Sisolak revealed during his address that $500 million will be set aside for affordable housing assistance, and another $500 million for expanded broadband internet access infrastructure. Another $160 million will be allocated for child care assistance for parents who require such financial aid.<\/p>\n
The rest of the federal stimulus money, the governor detailed, will go towards education, public safety, health care, and climate change initiatives.<\/p>\n
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The governor added that money will also be used to help businesses by way of reducing bureaucratic hurdles extending from extensive occupational licensing requirements. Sisolak wants to create the Nevada Small Business Accelerator Program, which will help startups more efficiently obtain necessary licenses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
While Republicans were quick to discount Sisolak’s spending plans. State Senate Republican caucus leader James Settelmeyer (R-Minden) said, “Spending money is not leadership.” But some political bettors on PredictIt were won over.<\/p>\n
The betting exchanges market asked, “Which party will win the 2022 Nevada gubernatorial election?” That saw GOP shares drop six cents. The eventual Republican candidate remains the front-runner but now has only a slim advantage at 52 cents.<\/p>\n
Lombardo Stock Soaring<\/b><\/h2>\n
Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo, who heads the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, is seeking the state’s top government position. Lombardo became a well-recognized figure throughout the country for being the face of law enforcement’s response to the mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip back on October 1, 2017.<\/p>\n
Lombardo is seeking the Republican ticket to take on Sisolak. And the longtime law officer is building much momentum behind his gubernatorial campaign.<\/p>\n
PredictIt’s market on who will represent the GOP against Sisolak in November is moving in Lombardo’s favor. The betting exchange currently gives Lombardo a 72% chance of securing the party nomination. That’s up five cents over the past 24 hours.<\/strong><\/p>\nLombardo scolded Sisolak for what the sheriff contends was the governor’s efforts to win over Republicans.<\/p>\n
“Despite Steve Sisolak’s best attempts today, Nevadans saw right through his taxpayer-funded speech, in which he claimed to be anti-tax, pro-parents, and pro-police, despite three years of policy in direct opposition to that,” said Lombardo spokesperson Elizabeth Ray.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak (D) is facing the biggest election of his more than two-decade political career in 2022. Sisolak gave an informal “State of the State” virtual address yesterday from Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. The governor up for reelection discussed how Nevada will use its remaining $2.7 billion in federal pandemic funds, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":202683,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19853,61],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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