Chuck Muth

• Opinion

  Pollster: Reid Will Win in Nevada

  With thousands of people moving in every month, it’s no surprise that Nevada looks like a new state every time Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid returns home. But that helps to explain why he’s started campaigning and advertising for re-election in 2010 so early. Continue reading…

  Chuck Muth November 11, 2009
• Opinion

  Medicaid costs fuels Nevada budget shortfall

  As tax revenues continue to plummet, the state’s bill for providing health insurance to those in need has soared, putting further pressure on a budget shortfall that might need a special session to fix, state officials said Monday. Continue reading…

  Chuck Muth November 11, 2009
• Opinion

  Heller explains his vote on healthcare

  Chuck Muth November 11, 2009
• Opinion

  Suing travel sites over taxes a terrible idea

  State and local governments are notorious copycats. As soon as one jurisdiction comes up with a meddlesome, money-grabbing plan, the idea spreads like a virus through elected bodies everywhere. Think of new taxes on soft drinks and bottled water or traffic enforcement cameras. Continue reading…

  Chuck Muth November 11, 2009
• Opinion

  Angle possesses conservative cred

  Nevada Republicans say they want a revolution. A conservative revolution. Continue reading…

  Chuck Muth November 11, 2009
• Opinion

  Nevada suffers as rest of U.S. recovers

  For so long Nevada was like the Globetrotters of the American economy — a fun, twirling circus act always winning the race in growth of employment, wages and property values. Continue reading…

  Chuck Muth November 11, 2009
• Opinion

  The Old Ball Game

  (Paul Jacob) – Those New York Yankees did it again. I’d love to have seen them win their 27th World Series crown. But, well, the tickets are terribly expensive. For those who don’t buy season tickets, the average ticket price is $750. For Game 6 in New York, that average soared to...

  Chuck Muth November 11, 2009
• Opinion

  Furlough Exception Granted to State Correctional Employees

  (Sean Whaley/Nevada News Bureau) – The state Board of Examiners voted unanimously today to exempt correctional officers and other essential personnel with the Nevada Department of Corrections from a one-day-a-month furlough requirement. The exemption was approved only for the current fiscal year, which ends June 30, 2010. The agency had already been...

  Chuck Muth November 11, 2009
• Opinion

  Statewide September Gaming Win Down 9 Percent for 21 Months of Straight Declines

  (Sean Whaley/Nevada News Bureau) – Nevada’s gaming revenues continued their slide in September, but for the second consecutive month the decline was only in the single digits. Nevada casinos won $911 million in September, a 9 percent decline over September 2008 when the industry brought in $1 billion in revenues, according to...

  Chuck Muth November 11, 2009
• Opinion

  Taxpayer is to Berkley as Bank is to Robber

  (Mark Noonan) – With unemployment exploding above 10% nationally, Afghanistan suffering as President Obama dithers, our houses continue to lose value, more Nevadans lose their jobs…what does Rep Shelly Berkley do to pass the time? This: “Congresswoman Shelley Berkley has secured more than $300,000 in federal funding for the restoration of two...

  Chuck Muth November 11, 2009
• Opinion

  GINGRICH: Where Do We Get These Men and Women?

  This Veterans Day, I am reminded once again of the wonderful line at the end of the movie adaptation of James Michener's The Bridges at Toko Ri. Today, the question is "Where do we get these men and women?" and last week, the answer was Killeen, Texas.

  Chuck Muth November 11, 2009
• Opinion

  First “First Friday” Happy Hour Held in Reno

  (Orrin Johnson) – Last week, the First Friday Happy Hour event expanded to Reno with a bang! It was co-sponsored by the newly re-chartered Nevada Federation of Young Republicans. About 50 people came for the premier event, held at Harrah’s Sapphire Lounge. Among them were current Assemblymen and future Senators Ty Cobb...

  Chuck Muth November 10, 2009
• Opinion

  GOP Stock Surges as Democrats Slide Further Left on Health Care

  (Richard Scotti) – Infatuated with their own power, and ignoring all responsibility to the constituents that elected them, the liberal Democrats in the House are continuing to dig their own graves. Republicans, most Independents, and conservative Democrats alike are appalled at the thought of any government take-over of the Health Care system....

  Chuck Muth November 10, 2009