Nevada Politics

In a piece that posted today, the respected Columbia Journalism Review argued, according to the headline: "Why political journalists shouldn’t report on internal polling."...

The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States announced David Sousa has achieved All American status as a department commander. Sousa, former commander of the Department of Nevada, is one of only 17 V...

At 8:14 AM on Aug. 5, Rep. Cresent Hardy -- or at least his Twitter feed operator -- could not contain himself:...

Assemblywoman Michele Fiore and Assemblyman Brent Jones, appearing on the radio, recently accused Gov. Brian Sandoval of "treason" and said that is why the GOP is "excommunicating him."
That was a reference to the $1.4 billion tax increase, supported by 80 percent of lawmakers, inlcuding a majority ...

The Carson City Board of Supervisors told city public works officials Thursday they need to get more input from Carson Street businesses and property owners as they continue designing the downtow...

The Nevada Supreme Court has upheld the district court dismissal of the lawsuit in which Lehman Brothers demanded $30 million from the Nevada treasurer’s office.The company, now named Woodlands Commercial Bank, was te...

Nevada active voter registration increased by more than 8,000 in July to more than 1.43 million.But about a third of that increase was the result of inactive voters reporting to county election officials and reactivat...

The Churchill County Commissioners approved at their Thursday morning meeting a construction grant agreement (CGA) with the William N. Pennington Foundation for a new senior center that will be located at 8...

Despite concerns about the six-year duration of the deal, the Carson City Board of Supervisors on Thursday approved a new pay and benefits contract with its non-public safety employees.Board members did so after legal...

A few days after announcing 17 county chairs and a couple of weeks after a Carson City town hall, Jeb Bush returns to Nevada next Wednesday.
It's will be his third visit as a candidate since May. Bush clearly knows We Matter.
The details:
A noon rally at the Hyatt Place near the airport in Reno.
A 5...

A Basque fry at the Corley Ranch hosted by Nevada Attorney General Adam Paul Laxalt in support of his Morning in Nevada PAC has sold out.Tickets for the Aug. 15 event first went on sale in mid-June and the last ticket...

Nevada's 2nd U.S. House District Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Carson City, has mentioned in the past that he is considering running for governor in 2018. He doesn't talk a lot about it in public. And when he does, he's evasive.

Conventional wisdom has it that the Democrats are favorites to recapture the Assembly, which they shockingly lost in 2014 after holding a 27-15 edge and hemorraghing 10 seats.
Beneficiaries of the red wave such as Shelly Shelton, John Moore and Victoria Seaman (fleeing to a state Senate race demise)...

Nevada active voter registration increased by more than 8,000 in July to more than 1.43 million.But about a third of that increase was the result of inactive voters reporting to county election officials and reactivat...

Statewide taxable sales increased 2.1 percent in May to $4.34 billion.Carson City did even better, reporting an increase of 5.2 percent.But the big increase was turned in by Churchill County — a 48.3 percen...

The first County Commission meeting of August will be conducted today at 8:15 a.m. at the Churchill County Administration Building chambers, 155 N. Taylor St. Among the items commissioners will discuss an...

Republican Pat Hickey of Reno announced Tuesday that he will not seek re-election in District 25.Hickey said Nevada’s Legislature is comprised of “citizen legislators.”“Nothing in that title implies a perma...

The Nevada Supreme Court has upheld the district court dismissal of the lawsuit in which Lehman Brothers demanded $30 million from the Nevada treasurer’s office.The company, now named Woodlands Commercial Bank, was te...

The 9th Circuit Court has breathed life into a lawsuit aimed at forcing the federal government to stop helping Nevada’s predator control program.A three-judge panel reversed the district court dismissal o...

Attorney General Adam Laxalt has filed suit accusing the Environmental Protection Agency of failing to meet a statutory deadline on the air quality standards for Ozone.EPA was required to approve, partially approve or...

Paul Laxalt, the ex-senator and ex-governor, turns 93 today.
He has been ill for some time and is rarely seen anymore.
On this occasion, I post a gift I recently received from my friend, the great historian/journalist Bob Stoldal, a letter Laxalt wrote in 1991, reminiscing about how he had spent his...

Nevada’s unique, rugged beau...

June was a tough month for Nevada casinos with the total win falling 8.4 percent below the previous June.But the core of the problem wasn’t how bad business was in June, but how good it was in June 2014 whe...

In 2004, after what was then the largest tax increase in Nevada history, some Mensa-like GOP strategists thought an anti-tax "Contract with Nevada" would help the Republicans take over the Assembly, then in Democratic control by 23-19.
It was a disaster....

Statewide taxable sales increased 2.1 percent in May to $4.34 billion.Carson City did even better, reporting an increase of 5.2 percent.But the big increase was turned in by Churchill County — a 48.3 percent rise enti...

The V&T Commission voted on Thursday to sell off its eastern Carson City property on Drako Way that was originally intended as the site for the train’s depot.According to the purchase agreement with Roy L. Steel, the ...

The Carson City Planning Commission on Wednesday voted to approve extending Cinderlite’s special use permit for another five years.City ordinance requires special use permits be reviewed every five years. T...

Nevada’s unique, rugged beauty beckons travelers with a lure that remind...

Nevada’s unique, rugged beauty beckons travelers with a lure that remind...

With two weeks remaining before the end of the first Silver State Scavenger Hunt, our trip to loop around Northern Nevada began from the s...