More than 100 state employees staged a protest in Las Vegas today over staffing levels at state facilities that provide essential public services. Read more here
Republicans are targeting seats that they haven’t pursued in decades, including seats held by Democratic leaders whose approval ratings are plunging according to polls. Read the rest here
The state’s inadequate and poorly maintained roads and highways, coupled with rush-hour traffic, cost Nevadans $1.8 billion a year in extra vehicle operating costs and lost time, according to a report released this week. Read the rest here
State lawmakers spent considerable time this year debating plans to develop the renewable energy industry in Nevada. New legislation created the position of energy commissioner and was supposed to help state officials move quickly to attract renewable energy companies. Read the rest here
Two normally savvy observers weighed in on Sen. Harry Reid’s electoral prospects, and both were, well, sort of wrong. Read the rest here
(Jon Ralston) – Harry and Rory meet to talk in a small room at the back of Searchlight’s General Store: Read the rest here
(Glenn Cook) – If Harry Reid decides to use the Senate’s “reconciliation” process to ram health care legislation through his chamber and crush a filibuster, then he’ll have to reconcile something else: his astounding hypocrisy. Read the rest here
(Bill Parsons) – On November 13-15, 2009, the Nevada Republican Party will elect new officers and directors for the upcoming term. YOUR voice must be heard if you want to insure that those officers elected are true Conservatives and share the core values of true Conservatives. If you remain silent, you inevitably...
Felecia Dorchuck is an original co-founder of Citizen Outreach and currently serves as the organization’s Treasurer. Felecia focuses on local conservative events and politics in Las Vegas.
Sam Shad Productions has hired veteran reporter and producer Samantha Stone to join the Nevada Newsmakers team, assuming the duties of Executive Producer Bonnie McCorkle. McCorkle plans to continue with Sam Shad Productions working on special projects. Stone will also serve as a co-host, and field reporter, allowing Nevada Newsmakers – a...
(Sean Whaley/Nevada News Bureau) – With term limits taking effect for 17 veteran state lawmakers in 2010, those who want to continue to serve are setting their sights on other elective office. A number of state Assembly candidates are looking to move up into a vacant state Senate seat. But in at...
(Sean Whaley/Nevada News Bureau) – As U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Vice President Joe Biden entertained some deep-pocket supporters here today, one of the Republicans vying to take on the long-time lawmaker was a few yards away, meeting with voters while collecting food for a local food bank. Sue Lowden,...
(Muth’s Truths) – A Taxing Observation – Jim Gibbons campaigned on a promise not to raise taxes. Though he fell off the wagon once on the room tax earlier this year, he’s otherwise kept that promise. So we have a candidate who campaigned on a specific platform, was given a mandate to...
Facebook
Twitter
Pinterest
RSS