The assault weapons ban failed Michael Rottman (RN&R, September 2023) wrote: We did really ban assault weapons nationally (in) 1994. Did we actually? Maybe youre too younger to recall the way it really labored out again within the day. The so-called Assault Weapons Ban certainly banned the manufacture, switch or possession of sure assault weapons. … [Read more…]
Present and aspiring officeholders are actually jockeying for place within the 2024 elections, as term-limited officers set their sights on new alternatives, and first-time candidates nervously gear up for the marketing campaign cycle. In our hyper-polarized political local weather, with so many gerrymandered districts, the actual race is commonly the June major, leaving candidates a … [Read more…]
As summer time winds down and the mountain air turns crisp, theres nonetheless loads of enjoyable available on lengthy days. Lake Tahoe is lookinghowever its smaller neighbor, Fallen Leaf Lake, has simply as a lot to supply the intrepid explorer. Situated a few mile from the southwestern shores of Tahoe, close to Emerald Bay, Fallen … [Read more…]
For months through the pandemic, Frank X. Mullen didnt simply work for the Reno Information & Assessment; he was the Reno Information & Assessment. In Could 2020, the RN&R revealed seven items on-line. Three of them have been by Frank. In June 2020, the RN&R revealed 14 items on-line. Eleven of them have been by … [Read more…]
In 2013, I took a buyout after 25 years as a reporter and editor on the Reno Gazette-Journal. I received a name from Reno Mayor Bob Cashell, a Texas transplant who turned one among Nevadas favourite sons. Youre too younger to be nailing the outdated coonskin to the wall, Bob drawled. I instructed him Id … [Read more…]
Donald Trumps aggressive and blatant disregard of info, social norms and the straightforward idea of telling the reality has given permission to many politicians to blur their very own boundaries of moral habits. It hasnt helped that so many Republican officers have ridden the wave of Trumps repulsive recognition, condoning his antics and prison acts … [Read more…]
Pricey Rep. Mark Amodei: When the Republicans took management of the Home this previous January, your GOP colleagues determined that one in all their first orders of enterprise was to take away Consultant Ilhan Omar, MN CD5, from her committee assignments. The elimination from her committee assignments, probably as a result of she is a … [Read more…]
Were in the midst of one other record-breaking summer season in Northern Nevada. What higher method to beat the warmth of triple-digit days than to flee to a cool mountain lake? Whereas the crowds head as much as Tahoe, discover some enjoyable, shade and solitude on the wild-feeling Stampede Reservoir, simply exterior of Truckee. Following … [Read more…]
The Reno Information & Evaluate has now been again in print for 15 monthsand its been one hell of a journey. On that journey, weve earned some accolades. I simply received again from the Affiliation of Various Medias annual convention, this 12 months held in Dallas, hosted by the Dallas Voice. On the convention, the … [Read more…]
A number of the smartest, most considerate individuals I do know serve on native boards and commissions, volunteering their time and abilities for the general public good. These panels are beneath siege by small, stridentand continuously disruptiveteams of individuals bent on pushing their ideologies on everybody else. From the county fee to the varsity board, … [Read more…]