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Reno offers free therapy

January 24, 2021 Frank X. Mullen 0

Since Dec. 21, about 500 people have signed up for Talkspace, a digital mental health therapy system provided by the City of Reno. That leaves about 200,000 residents also eligible for the free service. City […]

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The Legislature Looms

January 21, 2021 Frank X. Mullen 0

When the Nevada Legislature convenes Feb. 1, lawmakers will be walking on a budget tightrope, balancing efforts maintain state services, expand others and mold a plan for the Silver State’s presumed long and painful emergence […]

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Sisolak recall deadline nears

November 21, 2020 Frank X. Mullen 3

Supporters of a petition drive to recall Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak, who have until Dec. 3 to collect enough signatures to qualify the petition for the ballot, are scrambling to amass as many names as […]

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Zombies didn’t vote in Washoe

November 15, 2020 Frank X. Mullen 0

There is no evidence that a single Washoe County corpse voted by mail in Nevada’s 2020 election — or, in person, for that matter. By cross-checking Social Security death records against the names on more […]

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Reno voters cast ballots from abroad

November 2, 2020 Frank X. Mullen 1

From Canada, France, Hungary and points across the globe — via email and the postal service — the ballots of American expatriates arrive daily at the Washoe County Registrar of Voters office. This year, if […]

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Was your mail-in ballot challenged?

October 31, 2020 Frank X. Mullen 12

Patricia Degives-Mas of Reno was suspicious when a woman knocked on her door the evening of Oct. 29 to tell her that her Washoe County mail-in ballot had been declared invalid because it lacked her […]

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Public absent from ‘monumental’ decision

October 23, 2020 Frank X. Mullen 0

Three Washoe County commissioners, without consulting experts or hearing any public comment, approved a plan for a 20-ton concrete monument to be built on county-owned property between two of downtown Reno’s most historic buildings. That […]

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Educational exhibit or Bill of Wrongs?

October 21, 2020 Frank X. Mullen 0

Local sponsors hope to install what are touted as inscribed replicas of the nation’s three founding documents – the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution – on public land in Washoe […]

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Robocalls swarm Nevada

October 19, 2020 Frank X. Mullen 1

Never, ever trust a robot on the phone. That’s particularly timely advice this month. The number of so-called “robocall” scams have soared in Nevada as conmen hitch their come-ons to the COVID-19 pandemic and election […]

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Laws define voter intimidation

October 12, 2020 Frank X. Mullen 0

Every voter has the right to cast a ballot safely and without having to worry about interference, harassment or intimidation at polling places. This contentious election season, there have been some concerns, though, especially in […]

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Rental assistance effort stalls

October 5, 2020 Frank X. Mullen 4

As local governments scramble to blunt the impact of Nevada’s coming wave of evictions, unforeseen complications have slowed the process of getting millions of dollars in subsidies to landlords to compensate them for tenants’ inability […]

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Ballots arrive: and so it begins

October 3, 2020 Frank X. Mullen 0

Election Day dawns in Nevada nearly a month early this year and continues daily until Nov. 3. There are several ways to vote: mailing a ballot; dropping it off in secure containers; in-person early voting […]

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