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Caucus chaos demonstrates why Nevada needs a primary

The first Republican president, Abraham Lincoln, is said to have described government thus: "The legitimate object of government, is to do for a community of people, whatever they need to have done, but can not do, at all, or can not, so well do, for themselves in their separate, and individual capacities."

Who would Jesus tax?

Add Jesus Christ to the list of President Barack Obama's economic advisers.

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.

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In defense of Sharron Angle

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

Ian Millhiser, writing on the liberal blog Think Progress, accuses Sharron Angle of "...fighting against the Nevada Constitution's requirement that all children have the opportunity to obtain a public education" back in 2003, when then-Assemblywoman Angle voted against a tax package that would have funded schools.But that's not what

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Leaps in logic in Senate races

Friday, August 27th, 2010

Michael Roberson is a Republican candidate for state Senate who is running against incumbent state Sen. Joyce Woodhouse, D-Henderson. He is also a lawyer, having obtained his law degree from the University of Kansas School of Law in 1996, according to the biography on his website.Remember that. It will

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That makes it unanimous!

Monday, August 16th, 2010

All four leaders of Nevada's Legislature believe a tax increase of some kind will be necessary to balance the budget once lawmakers convene in 2011.As I reported tonight on 8NewsNow, Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford (a Democrat), Senate Minority Leader Bill Raggio (a Republican) and Assembly Minority Leader Pete Goicoechea

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Deal done, session over, but trouble ahead

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

CARSON CITY -- Gov. Jim Gibbons and Nevada legislative leaders announced at a news conference in front of the legislative building this evening that a final deal had been reached to close a budget deficit that ended up being about $805 million. But they warned that recession-plagued Nevada still faces

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A deal at last

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

CARSON CITY -- It took hours of marathon meetings between legislative leaders, Gov. Jim Gibbons and the governor's staff, but it appears a deal to close Nevada's nearly $900 million budget gap has been reached tonight. Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley said Saturday night that Democrats in the Senate and Assembly

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Tensions rise as business, casinos just say no

Friday, February 26th, 2010

CARSON CITY -- Every time Gov. Jim Gibbons emerges from a meeting with legislative leaders, he says the talks were "cordial." But the talks in the Nevada state Senate Friday afternoon -- in which Nevada businesses flatly refused to pony up to help the state out of its budget crisis

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Special session: Day One

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

CARSON CITY -- For people who've followed the misfortune of Nevada state government, Tuesday in snowy Carson City was nothing new. There was testimony about budget cuts proposed by Gov. Jim Gibbons. There were lamentations from unions, students, education officials and others about budget cuts. And a consensus began to

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Steve heads north for Doomapaloozacpocalypse!

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

No, that's not a picture of Carson City. Alert readers will clearly recognize this is the Klingon penal colony on the asteroid Rura

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Mining: Leave our deductions alone

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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It’s official: We’re going to Carson City!

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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