2020 Election

Purple Politics Nevada is KUNR’s weekly show about the 2023 Nevada Legislative Session. In this week’s episode, host Lucia Starbuck explores Republican-backed election-related legislation requiring identification to vote and moving up the deadlines to submit a mail-in ballot and register to vote.

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada’s departing Secretary of State was served a subpoena last month as part of the U.S. Department of Justice special counsel’s investigation into efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election results.

A new study shows the 2020 presidential election had negative mental health outcomes. University of Nevada, Reno economics professor Sankar Mukhopadhyay authored the research.

Read news headlines for Friday, August 5, 2022.

A new survey of several Mountain West states found that 85% of respondents are concerned about our Democracy. Research firm Morning Consult talked with nearly 1900 people. Most were also concerned about misinformation and expect more violence similar to what we saw on January 6.

Congressman Mark Amodei has been representing Northern Nevada in Congress since 2011. He’s been an advocate for more local control of federal lands and…

In the early days of the pandemic and his first term as Nevada governor, Steve Sisolak closed casinos, which was the first time that’s happened since the…

Here are the local news headlines for the morning of Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021.Heller Refuses To Say Who Won 2020 ElectionBy KUNR StaffFormer U.S. Senator…

Lucia Starbuck has covered the COVID-19 pandemic for over a year for KUNR Public Radio with Report for America, This Is Reno and Our Town Reno. In this…

Here are your local news headlines for the morning of Friday, Mar. 5, 2021.Nevada Reaches 5,000 COVID-19-Related Deaths One Year Into PandemicBy Paul…