Bert Johnson
Mountain West News Bureau ReporterBert is KUNR’s Mountain West News Bureau reporter. He covers stories that resonate across Nevada and the region, with a focus on environment, political extremism and Indigenous communities.
He began his career in journalism after studying abroad during the summer of 2011 in Egypt, during the Arab Spring. Before he joined KUNR, Bert was a reporter at Capital Public Radio and a producer for KNPR.
Bert likes tinkering with bikes, backpacking the Sierra and studying Spanish, which has helped him cover stories in Mexico City and Puerto Rico.
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The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade was a mainstream conservative victory. But the fight against abortion access is a priority for far-right extremists, too. -
The U.S. Supreme Court has eliminated federal abortion protections, but Nevadans enshrined statewide abortion access in a 1990 voter referendum. KUNR’s Bert Johnson sat down with Emily Hobson, chair of the Gender, Race and Identity department at UNR, to talk about what the ruling could mean for the state.
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Read or listen to news headlines for Monday, June 27, 2022.
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Some of the high-profile races in Nevada’s primary elections didn’t get called until late into the night. KUNR’s Bert Johnson joined News Director Michelle Billman to break it all down.
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It's expected to be a competitive race for governor in November between Trump-backed Republican Joe Lombardo, the sheriff of Clark County, and current Gov. Steve Sisolak, a Democrat.
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Nevada is one of four states holding primary elections on Tuesday. There are competitive Republican contests for key state and federal offices.
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Many Nevada Republicans still support former President Donald Trump’s false claims about voter fraud in the 2020 election, including candidates in roughly a third of the state legislative races.
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Candidates in about a third of state legislative primaries have publicly cast doubt on the election process or expressed their support for the “Big Lie.”
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Two Republicans split the majority of votes Tuesday in California’s new third congressional district, so one of them will face a Democrat in the general election.
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Candidates in the crowded Republican field for the governor’s race put the focus on mental health instead of gun control after two horrific mass shootings in the past month revived national debate.
