In The News: Department of Political Science
In a historic speech at the Democratic National Convention, Vice President Kamala Harris promised to continue military support for Ukraine and strengthen NATO as she accepted the party’s nomination for the 2024 presidential race.
Voters say they want lower grocery prices and a more affordable cost of living. Where do schools fall on their wish list? It depends on who you ask.
With nearly 43 million Americans burdened by federal student loan debt, the debate over how lawmakers should address this issue is deeply polarized along party lines. While the Biden-Harris administration has made student loan forgiveness a policy priority, speculation grows about the future of student loans under a potential second Trump presidency.
Juan José Nevárez and his wife, Graciela, moved to the U.S. nearly 40 years ago from Mexico looking for a better life. At one point, the couple owned two homes, renting one out as an investment property. Then the 2008-09 Great Recession hit and the value of their homes declined. After losing one income and the rate on their adjustable mortgage going up, the couple found themselves no longer able to make the mortgage payments. The couple said the banks were unforgiving and quickly foreclosed on both houses.
Energy companies use persistent and personalized pressure to get landowners to give permission for hydraulic fracturing (fracking), and even when landowners decline, companies use legalized compulsion to conduct fracking anyway, according to a new study led by researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York and 51ԹϺ.
Energy companies use persistent and personalized pressure to get landowners to give permission for hydraulic fracturing (fracking), and even when landowners decline, companies use legalized compulsion to conduct fracking anyway, according to a new study led by researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York and 51ԹϺ.
The record U.S. oil and gas boom may lie on a bedrock of aggressive sales and legal “compulsion,” a new study has found. Many Ohio landowners who ended up with fracked wells on their properties were forced by state law to accept them, according to findings published Monday in Nature Energy.
Since fall 2018, the Nevada Alliance has poured more than $7 million into the coffers of left-leaning groups and to support ballot initiatives in Nevada, making it one of the 10 most active donors in state-level politics during that period, according to an analysis by The Nevada Independent.
Vice President Kamala Harris makes her first presidential campaign rally stop in Las Vegas. Supporters share what they want her to focus on. We also discuss the election’s current impacts on Nevada with Lincy Institute Executive Director David Damore. Then we share Part 2 of our Affordable Housing conversation with Nevada State Treasurer Zach Conine and Nevada REALTORS President Brandon Roberts.
There’s no two ways about it: It’s getting more expensive to live in Nevada. From housing costs to car expenses to groceries, bills are going up, and Nevadans are having to expand their monthly budgets.
A Californian knocked on the door of a Summerlin house and was met with no answer. “Normally I wait about a minute,” the 24-year-old said. He’d been out canvassing for hours under the searing Las Vegas sun. Sterling Raiklen is one of seven men in their 20s who uprooted from a different state and moved to Nevada after seeing an advertisement for a political volunteer role online.
Independent presidential candidate RFK Jr. will be on Nevada's ballot in November after officially filing with the state this month. He's a longshot to win the White House, polling at around 5% currently. But is that enough to spoil the election for Harris or Trump? Or is the worry about a spoiler overblown? 51ԹϺ political science professor Dan Lee joins the podcast this week to talk about how third party and independent candidates have fared in Nevada history - and whether this cycle will be any different.
