In The News: Department of Political Science

Los Angeles Times

Trump team changes obscure GOP rules in hopes of clinching presidential nomination early. Supporters of Donald Trump gather in Irvine outside a California GOP executive committee meeting, during which delegate-allocation rules were ultimately changed in a way to benefit the former president

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

Many Latinos in Nevada identify politically as independent, which gives them influence in deciding which party will win.

Voice of America

Taiwan is expecting an unusually competitive presidential election in January 2024 after Terry Gou, the billionaire founder of main iPhone manufacturer Foxconn, announced his bid to run for the top office as an independent candidate.

Washington Post

It’s not your imagination: Business, especially big business, is more liberal than it used to be, and Democrats are now more comfortable than Republicans with corporate engagement in politics. That’s the takeaway from an academic survey of business leaders and the public described in a pair of papers published last month.

Las Vegas Review Journal

A state lawmaker failed to disclose in his financial disclosures that he led an organization that he ultimately voted to give $100,000 to, raising questions about transparency around the disclosure process for legislators.

Las Vegas Review Journal

The super political action committee backing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign has stopped knocking on Nevada voters’ doors, which could signal the campaign is losing ground in the Silver State to Donald Trump in the runup to the primary election.

MarketWatch

Pushback on DEI initiatives and reversal of affirmative action could ‘set back African-American economic-mobility prospects by decades,’ one expert says

KTNV-TV: ABC 13

Nevada is once again back in the senate race hot seat after a razor-thin race just last year between sitting Senator Catherine Cortez Masto and former Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt.

KSNV-TV: News 3

The first Republican presidential debate of the 2024 campaign is underway, and the party frontrunner won't be there. Eight candidates met the Republican National Committee's criteria for the debate on Wednesday.

Nevada Independent

As Democrats have fanned out across the country this summer to sell voters on the president’s agenda a year out from the election, Cabinet members and elected officials have honed in on a specific theme in appearances in Las Vegas — the cost of prescription drugs.

Las Vegas Review Journal

A day after Donald Trump and others were indicted over allegations of trying to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia, it remains unclear if similar prosecutions could occur in Nevada.

Las Vegas Review Journal

The Nevada Republican Party announced it will hold its presidential caucus Feb. 8, two days after the state’s presidential preference primary.