September 6, 2010 | 11:16 am
John Ensign‘s fellow believers had to confront him twice before he finally ended his affair with Cindy Hampton, the New Yorker finds in an article that delves into the quasi-Christian group behind the infamous C Street house.
Democrats who cast “no” votes on health care reform earlier this year are highlighting those votes in their re-election bids, while Politico couldn’t locate a Democrat running on having voted “yes” on the law. Maybe if it had included a public option?
The New York Times reports Democrats are planning a “triage” of House seats by reviewing new poll data, in order to send dollars to seats where they have a chance to win. That may be bad news for U.S. Rep. Dina Titus, whose seat is listed as “competitive” and who needs national dollars to beat back Republican Joe Heck.
Brian Sandoval is navigating the tension that plagues the entire Republican Party, between attracting Latino voters and advancing positions that those voters reject, the Los Angeles Times reports.
CityLife Publisher Geoff Schumacher sits down with Rory Reid to discuss a budget plan that doesn’t raise taxes.
Young people are still socially liberal, but they want the economy to improve so they can get jobs, and the Democrats just aren’t doing it for them, says the New York Times.
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
This time, it was Harry Reid who started it. After it was announced that Nevada would not receive any Race to the Top education grant funds, Reid quickly placed the blame at the feet of Gov. Jim Gibbons. Here's what he said in a statement:
I join Nevada’s students
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Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
CARSON CITY -- Privately, Senate Minority Leader Bill Raggio has clearly had enough. He's been heard in meetings and in hallways in the legislative building to say flatly that Gov. Jim Gibbons is trying to destroy what he and other lawmakers have spent 30 years building, namely the state's education
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Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
CARSON CITY -- Conservative activist Chuck Muth isn't known for being shy or retiring. And that's true even when the target of his wrath is a conservative. That's why few were surprised by today's edition of Muth's Truths, an e-mail newsletter. Here's what Muth had to say about the plan
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Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
CARSON CITY -- The embarrassing video will likely be part of Nevada political legend for a long time: A casually dressed Gov. Jim Gibbons, wearing
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Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
The head of the Nevada Mining Association said he'd rather see the industry pay more in fees, pre-pay its taxes -- or a combination of both -- rather than lose deductions it enjoys under state law. Tim Crowley said today the mining industry wasn't happy with an idea to remove
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Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
Gov. Jim Gibbons today signed the proclamation officially calling the Legislature into special session at 9 a.m. Feb. 23, with a long list of proposals to consider. (You can read the proclamation for yourself here: SpecialSessionProclamation.)On the list: Increasing furlough hours to 10 per month; switching to 10-hour workweeks;
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Monday, February 8th, 2010
I've obtained a full copy of the text of Gov. Jim Gibbons's speech, set for 6 p.m. tonight. (You can watch that speech on 8 News Now, followed by analysis from yours truly afterwards!) Here's a little preview of what the governor intends to say, in a passage about the
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Monday, February 1st, 2010
Yucca Mountain has been declared dead more often than Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, Michael Meyers and John Travola's
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