Politics and Government
Mark Twain once said, “No man’s life, liberty or property is safe when the legislature is in session.”
Gov. Brian Sandoval’s Monday address got mixed reviews from members of a focus group recruited by Strategic Solutions, a consulting firm, for Impact Nevada, a collaboration of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, 8NewsNow and Vegas PBS.
Assemblyman Pat Hickey isn’t a true freshman taking a seat for the first time at the 2011 Legislature. But there is a world’s difference between the Assembly in which the Reno Republican served in 1997 and the one he will enter on Feb. 7.
CARSON CITY — Former U.S. Attorney Greg Brower, ex-state Treasurer Patty Cafferata and former state Tax Commission Chairwoman Barbara Smith Campbell head up the known list of candidates applying to replace Bill Raggio in the state Senate.