Michael Chang
@changpants.bsky.social
guy in nevada. not sure what i’m doing here yet.
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Michael Chang
@changpants.bsky.social
· Nov 19
this is my cat, dusty noir. he’s underweight and i have to give fluids to him subcutaneously. we love him and he’s enjoying life!
"One health care navigator, who requested their name be withheld because they work with immigrant communities, told the Current that at least 1 in 5 of the clients they have met with during the current open enrollment period are opting to decline insurance altogether because of cost."
Health care advocates have warned that many people will not be able to absorb the cost of skyrocketing premiums, which are happening as a result of the expiration of federal subsidies. As a result, many may opt to go without medical insurance.
Amid expiring subsidies and rising premiums, Nevada Health Link refuses to release enrollment data • Nevada Current
Nevada Health Link, the state-based marketplace where Nevadans sign up for Affordable Care Act plans, won’t say how many people have enrolled in plans for coverage in the upcoming year. Sticker shock:...
nevadacurrent.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:24 PM
"One health care navigator, who requested their name be withheld because they work with immigrant communities, told the Current that at least 1 in 5 of the clients they have met with during the current open enrollment period are opting to decline insurance altogether because of cost."
maybe have county commissions responsible for overseeing all of them? they can pull from district funds if hiring a manager is necessary?
OPINION by David Colborne: If you love transparent government, you’ll hate general improvement districts. They’re murky, unaccountable swamps of potential fiscal mismanagement and incompetence — and they’re almost impossible to get rid of.
Read it here: thenevadaindependent.com/article/opin...
Read it here: thenevadaindependent.com/article/opin...
December 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
maybe have county commissions responsible for overseeing all of them? they can pull from district funds if hiring a manager is necessary?
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I am honored to have Chris Giunchigliani's endorsement. Chris is a lifelong teacher, mentor, and former leader of both the Clark County and Nevada State Education Associations. Her support means the world to me.
November 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I am honored to have Chris Giunchigliani's endorsement. Chris is a lifelong teacher, mentor, and former leader of both the Clark County and Nevada State Education Associations. Her support means the world to me.
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The film tax credit narrowly passed the Assembly - but it still has to go through the Senate. It's not over. Contact your state senator now and ask them not to sell Nevada's future to movie studios!
November 16, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The film tax credit narrowly passed the Assembly - but it still has to go through the Senate. It's not over. Contact your state senator now and ask them not to sell Nevada's future to movie studios!
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Louder for those in the back: Tax breaks for movie studios and steeper punishment for the most vulnerable Nevadans are definitely not emergencies.
Why the Assembly hasn’t voted on film tax credits and Lombardo’s sweeping crime bill - The Nevada Independent
Follow along as The Indy reports on key developments from day three of the special session.
thenevadaindependent.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Louder for those in the back: Tax breaks for movie studios and steeper punishment for the most vulnerable Nevadans are definitely not emergencies.
f film tax credits and vote hill!
I’m very serious about running for Governor. Nevadans deserve a change. @thenvindy.com @ralstonreports.bsky.social #indyfest2025
November 16, 2025 at 1:39 AM
f film tax credits and vote hill!
enjoyed coffee this morning! @alexisfornevada.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:18 PM
enjoyed coffee this morning! @alexisfornevada.com
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Billions in tax breaks for Elon Musk and Amazon while everyday Nevadans are stuck with poor infrastructure, underfunded education systems, and skyrocketing housing costs.
Let's put an end to this: Sign our petition to END Billionaire Tax Giveaways NOW! - bit.ly/NoMoreGiveaw...
Let's put an end to this: Sign our petition to END Billionaire Tax Giveaways NOW! - bit.ly/NoMoreGiveaw...
October 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Billions in tax breaks for Elon Musk and Amazon while everyday Nevadans are stuck with poor infrastructure, underfunded education systems, and skyrocketing housing costs.
Let's put an end to this: Sign our petition to END Billionaire Tax Giveaways NOW! - bit.ly/NoMoreGiveaw...
Let's put an end to this: Sign our petition to END Billionaire Tax Giveaways NOW! - bit.ly/NoMoreGiveaw...
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You can trust me to fund classrooms instead of corporate giveaways, because the strength of our schools is the strength of our future. Read more about my platform at AlexisForNevada.com/Issues.
October 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
You can trust me to fund classrooms instead of corporate giveaways, because the strength of our schools is the strength of our future. Read more about my platform at AlexisForNevada.com/Issues.
“I’m more of a policy wonk than a bomb thrower,” said Hill, a Reno native who is serving her second term on the commission.
excellent!
excellent!
@alexisfornevada.com says the difference between her and
@aarondfordnv.bsky.social is "I'm not afraid to tell you what I think. Hill went on to propose tax hikes and ending "billionaire giveaways" such as those supported by Ford.
nevadacurrent.com/2025/09/05/h...
@aarondfordnv.bsky.social is "I'm not afraid to tell you what I think. Hill went on to propose tax hikes and ending "billionaire giveaways" such as those supported by Ford.
nevadacurrent.com/2025/09/05/h...
Hill promises tax reform, end to 'billionaire giveaways' in gubernatorial campaign announcement • Nevada Current
Washoe County Commission Chair Alexis Hill says if she’s elected governor of Nevada she’ll put an end to tax giveaways to billionaires such as Elon Musk. Washoe County, she noted, lacks the infrastruc...
nevadacurrent.com
September 5, 2025 at 11:40 PM
“I’m more of a policy wonk than a bomb thrower,” said Hill, a Reno native who is serving her second term on the commission.
excellent!
excellent!
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It's time to end business-as-usual politics that make billionaires richer while the rest of us get left behind. I'm proud to be running on big, bold ideas to fix our streets, fund our schools and support our families.
Washoe County Commission Chair Alexis Hill formally launched her campaign for governor Thursday, unveiling ambitious tax reform proposals to pay for improved infrastructure, education and social services.
Read our exclusive story here: thenevadaindependent.com/article/demo...
Read our exclusive story here: thenevadaindependent.com/article/demo...
September 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
It's time to end business-as-usual politics that make billionaires richer while the rest of us get left behind. I'm proud to be running on big, bold ideas to fix our streets, fund our schools and support our families.
"We need property tax reform to sustainably increase school funding and ensure that all families have access to the best public education no matter their zip code." 👏
Nevada is a beautiful place, but it's too hard just to get by. We can do better. I'm running for governor to fix our roads, fund our schools, support our families, and end the insider politics where billionaires get handouts while workers get crumbs. Join us: secure.actblue.com/donate/alexi...
September 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM
"We need property tax reform to sustainably increase school funding and ensure that all families have access to the best public education no matter their zip code." 👏
this is the most realistic way to raise funds for schools in nevada and fill in the vacancies.
Honolulu and Phoenix tied for the lowest effective rate (0.37%), followed by Nashville (0.48%), Las Vegas, and Salt Lake City, (both 0.48%).
LV among metro areas with lowest property tax rates • Nevada Current
Las Vegas has the fourth lowest property tax rate of major metropolitan areas, says a new report from ATTOM Data, a real estate analyst. Honolulu and Phoenix tied for the lowest effective rate (0.37%...
nevadacurrent.com
April 21, 2025 at 1:51 AM
this is the most realistic way to raise funds for schools in nevada and fill in the vacancies.
“Hey, wait. Why is everyone packing their bags? What do you mean you’re never coming back, honey? You’ll see me in court? No, hey — don’t use that tone of voice on me, young man — and the horse I rode in on? Who taught you to use such language?”
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Nevada’s economy relies on financially comfortable tourists from around the world spending money in our state to keep a third of our workforce employed.
Tariffs don't help.
I explain why in my latest for @thenvindy.bsky.social:
Tariffs don't help.
I explain why in my latest for @thenvindy.bsky.social:
OPINION: Tariffs are quack medicine — and they’ll poison Nevada’s economy first - The Nevada Independent
OPINION: Tariffs are quack medicine — and they’ll poison Nevada’s economy first. Read more from The Nevada Independent.
thenevadaindependent.com
April 21, 2025 at 1:46 AM
“Hey, wait. Why is everyone packing their bags? What do you mean you’re never coming back, honey? You’ll see me in court? No, hey — don’t use that tone of voice on me, young man — and the horse I rode in on? Who taught you to use such language?”
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DO IT
For my Democratic friends in Congress, please wear Zelensky’s Oval Office attire tomorrow night to Trump’s State of Union speech.
March 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
DO IT
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a cloture vote for the way-harder-to-undo-than-an-executive-order federal anti-trans sports ban is now set for monday. that means there's more time to make calls.
no on cloture means it doesn't get a vote. the GOP needs 7 dems to advance it.
please call. there is *so* much evil downstream of this.
no on cloture means it doesn't get a vote. the GOP needs 7 dems to advance it.
please call. there is *so* much evil downstream of this.
February 28, 2025 at 1:50 AM
a cloture vote for the way-harder-to-undo-than-an-executive-order federal anti-trans sports ban is now set for monday. that means there's more time to make calls.
no on cloture means it doesn't get a vote. the GOP needs 7 dems to advance it.
please call. there is *so* much evil downstream of this.
no on cloture means it doesn't get a vote. the GOP needs 7 dems to advance it.
please call. there is *so* much evil downstream of this.
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State Sen. Dina Neal theorized that people may buckle down on spending “because they’re not understanding what is going to happen in this environment.”
“What we are seeing is fear, and ultimately fear makes you say, ‘I need to keep the money that I have in the bank..."
#nvleg
“What we are seeing is fear, and ultimately fear makes you say, ‘I need to keep the money that I have in the bank..."
#nvleg
Lawmakers: Trump policies could tank Nevada revenue, create state budget crisis • Nevada Current
The Nevada state budgeting process began with a $335 million oopsie, and while it may have been resolved, a potentially much larger fiscal crisis looms: the Trump administration.
nevadacurrent.com
February 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM
State Sen. Dina Neal theorized that people may buckle down on spending “because they’re not understanding what is going to happen in this environment.”
“What we are seeing is fear, and ultimately fear makes you say, ‘I need to keep the money that I have in the bank..."
#nvleg
“What we are seeing is fear, and ultimately fear makes you say, ‘I need to keep the money that I have in the bank..."
#nvleg
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"...organizers at the Thursday forum cautioned people not to allow immigration officials into their home even if the person answering is a legal resident. If they live in a mixed-status family, they could put others in their household at risk..."
thenevadaindependent.com/article/for-...
thenevadaindependent.com/article/for-...
For Nevada Latinos, feelings mixed as Trump enacts his immigration plans - The Nevada Independent
The implications of Trump’s hard-line immigration agenda, which includes a mass deportation campaign and suspending asylum, could have an especially pronounced effect on Nevada.
thenevadaindependent.com
January 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
"...organizers at the Thursday forum cautioned people not to allow immigration officials into their home even if the person answering is a legal resident. If they live in a mixed-status family, they could put others in their household at risk..."
thenevadaindependent.com/article/for-...
thenevadaindependent.com/article/for-...
“regardless of if they’ve been convicted.”
not liking that.
not liking that.
In this week’s D.C. Download: Why all Nevada Democrats voted to advance House GOP immigration bill
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D.C. Download: Why all Nevada Democrats voted to advance House GOP immigration bill - The Nevada Independent
Policy changes pertaining to undocumented immigrants — be they congressional or executive — have the potential to upend Nevada, which has the highest percentage of undocumented workers in its…
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January 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
“regardless of if they’ve been convicted.”
not liking that.
not liking that.
“From a transportation perspective, it is more cost-effective to use existing bus routes and roads versus extending further out,” she said. “Living close to work reduces commute and related household transportation costs.”
you don’t say.
you don’t say.
There are more than 82,000 acres — "that's about the size of the City of Henderson" — of vacant and underutilized land in the Las Vegas metro area that could be used for infill development, including construction of additional housing.
nevadacurrent.com/2025/01/07/a...
nevadacurrent.com/2025/01/07/a...
As pols eye federal land on metro area's edge, report finds 80K acres for infill development • Nevada Current
There are more than 82,000 acres of vacant and underutilized land in the Las Vegas metro area that could be used for infill development, including construction of additional housing, according to an a...
nevadacurrent.com
January 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
“From a transportation perspective, it is more cost-effective to use existing bus routes and roads versus extending further out,” she said. “Living close to work reduces commute and related household transportation costs.”
you don’t say.
you don’t say.
young woman, on track to completing calculus 3, and transferring to unlv for electrical engineering?
every now and then, i get a sign that we’re not totally doomed as a society.
every now and then, i get a sign that we’re not totally doomed as a society.
December 22, 2024 at 3:31 AM
young woman, on track to completing calculus 3, and transferring to unlv for electrical engineering?
every now and then, i get a sign that we’re not totally doomed as a society.
every now and then, i get a sign that we’re not totally doomed as a society.
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There is one man responsible for lighting the fire of this drone conspiracy, Rep Jeff Van Drew who said it was an Iranian drone mothership despite having zero indication besides a Twitter comment,
The hysteria started then. Please media hold him to account
The hysteria started then. Please media hold him to account
December 16, 2024 at 1:52 PM
There is one man responsible for lighting the fire of this drone conspiracy, Rep Jeff Van Drew who said it was an Iranian drone mothership despite having zero indication besides a Twitter comment,
The hysteria started then. Please media hold him to account
The hysteria started then. Please media hold him to account
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December 13, 2024 at 11:05 AM
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Here's an idea for the Democrats: Have a victim or two of Assad's torture chambers testify at Tulsi Gabbard's confirmation hearing.
Watching the people who were tortured by Assad…. And my anger for @TulsiGabbard defending him grows hotter.
Every senator that votes yes on her is complicit
Every senator that votes yes on her is complicit
December 12, 2024 at 3:02 AM
Here's an idea for the Democrats: Have a victim or two of Assad's torture chambers testify at Tulsi Gabbard's confirmation hearing.
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