McKenna Ross

If you watched President Trump’s inauguration, you could spot (at least) two VIP guests with Nevada ties behind the former presidents: Phil Ruffin and Miriam Adelson. The billionaire hoteliers were both major donors to the Trump campaign. Adelson and her family also own the Review-Journal.

McKenna chugs a coffee while in an elevator heading to her next interview.

I’m excited to cover the upcoming session! I’ll be back for the first week beginning Feb. 3.

I’m sure there will be a lot of days that look like this:

Nevada governor calls for permanent teacher pay raises, $1B investment in new housing Gov. Joe Lombardo made sweeping policy proposals at his State of the State Address, including making teacher raises permanent and extending pay raises to charter school teachers.

Democrats said they were encouraged by Lombardo’s bipartisan tone and many of the topics discussed, but felt the “devil is in the details.”

Here’s our full story on the speech in Carson City: www.reviewjournal.com/news/politic...

The NV Leg session unofficially kicked off tonight with the State of the State address. Gov. Lombardo unveiled several policy proposals to address education, healthcare, housing affordability, election reforms and economic development. @reviewjournal.bsky.social

Nevada folks: I’m covering the upcoming legislative session with Jessica Hill for @reviewjournal.bsky.social. I officially start in the new year, but I’m excited to hit the ground running.

Let’s chat: mross@reviewjournal.com

excited to have another social platform to lurk and feel anxious on