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Adelson speaks -- but what is he talking about?

Up until now, Las Vegas Sands CEO Sheldon Adelson has been quiet about his donations to a super PAC supporting former House Speaker Newt Gingrich for president.

For lawmakers, nothing's illegal -- until they don't disclose

As always, it's not what's illegal in Nevada politics that's so often outrageous, it's what's perfectly legal.

F Street re-opened

Las Vegas Councilman Bob Coffin didn't make any friends last week when he cast the lone vote against re-opening F Street, the only direct link from historic West Las Vegas into the gleaming new downtown.

New jobs, old faces--just another day in Nevada

It's a good time to be in the business-card printing business.

Fundraising shenanigans a matter of law

Many years ago, a libertarian friend of mine called up a Las Vegas radio show to ask one of Nevada's two Democratic U.S. senators I can't remember which a straightforward question: What's the difference between when a counterfeiter prints greenbacks and when the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing does it?

State's economic development plan falls short on education

There's plenty to like in Nevada's new economic development plan, "Moving Nevada Forward."

Past sad prologue

With apologies to Robert Lang, whose Chamber of Commerce Preview presentation last week took a look back at the state from the vantage of 2031.

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OK, this is funny

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

Some of my colleagues are making fun of Nevada's Democratic party for mocking would-be congressional contender Danny Tarkanian for a host of mistakes (including misspelling "Las Vegas" on his filing form, which he filed in the wrong place). As somebody who has often written "Las Vegan" when I meant to

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Santorum on Satan

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum -- locked in a bitter battle with rival Mitt Romney over the states of Michigan and Arizona, which vote on Tuesday -- has been beaten up quite after a 2008 speech surfaced in which Santorum claimed Satan was attacking America.He wasn't talking about a generalized,

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Slanker, partners show business how it’s done

Monday, February 20th, 2012

You'd think political consultant Mike Slanker has enough on his plate this year, what with helping U.S. Sen. Dean Heller try to defeat Rep. Shelley Berkley in one of the marquee races of the cycle. But Slanker and two partners are finding time to show would-be businessmen how to be

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Debbie Smith running for state Senate

Saturday, February 18th, 2012

Assembly Speaker Pro Tem Debbie Smith, a candidate for speaker in 2013, announced today she'll be running instead for the safe Democratic state Senate seat formerly occupied by Sheila Leslie.(Leslie is moving to an adjacent Senate district to challenge state Sen. Greg Brower's bid for re-election.)Smith was considered a long-shot

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Lee gets angry letter from California

Thursday, February 16th, 2012

A routine exchange of letters between Nevada and California state Senates got a little heated recently, with California's Senate President Pro Tem, Darrell Steinberg, telling Nevada's state Sen. John Lee that his 2011 bill on Lake Tahoe was stupid.I'm paraphrasing, slightly. You can read the letter for yourself, here:

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Bob Coffin and F Street

Wednesday, February 15th, 2012

Las Vegas Councilman Bob Coffin has come out against the reopening of F Street, the latest twist to a long and controversial drama that symbolically and physically separates the West Las Vegas community from downtown. And like everything else in this sordid saga, there's a lot of history.It all

Tags: Bob Coffin, Steven Horsford
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Joe Heck blames the Democrats

Monday, February 13th, 2012

Rep. Joe Heck thinks criticism of his position on a mandate that employers provide birth control to employees -- including religious employers who object to the practice -- is overwrought."That's what Democrats always do," he told the Review-Journal last week. "Everything is an attack on seniors, children and women's health.

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Prop. 8 ruling won’t end NV gay marriage ban

Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

"Only a marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California." -- Text of 2008 initiative (Proposition 8) amending California's constitution to prevent same-sex marriage"Only a marriage between a male and a female person shall be recognized and given effect in this state." -- Text of

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Kihuen out in 1st Congressional District

Tuesday, February 7th, 2012

State Sen. Ruben Kihuen, facing an uphill primary fight against former Congresswoman Dina Titus, announced via Twitter this afternoon that he was getting out of the race for the 1st Congressional District."I am announcing my withdrawal from the race for #NV01. Thank you to all my supporters, you have been

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Polling the Nevada caucus

Friday, February 3rd, 2012

There are two polls out in advance of Saturday's Republican presidential caucus, both of which have former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney well in the lead. There's little doubt -- even among the candidates -- that Romney is going to win Nevada Saturday. The real question: Who will come in second?Both

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