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A slow-moving first day at the Tesla special session lasted until well after dark. It looks like another long one today, too.
In a completely foreseeable development, at least one other company is now asking for incentives to expand its existing Nevada operation.
What is state government for?
Opponents of gay marriage argued in court Monday that it would lead to family breakdowns, but advocates for equality said those arguments don’t hold legal or logical water.
President Barack Obama, who promised he’d act alone on immigration reform by the end of summer if Republicans failed to pass a comprehensive bill, now says he’ll wait until after November’s elections.
On Monday, in Courtroom 1 of the James R. Browning U.S. Courthouse on Seventh Street in San Francisco, the final steps in repealing Nevada’s 12-year-old ban on gay marriage are scheduled to begin.
During the opening news conference at the annual National Clean Energy Summit, U.S. Sen. Harry Reid let slip the real agenda.
It’s still all good — it’s just not as good as we originally said.
A quick roundup of some politically noteworthy things that happened while I was enjoying at little R&R.
As predictable as the Earth’s revolution around the sun is the reaction of Las Vegas to the prick of an outsider’s pen.
Republican attorney Becky Harris is challenging fellow lawyer and state Senate District 9 incumbent Justin Jones, D-Las Vegas, in a race that could determine which party controls the state Senate.
Nevada’s congressional delegation was divided late last month when the House voted 225-201 to sue President Barack Obama for allegedly violating his constitutional duties by delaying a key provision of the Affordable Care Act.
Nobody should blame Tesla Motors for seeking big bucks from the state of Nevada in exchange for building its $5 billion “gigafactory” in an industrial park not far from Reno.
In late May 2013, news spread like wildfire through the Legislative Building that one-time power broker Harvey Whittemore had been convicted of making illegal campaign contributions to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.