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Paul sees opportunity even as government expands

It's an almost immutable law of nature that government tends toward expansion, not contraction, absent a seminal event such as a revolution.

Caucus looms, Nevada still Romney country

Do you know what Newt Gingrich was doing while Nevada was suffering through the foreclosure crisis? Cashing in, of course!

Ward 6 voters get the final say on Steve Ross today

How's this for a bizarre: The turnout for today's truncated Steve Ross recall election could exceed the ballot total of the 2009 vote that kept him on the Las Vegas City Council.

No Mack attack

Look out, old Macky's back!

Natural gas is great, but Nevadans need jobs

President Barack Obama got a fairly good reception Thursday when he showed up in Las Vegas to repeat some of the highlights of his State of the Union speech.

Wolfson is new D.A. -- with some dissent

Before the Clark County Commission voted to appoint Steve Wolfson as district attorney Tuesday, several angry constituents protested that the county was engaged in a "dog and pony show."

For now, gaming, mining on outside as tax petitions take shape

For years, Nevada's gambling and mining industries had a simple message about taxes: They wouldn't support new or increased taxes specific to their industries alone, but they would support a tax applied equally to all businesses.

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No free-for-all election in CD-2

Tuesday, July 5th, 2011

The Nevada Supreme Court today overruled Secretary of State Ross Miller's prescription for a free-for-all special election in Nevada's open Congressional District 2 special election, in which anybody could become a Republican or Democratic candidate simply by filing the proper papers with Miller's office.The ruling comes just one week after

Tags: Dean Heller, Law, Nevada Supreme Court, Ross Miller
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AG beats CityLife in court! Darn her legal dark magic!

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today denied a request for an en banc hearing concerning a lawsuit over a law that bans brothel advertising in Nevada counties where prostitution is against the law. Las Vegas CityLife -- which formerly accepted such advertising -- is among the appellants, who

Tags: Catherine Cortez Masto, CityLife, Law
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9th Circuit: It’s OK to ban brothel ads in NV newspapers

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today upheld a ban on brothel advertising in Nevada counties where prostitution is illegal, overturning a lower court judge's ruling. An appeal is expected.(Full disclosure: Las Vegas CityLife, and me as its editor, are named plaintiffs in the case, Coyote Publishing Inc. et.

Tags: CityLife, Law
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