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July 8, 2008

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Ensign offers way to pay for energy tax credits, but it may be too late
WASHINGTON — After single-handedly holding up the nation’s housing relief bill for more than a week, Sen. John Ensign offered a compromise today, saying if ...
Supreme Court: Halverson, three other judges must run for reelection
CARSON CITY – The four district judges including the embattled Elizabeth Halverson, who won election in 2006 to newly created positions in Clark County, will ...
Nader to qualify for Nevada presidential ballot
CARSON CITY – Four years ago Ralph Nader ran for president but he collected only 4,838 votes in Nevada. But Nader is off and running ...
District judge rules tax petitions invalid
CARSON CITY – A district judge ruled today that tax petitions pushed by Las Vegas casino owner Sheldon Adelson were defective and should not be ...
Rulffes will cut 140 support jobs, mostly classroom aides
Clark County Schools Superintendent Walt Rulffes announced today he will cut 140 support employee positions in order to help the state trim an additional $275 ...
Budget crisis has UNLV slashing staff
UNLV today announced significant staff reductions.
Boulder City recall still dead
The two Boulder City officials who have been targeted in a recall effort have another reason to celebrate. Not surprisingly, the Secretary of State rejected ...
12 hours later and it's over
The budget-cutting special session of the Legislature ended tonight at 10:22, 12 hours after it began. The agreement forged by Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley and ...

Politics Stories

A road sign announces Walker Lake near the the receding lake's south end in 2003. A company selling
Lakefront homes, while lake lasts
Despite glowing ads, Walker Lake may be dying, its fish vanishing
By Phoebe Sweet
“Lakefront land sale,” screamed the advertisement, “one weekend only.” The pitch promised migrating loons and renowned Lahontan cutthroat trout fishing on Walker Lake, five hours from Las Vegas near Hawthorne.
Officials urge action on painkiller abuse
Lawmaker calls rising death toll from prescription drugs ‘shocking’
By Marshall Allen
State legislators and regulators Monday called the Sun’s reports about the startling rise in the use of narcotic painkillers in Nevada a wake-up call to improve patient care in the state.
Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley, right, speaks with Dr. Mary Pierczynski, Carson City School Distri
Could speaker be the next governor?
Buckley’s rare resume an asset, but she’d have to widen appeal
By J. Patrick Coolican
Barbara Buckley was a freshman assemblywoman in 1995 when legislators and lobbyists were trying to hammer out a law related to the Navy “Tailhook” sexual assault scandal in Las Vegas. A compromise reached in the state Senate nearly collapsed in the Assembly
Survey: Gas prices deter Southern Californians
Poll finds area’s gamblers cut back visits by one-third, betting by one-fifth
By Liz Benston
Southern California gamblers who regularly drive to Las Vegas have cut back their visits by a third because of record gas prices, and those who still come say they’ve cut their gambling back by 29 percent, a new poll has found.
Sean Fellows, right, a Republican candidate for state Assembly, talks with retired teacher Ralph Kno
Candidate is a proud Republican — but he mentions it only if asked
By Brian Eckhouse
We’re walking down the street with Sean Fellows to see how many doors he can knock on, campaigning for the state Assembly, without mentioning he’s a Republican.
Although the need is acute, John Ensign, outside the Capitol, is delaying a bill as a way of pushing
Measures linked, going nowhere
His amendment stalls a bill to provide relief to beleaguered owners of homes in foreclosure
By Lisa Mascaro
When Sen. John Ensign successfully halted a popular mortgage relief bill to push an amendment extending renewable energy tax credits, he essentially raised an uncomfortable question: What’s more important, green energy or housing help?
How much does poll position matter?
POLITICAL MEMO: Experts in polls lend advice on how much to read into their findings
By J. Patrick Coolican
Given the dramatic Democratic primary campaign between two strong, equally matched candidates, the population of politics junkies has soared, likely comparable to what happened to the population of actual heroin junkies after the release of the film “Trainspotting.”
Count on these Nevadans to defend gun owners’ rights
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON:
By Lisa Mascaro
Rep. Dean Heller once explained that as proud as he was to have bagged the giant elk whose head is displayed at his home in Carson City, his greatest hunting prize has been persuading his wife, a one-time USC song leader, to go shooting with him.
Gibbons’ new chief of staff lends prudence to thorny job
By David McGrath Schwartz
When Gov. Jim Gibbons announced June 27 that he was replacing his top two staffers, the only surprise was the timing — the middle of the day during a special session.
How your D.C. servants are spending their holiday
By Brian Eckhouse
Congress took the week off for the July Fourth holiday.
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