(Sean Whaley/Nevada News Bureau) – The Nevada Employment Security Council voted today to recommend no change in the unemployment insurance tax rate for 2010 after hearing from business and labor representatives who said any increase would cost jobs and further slow the state’s economic recovery. The council, a panel of nine representatives...

Roll Call today feaures a brutal account of how the Sen. John Ensign scandal has taken a major turn for the worse after a blistering New York Times story was published on the matter last week: Democratic political operatives on Monday sought to exploit Sen. John Ensign’s (R-Nev.) ethics woes as fresh...

I received an email last week from an organization that was wondering how many of Nevada’s legislators were using Twitter. It was a good question. I mean, you always hear about politicians taking to Twitter like a four-figure campaign contribution. So how many of Nevada’s 63 legislators do you think use Twitter?...

Patrick McNaught, Republican candidate for the Nevada State Senate District 12 seat, opted not to participate in a dog-and-pony “interview” meeting held on September 22nd by Nevada Senate Minority Leader Bill Raggio and the GOP members of his caucus for the purpose of endorsing certain candidates in certain races next year. As...

Citizen Outreach Foundation officially launched a new independent, non-partisan news service today. The Nevada News Bureau (NNB) will provide original statehouse and government reporting, as well as stories on state and local politics. Material produced by the service will be distributed free of charge for use by Nevada media sources and bloggers...

(Blogger Mike Zahara) – There still is a mea culpa necessary from all GOP candidates over Bush’s 8 years and the spending that increased government 70% with little to show for it. I’m still astounded that occurred under the Republicans. If you’re from the GOP, you apologize to your voters and then...

To date in the 2010 cycle, I’ve met and talked with Sue Lowden, Dr Joe Heck, Mike Montandon, Danny Tarkanian, Brian Sandoval, and an assortment of C-teamers so I can comment more thoughtfully on the other side for our ever growing readership. Let’s give you the lowdown on who we’ve met so...

The Nevada Innovative Coalition for Education (NICE) will be conducting a forum on nuclear science and education at the Atomic Testing Museum located at 755 E. Flamingo Road on October 14, 2009 at 6:00 PM. “This forum is the first step in efforts to provide Nevada’s children with career alternatives to the...

Just last week I wrote a commentary entitled, “They ALL Lie.” It referred to the controversy surrounding Congressman Joe Wilson screaming out “You Lie” to President Obama. I said that Congressman Wilson was only partially right. The fact is they all lie. Politicians of all political parties have been lying to us...

Washoe County District Attorney Richard Gammick and Washoe County Sheriff Mike Haley both announced today their intention to run for new four-year terms in 2010. A Nevada native from Elko, Gammick was first elected to the position in 1994 after serving for 10 years as a deputy district attorney and chief deputy...

The law firm of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck is expanding its government relations group and its Nevada presence with the addition of Joshua “Josh” J. Hicks. He will open the firm’s Reno office. “The opening of our Reno office demonstrates our ongoing commitment to the Nevada business community,” said Ellen Schulhofer, managing...

With national unemployment rising once again in September to 9.8 percent, many are wondering what the verdict will be when state figures are released later in the month. Persistent joblessness is also causing many to drop out of the workforce, as the US Department of Labor reported that the civilian labor force...

OK, at the risk of being called a cold-hearted SOB (again), allow me to raise a point because….well, somebody should. On Thursday the Las Vegas Review-Journal published a 1,126-word story on a 15-year-old kid named Tanner Chamberlain who got into a loud and violent 30- to 45-minute fight with his mother, Evie...