Nevada politics

KUNR held its first “Pints and Purple Politics” event on Wednesday. The panel discussion was moderated by Purple Politics Nevada host Lucia Starbuck and included reporters Bert Johnson, Jose Davila IV, María Palma and Natalie Van Hoozer. In this event recap, each reporter shares how local politics affect their respective reporting beats.

Election Day voting kicked off at 7 a.m., and the number of voters in lines steadily increased in a short period of time, particularly at two polling locations in Washoe County.

On the Nevada ballot this year, voters will be asked about whether or not the Equal Rights Amendment in the Nevada Constitution should include more protections.

Nevada’s midterm elections include several tight races that could come down to how parts of the electorate, like Nevada’s Native communities, vote.

Rikki Ricker and Tray Abney are longtime friends and transplants to Reno. They both participated in One Small Step, a conversation program designed to bring people with different political ideologies together.

As part of KUNR’s local One Small Step conversation program, Reno/Sparks residents Adrian Paul, 57, and Faith Machuca, 24, explored their views on government spending and how frustration with unmet campaign promises can lead to apathy.

Read or listen to news headlines for Monday, June 27, 2022.

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.

Read or listen to news headlines for Tuesday, June 14, 2022.

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.