Mark Amodei no longer holds the reins in the Nevada GOP. But he still speaks with some of the authority of his former position when he says he doesn’t like the way this caucus is shaping up.
The Senate’s effort to punish China for manipulating its currency has not come to an end, nor has the bill they’re considering yet come to a vote on its merits.
The House passed a bill to extend the allocation of electricity created by the Hoover Dam for another 50 years Monday afternoon without any objection, and well in advance of the deadline to divvy up the output from the regional power center.
The New York Times reports this afternoon that Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman is in danger of losing his spot on the debate circuit in time for what we in Nevada know will naturally be the most important debate of them all: when the GOP contenders come to Las Vegas to face off at The Venetian Oct. 18.
You won’t find their photovoltaic cells anywhere near Nevada solar projects, but the flap surrounding failed solar panel maker Solyndra could cause the government to pull the plug on two Nevada solar power plants.
Add one more measure to the economic indicators Nevada ranks worst in: biggest drop in wages. Nevada’s median income fell the furthest between 2007 and 2010, by 11.9 percent.
For months, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has blocked consideration of any free trade agreement until Congress first approves a federal program to help retrain U.S. workers whose jobs are outsourced.
On Thursday night in Florida, nine Republican presidential hopefuls went before television cameras — a slightly bigger crew since New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson secured enough votes for a spot on stage — to talk about their competing visions for America’s future.
National Republicans have long deflected accusations that there’s any particularly Tea Party pressure pushing the politics of its rank and file to the right. But at Monday night’s debate, the force was undeniable.
Let the two-way race begin. Polls in Nevada and across the country have been showing for weeks that the race for the Republican presidential nomination comes down to two candidates: Mitt Romney and Rick Perry.
Could Nevada catch Perry fever? According to a poll released Friday by Republican firm Magellan Strategies, it already has. The poll of 631 Republicans puts Texas Gov. Rick Perry up five points over former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in the GOP presidential primary race in Nevada.
In delivering the Republicans’ weekly address, Sen. Dean Heller of Nevada assumed a solemn tone to send his most stern message to Democrats: stop lying about Medicare and Social Security.
