anyone with information should contact the Southfield Police Department at 248-796-550 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-Speak Up.
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READ: More Missing in Michigan coverage
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Nevada
Southern Nevada’s desert tortoises getting help to cross the road
Long before Southern Nevada built its winding highways, desert tortoises roamed freely without consequence. For these federally protected animals, crossing the street without a dedicated path could mean a death sentence.
Along a 34-mile stretch of U.S. Highway 93 near Coyote Springs, fencing and underground tortoise crossings will allow for more safe passage.
“We see substantial road mortality and near-misses in this area,” said Kristi Holcomb, Southern Nevada biological supervisor at the Nevada Department of Transportation. “By adding the fencing, we’ll be able to stop the bleed.”
The federal Department of Transportation awarded Nevada’s transportation agency a $16.8 million grant to build 61 wildlife crossings and 68 miles of fencing along the highway. Clark and Lincoln counties, as well as private companies such as the Coyote Springs Investment group, will fund the project in total.
Under the Endangered Species Act, the federal government listed Mojave desert tortoises as threatened in 1990. The project area includes the last unfenced portion of what the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service considers to be the desert tortoise’s “critical habitat.”
In Clark County, some keep desert tortoises as pets, adoptions for which are only authorized through one Nevada nonprofit, the Tortoise Group. Environmentalists in the area have long worried that sprawling solar projects may have an adverse effect on tortoise populations. As many as 1,000 tortoises per square mile inhabited the Mojave Desert before urban development, according to the Center for Biological Diversity.
Crossings prevent inbreeding
One major reason that connecting critical habitat across a highway is paramount is to prevent inbreeding, Holcomb said.
“When you build a highway down the middle of a desert tortoise population, they become shy about crossing the highway,” Holcomb said. “By installing tortoise fences, we’ll give the tortoise population a chance to recover.”
Desert tortoises tend to walk parallel to the fences, which will lead them to the crossings they need to go to the other side. Promoting genetic diversity is one way different tortoise populations can be stabilized, Holcomb said.
The Nevada Department of Transportation doesn’t have a set timeline, and the project will need to go through an expedited federal review process to ensure full consideration of environmental effects.
“Be mindful, not only of tortoises that might be on the roadway, but also of our impacts on tortoises,” Holcomb added.
Contact Alan Halaly at ahalaly@reviewjournal.com. Follow @AlanHalaly on X.
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