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by Jane Ann Morrison
Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009 at 10:52 PM
If Nevada’s election laws were clear, Family Court Judge Robert Teuton might still be on the bench and former Senators Joe Heck and Bob Beers would not be asked to explain their campaign expense reports and told they potentially faced a $5,000...
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by Jane Ann Morrison
Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009 at 9:50 PM
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has interviewed District Court Judge Elissa Cadish and Deputy District Attorney Gloria Navarro as potential candidates for a federal judgeship, sources confirmed.
I couldn’t determine whether...
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by Jane Ann Morrison
Friday, Oct. 30, 2009 at 10:00 AM
Whodunnit? Who placed a crude car bomb in Harry Reid’s family car in 1981, after he was no longer chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission? Was it the mob?
In his book, “The Good Fight,” Reid wrote there was speculation the man...
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by Jane Ann Morrison
Monday, Oct. 26, 2009 at 7:09 PM
Political fundraisers are all saying money is tight, but former President Bill Clinton now has raised in excess of $400,000 from two Nevada events for the benefit of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rory Reid.
A major event raised $350,000 early...
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by Jane Ann Morrison
Wednesday, Oct. 07, 2009 at 5:06 PM
Robert Olmer, campaign manager for Gov. Jim Gibbons, wanted to clarify that a couple of people who attended the $250 a person fundraiser on Oct. 1 donated $10,000 and others wrote checks in the thousands.
But even so, that doesn’t sound real...
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by Jane Ann Morrison
Wednesday, Oct. 07, 2009 at 12:01 PM
Las Vegas Sun police reporter Harold Hyman was remembered for his skill, his hard work and his stomach of steel in today’s obituary by A.D. Hopkins.
But he was also a generous man who was kind enough to help a competitor -- me.
When I was...
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by Jane Ann Morrison
Tuesday, Oct. 06, 2009 at 3:35 PM
Gov. Jim Gibbons’ first fundraiser since before the Legislature wasn't impressive, drawing 46 people at $250 a head. But it was just about on target, his campaign manager Robert Olmer said Tuesday. The target had been 50 for a reception in...
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by Jane Ann Morrison
Tuesday, Oct. 06, 2009 at 12:42 PM
Not to be too snarky about it, but did you know that U.S. Attorney Dan Bogden is now on the job?
The Associated Press didn’t. It reported that former U.S. Attorney Greg Brower had a new job and apparently didn’t know Bogden had already...
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by JANE ANN MORRISON
Wednesday, Sep. 30, 2009 at 9:51 PM
Somehow it’s not fair that the boyfriend was the first to go, but even though I like Jack Finn and worked well with him over many years, after I read his quotes defending his girlfriend, Nina Radetich, in the Sept. 12 story in the Las Vegas...
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by Jane Ann Morrison
Wednesday, Sep. 16, 2009 at 6:37 PM
During a relaxed drive around Lincoln County on Sunday, Las Vegas City Councilman Gary Reese said he’s 95 percent sure that Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman will run for governor. “I think he’s going to run, and if he runs,...
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by Jane Ann Morrison
Friday, Sep. 11, 2009 at 5:25 PM
One of the first questions U.S. District Judge Brian Sandoval is going to have to answer when he sheds his judicial robes next week: Why give up what many consider a plum and prestigious lifetime appointment?
He's expected to deny reports that he...
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by Jane Ann Morrison
Thursday, Sep. 10, 2009 at 1:25 PM
One day after state Sen. Mark Amodei of Carson City entered the Senate race, national pundit Charlie Cook moved U.S. Sen. Harry Reid’s race out of the “likely Democratic” category into the “toss up” category.
Of...
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by Jane Ann Morrison
Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009 at 9:06 PM
Memories fade, so while reading political consultant Karl Rove's testimony and suddenly the names of seven Nevadans popped up, I asked one of the seven — political consultant Steve Wark — why he was mentioned.
Wark reminded me of a 2007...
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by Jane Ann Morrison
Monday, Aug. 24, 2009 at 1:03 PM
Speculation about who might get a coveted lifetime appointment to replace U.S. District Judge Brian Sandoval turned topsy-turvy Monday morning with the news that U.S. District Judge Clive Jones is moving to Reno to take over Sandoval’s...
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by Jane Ann Morrison
Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009 at 9:59 AM
For those of you who complain they don’t understand the FBI’s investigation into alleged collusion between Las Vegas doctors and personal injury lawyers, here’s a lengthy piece from Fortune Magazine posted on CNNMoney.com which...
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