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by Benjamin Spillman
Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 at 8:20 PM
Sen. John Ensign's office sent out this statement late Friday, stating Ensign held up a Transportation Security Administration department appointment in order to overcome a bureaucratic impasse that was holding up progress on construction of...
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by Benjamin Spillman
Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 at 2:37 PM
The anti-tax think tank Nevada Policy Research Institute continues its series of reports on a burgeoning taxpayer revolt in northern Nevada that could have statewide implications.
Only this time it is tax assessors in revolt.
Freelance journalist...
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by Benjamin Spillman
Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 at 2:12 PM
Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., hasn't said yet whether she'll support Sen. Harry Reid's position in an upcoming health care vote.
But she's supporting his re-election with an upcoming fundraiser.
The New Orleans Times-Picayune reported the event...
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by Benamin Spillman
Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 at 8:59 AM
For folks who want to follow health legislation in the Senate but don't know a ripe cloture motion from a ripe avocado, Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., posted this easy-to-follow guide on his blog.
And a thoughtful Senate expert sent along an even more...
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by Benjamin Spillman
Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 at 7:29 AM
In a Politico article about an apparent about face by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., on climate change policy McCain directs a Yucca Mountain related jab at Sen. Reid, D-Nev.
But given Reid's longtime stance against storing nuclear waste in Nevada and...
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by Benjamin Spillman
Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 at 7:21 AM
Three-term State Sen. Mark Amodei, R-Carson City, on Thursday chided Washington lawmakers for failing to grasp the facts on health reform legislation.
But an entry about Medicare on the Web site www.factcheck.org contradicts one of Amodei's...
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by Benjamin Spillman
Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 at 3:19 PM
Hampton interview with 'astonishing' Ensign details to run Monday on Nightline
Doug Hampton, former aide to Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., will appear on the national news program Nightline Monday to talk about the affair between Ensign and Hampton's...
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by Joyce Lupiani
Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 at 11:43 AM
No one is giving U.S. Senate candidate Mike Wiley a chance to win. But he does have bumper stickers, as this shot outside Railroad Pass casino proves.
Wiley is one of many Republicans at a candidate forum at the casino....
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by Benjamin Spillman
Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 at 10:47 AM
The advertising and government affairs firm R&R Partners issued this statement today, naming Neal Levine to the new position:
"Neal Levine has been named to the new position of director of government and public affairs at Las Vegas-based...
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by Benjamin Spillman
Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009 at 9:34 PM
Senate candidate Danny Tarkanian's campaign used clips from the X-Files in an ad to joke about the so-called "phantom" congressional districts erroneously reported on Recovery.gov.
The ad tries to associate Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., with...
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by Benjamin Spillman
Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009 at 10:48 AM
Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., is scheduled to take to the Senate floor today where he will denounce health insurance reform legislation making its way through Congress.
Here's the text of his speech, as written, titled "Seven Days of New...
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by Benjamin Spillman
Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009 at 7:25 AM
More groups are buying television ads in the district of Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev.
In the wake of a House vote in favor of health reform legislation groups for and against the legislation have spent millions buying ads in targeted Congressional...
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by Benjamin Spillman
Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009 at 8:47 PM
ABC News has a story pointing out apparent errors on the Web site www.recovery.gov, which was set up to track spending and job creation for the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
The story raises questions about the accuracy of...
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by Benjamin Spillman
Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009 at 6:04 PM
Nevadans could be facing a ballot initiative that would guarantee the right to a secret ballot in union elections.
The initiative will be filed tonight or tomorrow with the Secretary of State said Tibi Ellis, a Republican candidate for Assembly and...
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by Benjamin Spillman
Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009 at 2:59 PM
Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., gives a shout-out on the floor of Congress to an energy developer building a power plant in the Amargosa Valley.
Here is the text of her remarks:
“Mr. Speaker, for far too long, Nevada’s economy has primarily...
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