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Mayor Hillary Schieve has heroically drawn her mightiest weapon—the strongly worded letter—after Renown already closed the Crisis Care Center doors. With the timing precision of someone showing up with a fire extinguisher after the house has burned down, the mayor is now "questioning" Reno
Read the articleIs County Manager Eric Brown and his handpicked, by secret employee committee, Registrar of Voters awaiting the results of the Nevada Secretary of State and Attorney General multistate lawsuit against Trump Administration executive overreach in elections, before they take any action on Trumps execut
Read the articleAs local governments scramble to patch their leaking financial ships—with Washoe County, Sparks, and Reno all millions in the red—they've settled on the usual solution: deeper dives into taxpayer pockets. Increased fees, passed on charges, some say, sales tax hikes are circling the drain, and "
Read the articleAs the Reno Gazette Journal reported the City of Reno v oted on Wednesday, April 9, 2025 to shift the c redit card processing fees back to the citizens of Reno. The taxpayers get to absorb yet another fee due to poor city fiscal management. In a display of municipal mathematics, the Cit
Read the articleLast week County Manager Eric Brown took a vacation and left one of his Assistant County Managers in charge - seems like lack of transparency has a trickle down effect at Washoe County. In what has become Washoe County's standard operating procedure, deflect, deny, hide the facts, officials sat on
Read the articleRemember when local elected officials trembled at the thought of being lampooned at Sheep Dip? When the annual roast served as Nevada's political pressure release valve, where officials' blunders were immortalized through exaggerated comedy sketches and no one was safe from public ridicule?
Read the articleIn a stunning display of political self-sabotage, Sparks Mayor Ed Lawson expressed shock—SHOCK!—that his $500 million toll road bill died in the Nevada Legislature after he publicly insulted most of its members as self-serving public employees and union cronies.
Read the articleWhile the media circus twirls around Governor Lombardo's Lincoln Day Dinner comments , Picon is asking the question no other media seems interested in: who exactly brought the recording device to Club Fandango? In a room packed with the Governor's devoted supporters, someone clearly came prepared
Read the articleIs the sudden discovery of library funding a genuine miracle or convenient timing? After five months of dire warnings about reduced hours, staff cuts, and service reductions due to tax reallocation, the library system has mysteriously found sufficient funds to maintain operations—just days before
Read the articlePicon's readers just keep sending us tidbits about Assemblymember Erica Roth. They pointed out to us after we published an article about Roth's non-conforming duplex that the duplex description of her rental was removed from Zillow. The description was published in our story.
Read the articleWashoe County offers some of their hiring practices in writing after persistent questioning. But they've left the most critical question unanswered: Who selects the screening committees? This isn't just bureaucratic nitpicking - it's the foundation of the entire hiring process.
Read the articleCommissioner Clara Andriola made quite the impression yesterday on KOLO Morning Break while attempting to promote her "Washoe County Checkbook" initiative. Her interview was a masterclass in unintentional comedy: "From the comfort of your telephone to login," she explained—app
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