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News Tipoffs - Nevada Editors Newsletter for Friday March 13, 2026 ( 20 items )  

5 Days, 5 Ways Lombardo is Out of Touch with Nevadans: ICE Accountability Edition
LAS VEGAS, Nevada, March 12 -- The Nevada Democratic Party posted the following news release: * * * 5 Days, 5 Ways Lombardo is Out of Touch with Nevadans: ICE Accountability Edition * As gas prices soar and the job market tanks, Joe Lombardo said Donald Trump is doing a "fantastic job" After Joe Lombardo sucked up to Donald Trump and repeatedly lied in an interview with the Nevada Independent, NV Dems are bringing back our series, "5 Days, 5 Ways Joe Lombardo is out of touch with Nevadans."  more

America First Legal Reveals Latest Legal Failures by States Challenging Trump Administration's CFPB Funding Cuts
WASHINGTON, March 12 [Category: Political] -- America First Legal, a civil rights organization, posted the following news release: * * * America First Legal Reveals Latest Legal Failures by States Challenging Trump Administration's CFPB Funding Cuts * America First Legal (AFL) has uncovered that multiple states lack evidence of any actual harm in their lawsuit challenging Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought's efforts to cut funding from the Consumer Financial Protectio  more

American School Counselor Association Announces 2026 RAMP Schools
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 12 -- The American School Counselor Association issued the following news release on March 10, 2026: * * * American School Counselor Association Announces 2026 RAMP(R) Schools This year, 208 schools in 34 states received the Recognized ASCA Model Program(R) (RAMP(R)) designation. These schools will be honored during a special ceremony at the ASCA Annual Conference in New Orleans, La., in July for making an exemplary commitment to their school counseling program. T  more

ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL SUES TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO STOP UNLAWFUL DATA DEMAND TO COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
CHICAGO, Illinois, March 11 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL SUES TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO STOP UNLAWFUL DATA DEMAND TO COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES * New Reporting Requirements Jeopardize Student Privacy, Threaten Schools with Baseless Investigations Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul today joined a coalition of 17 attorneys general in challenging the Trump administration's demand that higher education institutions pr  more

Cortez Masto Joins 45 Senate Colleagues in Pressing Department of Defense for Answers on the School Bombing and Civilian Casualties in Iran
WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Cortez Masto Joins 45 Senate Colleagues in Pressing Department of Defense for Answers on the School Bombing and Civilian Casualties in Iran * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) joined a letter led by Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) and signed by 41 colleagues in pressing the Department of De  more

Cortez Masto Joins Legislation to Strengthen the Child Tax Credit and Provide a Tax Cut for Working Families
WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Cortez Masto Joins Legislation to Strengthen the Child Tax Credit and Provide a Tax Cut for Working Families * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) joined bipartisan legislation to provide a tax cut to 3.5 million working families with children by allowing them to begin receiving the Child Tax Credit (CTC) starting with the first dollar they earn. The Stronger St  more

Cortez Masto, Warren, Hawley, Gallego, Britt Lead Senators in Reintroducing Bill to Hold Executives Accountable After Big Bank Failures
WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Cortez Masto, Warren, Hawley, Gallego, Britt Lead Senators in Reintroducing Bill to Hold Executives Accountable After Big Bank Failures * Bill reintroduction follows the third anniversary of Silicon Valley Bank's failure Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), Katie Britt (R-Ala.),   more

DGA: Joe Lombardo Claims Trump's "Doing a Fantastic Job" While Costs Soar Across Nevada
WASHINGTON, March 13 -- The Democratic Governors Association posted the following news on March 12, 2026: * * * Joe Lombardo Claims Trump's "Doing a Fantastic Job" While Costs Soar Across Nevada Last week, the most vulnerable Republican governor in the country Joe Lombardo lavished praise on Donald Trump in an interview with the Nevada Independent, affirming that he's "still a fan of President Trump" and even claiming that Trump is "doing a fantastic job" despite gas prices soaring and costs   more

FAIR Investigation Reveals 'Dangerous Trifecta' Policies in Eight States Enabling Widespread Noncitizen Voting
WASHINGTON, March 12 [Category: International] (TNSrpt) -- The Federation for American Immigration Reform issued the following news release: * * * FAIR Investigation Reveals 'Dangerous Trifecta' Policies in Eight States Enabling Widespread Noncitizen Voting * Report Uncovers Thousands of Illegal Aliens on Voter Rolls, Stonewalling by Officials WASHINGTON-The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) today released an investigative report exposing how eight "worst offender" jurisdi  more

Jury Finds Castle Rock Man Guilty Of Fraud, Money Laundering Charges For $2.4 Million COVID-Era Hand Sanitizer Scheme
DENVER, Colorado, March 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado posted the following news release on March 12, 2026: * * * Jury Finds Castle Rock Man Guilty Of Fraud, Money Laundering Charges For $2.4 Million COVID-Era Hand Sanitizer Scheme The United States Attorney for the District of Colorado announces that a federal jury convicted Rico Tomas Garcia, 51, of Castle Rock, of nine counts of wire fraud and six counts of money laundering for devising a scheme in which  more

Littler Issues Commentary: Nevada Supreme Court Unanimously Requires Prevailing-Wage Disputes to Be Resolved by the Nevada Labor Commissioner
SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 12 -- Littler, a law firm, issued the following commentary on March 11, 2026, by Las Vegas office managing shareholder Roger L. Grandgenett, shareholder Montgomery Y. Paek and associate Andrew S. Clark: * * * Nevada Supreme Court Unanimously Requires Prevailing-Wage Disputes to Be Resolved by the Nevada Labor Commissioner On February 26, 2026, the Nevada Supreme Court issued a long-awaited en banc decision confirming that Nevada's Prevailing Wage Statutes (NRS  more

Lombardo Doing the Bidding of Billionaires, Special Interests as Nevadans Drown in Sky-High Health Care and Housing Costs
LAS VEGAS, Nevada, March 12 -- The Nevada Democratic Party posted the following news release: * * * Lombardo Doing the Bidding of Billionaires, Special Interests as Nevadans Drown in Sky-High Health Care and Housing Costs * The Nevadan: Lombardo's pharmaceutical industry donations surged after he vetoed bills that would have lowered drug costs for chronic and deadly illnesses. Joe Lombardo could have lowered housing and prescription drug costs for all Nevadans, but instead, he remains beho  more

Nevada Convenes Inaugural Meeting of the Rural Health Transformation Steering Committee to Strengthen Health Care Access and Support Rural Communities
CARSON CITY, Nevada, March 11 -- Gov. Joe Lombardo, R-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Nevada Convenes Inaugural Meeting of the Rural Health Transformation Steering Committee to Strengthen Health Care Access and Support Rural Communities * Today, the State of Nevada took an important step in the effort towards strengthening access to high quality health care in rural and frontier communities by convening the inaugural meeting of Nevada's Rural Health Transformation Steering C  more

Nevada Department of Education Announces New Strategic Priorities
CARSON CITY, Nevada, March 13 -- The Nevada Department of Education issued the following news release: * * * Nevada Department of Education Announces New Strategic Priorities Superintendent Wakefield concludes first 100 days in office with plan to strengthen classroom instruction, improve college and career readiness, and better align support for schools and districts * On Wednesday, Superintendent of Public Instruction Dr. Victor Wakefield announced the Nevada Department of Education's new  more

Rosen Successfully Pushes Trump Administration to Reopen Global Entry Program
WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Rosen Successfully Pushes Trump Administration to Reopen Global Entry Program * WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) successfully pushed the Trump Administration to reopen the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Global Entry program. The announcement from CBP comes as a result of Senator Rosen's letter urging former-Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem to end the closure of the  more

Student Veterans VP Barlet Testifies Before House Veterans' Affairs Committee
WASHINGTON, March 12 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Tammy I. Barlet, vice president of government affairs at Student Veterans of America, from a March 3, 2026, joint hearing with the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee entitled "Legislative Presentation of Veterans of Foreign Wars & Multi VSO: Student Veterans of America, Jewish War Veterans, Blinded Veterans Association, Fleet Reserve Association, Minority Veterans of America, National Association of  more

Susie Lee Leads Bipartisan Legislation to Crack Down on Retail Crime and Save Nevadans Money
WASHINGTON, March 12 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * Susie Lee Leads Bipartisan Legislation to Crack Down on Retail Crime and Save Nevadans Money Bipartisan legislation would better protect local Nevada businesses, improve public safety  * Nevadans are seeing wall - to - wall coverage of Congresswoman Susie Lee's bipartisan legislation to crack down on organized retail crime, improve public safety, and save taxpayer dollars.  Th  more

TheDream.US: Sen. Cortez Masto Makes Powerful Case for Dreamers and The Dream Act on Senate Floor
ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 12 -- TheDream.US, a college and career success program for immigrant youth, issued the following news release on March 11, 2026: * * * Sen. Cortez Masto Makes Powerful Case for Dreamers and The Dream Act on Senate Floor In an important Senate floor speech today, Nevada Senator Catherine Cortez Masto shared 10 stories of Dreamers being targeted for detention and deportation under this administration and made a powerful case for why protections and passage of the bip  more

Va. A.G. Jones and Coalition of Attorneys General Challenge Trump Administration Effort to Undermine Birth Control Coverage
RICHMOND, Virginia, March 13 -- Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones issued the following news release on March 12, 2026: * * * Attorney General Jay Jones and Coalition of Attorneys General Challenge Trump Administration Effort to Undermine Birth Control Coverage Attorney General Jay Jones has joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief challenging the Trump Administration's 2017 and 2018 regulations that undermine the Affordable Care Act's guarantee of no-cost contrac  more

VIDEO: Senate Republicans Block Rosen's Attempt to Pay TSA Agents
WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * VIDEO: Senate Republicans Block Rosen's Attempt to Pay TSA Agents * Watch Senator Rosen's Full Remarks HERE. WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senate Republicans blocked Senator Jacky Rosen's (D-NV) attempt to pass her bill to pay Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers amidst the Republican shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security. Travelers across the country are facing hours-long   more