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Rosen calls on embattled Menendez to resign, joining other Senate Democrats

Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) called Tuesday morning for indicted Sen. Bob Menendez’s (D-NJ) resignation, joining a raft of vulnerable incumbents in distancing herself from the beleaguered New Jerseyan.

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Parents in line to get free diapers at Baby Bounty's in Las Vegas on Wednesday, May 18, 2022. (Jeff Scheid/The Nevada Independent).

Nevada treasurer seeks to address generational poverty with baby bonds

If the program is created, the state will invest $3,200 in a bond, for babies born on Medicaid, that the treasurer’s office will manage until the child is 18 years old. The funds can then be applied to a business start-up, post-secondary education, buying a home or toward “financial assets that provide long-term gains to wages and or wealth.”

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Black voters in Nevada seek candidates who understand, are likely to act on their top issues

Although Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders emerged as the definitive frontrunner after Nevada’s first-in-the-West caucus, he’s not leading with black voters — a pattern that showed in Nevada and could have implications in the coming South Carolina primary and beyond. 39 percent of black voters who caucused opted for former Vice President Joe Biden compared to 27 percent for Sanders, according to early entrance polls of the Nevada Caucus.

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