Jon Ralston
ralston@thenvindy.com
@RalstonReports
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RALSTON REPORTS
Hiring Stutz is just the beginning
JON RALSTON
APRIL 29TH, 2021 - 8:30AM
When it rains, it pours.
FULL STORY
RALSTON REPORTS
American Journalism Project invests
in The Indy
JON RALSTON
APRIL 28TH, 2021 - 6:30AM
The world changes for The Indy
today.
FULL STORY
RALSTON REPORTS
Meet the new, 'independent' Nevada
JON RALSTON
APRIL 7TH, 2021 - 3:01PM
The trends here are clear: The
Democratic lead in statewide voter
registration has decreased by about
40 percent over the last four cycles
and non-major-party registration has
increased by 50 percent.
FULL STORY
RALSTON REPORTS
Say goodbye to the most e!ective
Democratic Party in the country
JON RALSTON
MARCH 8TH, 2021 - 8:35AM
Almost a decade ago, Nevada’s
Establishment Republicans had a
problem.
FULL STORY
OPINION
From deadly cancer diagnosis to
miracle recovery: How Pete Ernaut
survived
JON RALSTON
FEBRUARY 7TH, 2021 - 2:00AM
The world is louder and funnier with
Pete Ernaut in it.
FULL STORY
RALSTON REPORTS
It's time to make Nevada matter even
more
JON RALSTON
FEBRUARY 2ND, 2021 - 2:42PM
As the founder of the #WeMatter
Caucus, I was thrilled to read this
great piece by the AP’s Michelle
Price on Nevada’s effort to go first
before Iowa and New Hampshire in
the Democratic presidential
nominating process.
FULL STORY
RALSTON REPORTS
How we will cover the Legislature
JON RALSTON
FEBRUARY 1ST, 2021 - 11:31AM
The biennial ritual begins today in
Carson City — they come (or Zoom),
they see, they legislate.
FULL STORY
OPINION
Adelson was a complex and
polarizing figure in gaming, political
worlds
JON RALSTON
JANUARY 17TH, 2021 - 2:10AM
Sheldon Adelson embodied this
more than almost anyone, beloved by
those who admired his acts of
boundless generosity, unmatched
entrepreneurship and visionary
accomplishments and reviled by
those who despised his Republican
donations, anti-union crusades and
occasional vindictiveness.
FULL STORY
OPINION
Legislative Republicans should
resolve to repent
JON RALSTON
JANUARY 10TH, 2021 - 2:10AM
ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION — Directing all
lawmakers to affirm the results of
the Nevada election
FULL STORY
RALSTON REPORTS
Titus prepared remarks: "Without
evidence, they are seeking to
overturn the will of Nevadans"
JON RALSTON
JANUARY 7TH, 2021 - 8:59AM
I have obtained her remarks she was
set to deliver, and the former poli sci
professor does not disappoint.
FULL STORY
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Jon has been covering politics in Nevada for
more than 30 years. His blog, Ralston Reports,
was founded in 2012 and now lives on The
Nevada Independent website. He wrote for
the Las Vegas Review-Journal for 15 years, the
last seven as a freelance columnist. In 1999,
Greenspun Media Group purchased his political
newsletter, The Ralston Report, and hired him
as a columnist for the Las Vegas Sun where his
byline appeared until September 2012. He was
also a columnist for the Reno Gazette-
Journal from January 2015 until November
2016, when he left to start The Indy.
Over the years, Jon has hosted several TV
programs, including “Ralston Live” on Vegas
PBS and “Ralston Reports” on KSNV News
3. He also writes and publishes a Nevada-
centric email newsletter called “Flash” that
frames the political agenda for the day, breaks
news and offers analysis and snark.
In 2012, Politico named Jon one of the Top 50
“Politicos to Watch.” He frequently appears on
MSNBC, FOX News, and PBS, and he has also
appeared on NBC’s long-running “Meet the
Press.”
Jon’s many awards include:
— Associated Press News Executive Council
award for best local column (2009)
— Best Non-Staff Columnist (2000, 2001,
2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011 & 2015)
— Best Columnist of the Year (1991 & 1992)
— Nevada State Press Association’s
Outstanding Young Journalist of the Year
(1986)
Jon is originally from Buffalo, New York. He has
a B.A. in English from Cornell University and a
M.A. in journalism from University of Michigan.
He came to Las Vegas in 1984 as the night
police reporter for the Las Vegas Review-
Journal, later covering general assignment and
county government before becoming a political
reporter in 1986. He has a son, Jake. Jon loves
movies and movie trivia and aspires to one day
be The Nevada Independent‘s film critic, if
they’ll let him.
Follow Jon on Twitter @ralstonreports
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This was written well before we knew exactly
what the governor's proposal would look like,
but administrators I spoke to for this story in
February got to some of the reasons why the
governor is looking at revamping
governance/funding
thenevadaindependent.com/article/breaki…
The study created by this bill, sponsored by
the governor, would also analyze
governance structures and funding
mechanisms for NV community colleges.
Comes after @GovSisolak promised to
explore an independent governing system
for community colleges in his State of the
State
https://twitter.com/RileySnyder/status/13925
65600778481664
Replying to @RileySnyder
Assembly votes 26-16 to pass out AB348, a
bill moving the Patient Protection
Commission from the governor's office to the
state's Department of Health and Human
Services & modifies the makeup of
commission's membership.
leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/…#nvleg
Assembly votes 28-14 to pass out #AB450, a
bill creating a study focused on aligning
workforce training and programs with
community colleges#nvleg
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Tuesday it will consider a ban on new mining
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the greater sage grouse."
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Georgetown's Center on Health Insurance
Reforms at Georgetown University about the
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