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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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Republicans slam area man for acting like Republican

Thursday, December 1st, 2011

It didn't take long after my colleague Jon Raslton broke the story of Rep. Shelley Berkley's husband, Dr. Larry Lehrner, buying and flipping foreclosed homes for the Republicans to react. But instead of praising Lehrner for doing precisely what their own presidential candidates say is necessary to finally emerge from

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You knew you’d hear about hobos again

Wednesday, November 16th, 2011

Back when I was a kid, there was a restaurant chain called Hobo Joe's. It wasn't much more than a Denny's-type diner, but our family would occasionally stop off there when we didn't hit one of our other favorites, such

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Tarks back Berkley: No surprise

Tuesday, November 1st, 2011

So Jerry and Lois Tarkanian have endorsed Rep. Shelley Berkley for U.S. Senate next year, ignoring her Republican opponent, appointed U.S. Sen. Dean Heller. Here's the full statement, as released by the Berkley campaign:

“We have known Shelley Berkley for years and have witnessed firsthand her fierce advocacy on

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What did Shelley say?

Monday, October 31st, 2011

We'll probably never know what Rep. Shelley Berkley actually said in a now-infamous telephone conversation with casino developer Steve Wynn. But we do know Wynn's account of the conversation can be challenged.Speaking with Fox Business host Neil Cavuto, Wynn claimed Berkley had sold out her constituents under political pressure when

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Berkley says Heller is ‘standing with the Chinese’

Wednesday, October 5th, 2011

Rep. Shelley Berkley today lashed out at U.S. Sen. Dean Heller for his cloture vote against a bill that seeks to remedy Chinese currency manipulation, which Berkley said has cost millions of American jobs, including more than 14,000 here in Nevada."Who do you work for, Dean? China?" Berkley asked

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Republicans file ethics complaint against Berkley

Wednesday, September 21st, 2011

It was inevitable that somebody was going to file an ethics complaint against Rep. Shelley Berkley in the wake of that New York Times series examining the effect of her official actions on her husband's kidney medical practice. The only questions were who would file such a complaint and

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CREW’s final verdict on Shelley Berkley

Tuesday, September 20th, 2011

From the start, the analysis of the conflict allegations against Rep. Shelley Berkley by the group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington has seemingly been inconsistent. That's especially true after the New York Times put the story of Berkley allegedly using her official position to benefit her husband's

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This can’t be good

Tuesday, September 6th, 2011

The New York Times on Monday took aim at Rep. Shelley Berkley, with a front-page piece that essentially accuses her of a conflict of interest in using her official position to help her husband, Dr. Larry Lehrner, a Las Vegas kidney doctor. The newspaper says she intervened to prevent the

Tags: Dean Heller, Shelley Berkley
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Can you feel the love tonight?

Wednesday, August 10th, 2011

Now that would-be Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Byron Georgiou has announced he's getting out of the race -- and thus clearing a path for Rep. Shelley Berkley -- Democratic leaders are full of praise for him. Berkley, who never said much at all about Georgiou up until now, had

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Harry Reid always wins in the end

Wednesday, August 10th, 2011

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Byron Georgiou announced today he was getting out of the race -- after he'd come under incredible pressure from U.S. Sen. Harry Reid to drop out. Reid wanted to give Democratic front-runner Rep. Shelley Berkley

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