Ah, spring, when a young lawmaker’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of throttling members of the other party who won’t let him hold votes or bring amendments to bills on the Senate floor.
- Home
- >> Opinion
- >> Opinion Columns
Steve Sebelius
U.S. Sen. Harry Reid calls the field of Republican presidential candidates “losers,” but it’s not the first time he’s used that word.
Back in the heady days of the mid- to late-1990s, Nevada’s voters were in a particularly anti-democratic mood.
Here’s a roundup of bills you may not have heard of that either passed or failed to pass the first big deadline of the 2015 Legislature.
CARSON CITY
Maybe they are your father’s Republicans
An anti-tax lawmaker who was removed from two key positions in the Assembly would certainly have done things differently than the men who replaced her.
Former Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto today formally announced her candidacy for the U.S. Senate seat being given up by incumbent Harry Reid.
U.S. Sen. Dean Heller, in a brief non-interview after his address to the Nevada Legislature Monday, declined to share his opinion of Gov. Brian Sandoval’s plan to raise the state’s business-license fee.
Have you ever noticed that nobody ever called Jesus a hater?
That settles it, then.
Vermont U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders is not a man given to despair.
On Friday, Harry Reid showed he can still surprise the political world, with the announcement that he was ending his nearly 30-year Senate career.
Tom Skancke has resigned his position as CEO of the Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance. He’ll be replaced by GEA President Jonas Peterson.