Politics and Government
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.
CARSON CITY — Eight years ago Ben Kieckhefer took a seat in the press gallery in the rear of the state Senate chambers as a reporter covering the Legislature for The Associated Press.
A bill in the works for the upcoming legislative session aims to thwart methamphetamine makers by making legal drugs with certain ingredients available by prescription only. The bill would require customers to have a prescription from a doctor to purchase cold medicines that contain ephedrine, pseudoephedrine or phenylpropanolamine.
Elizabeth Halseth is among the most unlikely of Carson City newcomers. The newly elected senator for District 9 in Clark County has only lived in Nevada since 2006, doesn’t have deep political connections, didn’t study politics in college and wasn’t endorsed by either major newspaper in her Las Vegas-area district in the general election.
When Juan Bustamante told his young daughter, Irene, she had gifts that could help others, he was talking about her ability to pick grapes faster than other migrant workers.
CARSON CITY– Newly elected Assemblyman Pete Livermore, R-Carson City, can remember the names and addresses of businesses and people along the mail route he worked nearly 50 years ago.
CARSON CITY — Assemblywoman-elect Teresa Benitez-Thompson, D-Reno, doubts most people would realize she is a former Miss Nevada if they caught her shopping in her neighborhood.
Between them, Randolph Townsend and Terry Care have 40 years of experience as Nevada senators and are well-qualified to offer some practical advice for the newbies heading to the 2011 Legislature.
Nevadans will be hard pressed to find someone who has traveled a longer path to Carson City than Scott Hammond.
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