Chuck Muth

• Opinion

  Nevada homeland security office moves

  Gov. Jim Gibbons is moving his office of Homeland Security into the Department of Public Safety. The office has been under the governor’s office since its creation following 9/11. Continue reading…

  Chuck Muth October 23, 2009
• Opinion

  Reid out to topple McCarran’s statute

  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is among the senators co-sponsoring legislation to overturn the McCarran-Ferguson act, saying it allows insurers to collude in setting prices. Continue reading…

  Chuck Muth October 23, 2009
• Opinion

  The pros and cons of giving every candidate his chance to speak

  Just because you announce your candidacy for a serious office doesn’t mean you should be taken seriously. But if you are part of a serious (we hope) television program, how do you separate the serious from the unserious? Continue reading…

  Chuck Muth October 23, 2009
• Opinion

  Proposed Nevada abortion ban slow to gain support

  An initiative petition filed this week seeking to outlaw abortion in Nevada is part of a national effort launched in at least eight states that has divided anti-abortion activists. Continue reading…

  Chuck Muth October 23, 2009
• Opinion

  Obama Cabinet members often stop in Reid country

  The travel industry may be hurting in Las Vegas these days but not for lack of visits from members of President Barack Obama’s Cabinet. Continue reading….

  Chuck Muth October 23, 2009
• Opinion

  Angle raises $215k for GOP primary to face Reid

  Could Sharron Angle be a player in the crowded Republican primary to face Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.)? Continue reading…

  Chuck Muth October 22, 2009
• Opinion

  Squeezing Harry Reid

  A new poll released by the Progressive Change Campaign Committee suggests that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) should tack to his ideological left, the latest example of the party base putting the squeeze on the leader even as he faces significant electoral peril next November. Continue reading….

  Chuck Muth October 22, 2009
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  Nevada’s financial woes not worst in the nation

  If misery loves company, then the Nevada state government can find solace in a national report released today that found that seven other states will experience even higher tax declines in the current fiscal year. Continue reading…

  Chuck Muth October 22, 2009
• Opinion

  Titus Dead Wrong on Public Option

  (Dr. Joe Heck) – Dina Titus continues to put the special interests of the Democratic National Party ahead of the people of Southern Nevada. Dina’s continued support of the Pelosi public option fits her voting trend of backing her party bosses 97% of the time. The lack of understanding by Washington DC...

  Chuck Muth October 22, 2009
• Opinion

  Initiative Would Ban Abortion, Assisted Suicide in Nevada

  (Sean Whaley/Nevada News Bureau) – A group calling itself Personhood Nevada is seeking to put on the ballot next year a measure defining human life in such a way as to ban abortion and assisted suicide. The petition to amend the Nevada constitution is being coordinated by Richard Ziser, chairman of Nevada...

  Chuck Muth October 22, 2009
• Opinion

  Reid’s Backroom Deal Backfires

  Reid told the doctor lobby that he would move forward with a vote in return for them backing away from their push to include medical malpractice reform in the larger health care reform bill.

  Chuck Muth October 22, 2009
• Opinion

  Gibbons Names New Member to Contractor’s Board

  Governor Jim Gibbons has appointed Stephen P. Quinn to the Nevada State Contractors Board. Quinn is President of Precision Construction in Las Vegas. He started the company in 1983 and over the last 25 years his company has completed more than $225-million dollars of commercial and medical construction, as well as public...

  Chuck Muth October 22, 2009
• Opinion

  Nevada to Consolidate Homeland Security into Department of Public Safety

  Governor Jim Gibbons today announced that the state is consolidating the Homeland Security function into the Nevada Department of Public Safety. This change will enhance the ability of the State to direct and coordinate an “all-threats, all-hazards” approach in its prevention, preparedness, response and recovery strategies. This consolidation will also provide for...

  Chuck Muth October 22, 2009