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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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Conservative group: Just a handful of allies for liberty

Monday, October 3rd, 2011

Editor's note: This post has been altered from its original version to clarify a fact. There are just three allies of liberty in the Nevada Assembly, and six in the state Senate, according to a new report card based on

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Budget cuts, taxes and sine die

Wednesday, June 1st, 2011

CARSON CITY -- For the first time in its history, Nevada will spend less in the coming fiscal year than it did in the two-year budget cycle just concluded, Gov. Brian Sandoval proudly announced at an afternoon news conference here today. But the state's general fund will be roughly the

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Gov., Legislature reach budget deal

Wednesday, June 1st, 2011

CARSON CITY -- After days of slow-going negotiations and foot-dragging by a handful of Republican lawmakers pushing for construction defect reform, Gov. Brian Sandoval announced at 12:05 p.m. today that a deal had been reached on the state budget.Details of the pact will be released at 2 p.m. today, but

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Democrats talk taxes, finally

Wednesday, May 4th, 2011

We're 87 days into the legislative session, with 33 to go until its (constitutional) end. So, naturally, now is when things start happening.On Thursday morning, Democrats will hold a meeting at Western Nevada College with a broad group of business leaders to introduce their tax package. It's something that Gov.

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Sandoval speaks on budget

Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011

Speaking very shortly after Democrats in the Legislature's money committees rejected his education budget, Gov. Brian Sandoval on Tuesday said he'd found $270 million to add to school spending.As ever, Sandoval stood firm against new taxes and challenged Democrats -- once again -- to either adopt his budget or reveal

Tags: Brian Sandoval, Debbie Smith, Nevada Legislature, Steven Horsford
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Public property for public use?

Thursday, March 17th, 2011

CARSON CITY -- There's nothing like a good constitutional debate to break up the tedium of legislative hearings, and the people attending or watching the Assembly Judiciary Committee Wednesday sure got one.The occasion was Assemblyman Ed Goedhart's AB 186, a bill that seeks to allow the state to use the

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Democrats call for health care reforms

Monday, March 14th, 2011

CARSON CITY -- Nevada's legislative Democrats, continuing a coordinated push to show they are working hard on issues ranging from job creation to economic development, today held another news conference to announce a spate of health-care related bills.The legislation isn't as sweeping as, say, President Barack Obama's health-care reform, or

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Contractors: To ease unemployment, build things

Wednesday, February 9th, 2011

CARSON CITY -- Construction industry leaders and consultants today urged a Senate committee to spend capital projects money on building things, not filling holes in the state's budget. But a top aide to Gov. Brian Sandoval says the proposed state budget doesn't pilfer local building funds."We're now experiencing the decline

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State of the State: Good, bad and ugly

Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

We never really did hear exactly what the state of the state was during Gov. Brian Sandoval's first address to a joint session of the Nevada Legislature. But judging from the budget cuts, especially to schools and state workers, we can assume it's not what you'd call "good."Sandoval's address --

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Shared sacrifice, optimism, etc.

Monday, January 24th, 2011

Gov. Brian Sandoval, inaugurated just three weeks ago today, delivers his first State of the State speech to Nevada's Legislature tonight. We can expect to hear by-now-familiar themes, including that of "shared sacrifice," and, of course, "no new taxes."Sandoval's message will be one of harsh economic reality: The recession's impact

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