It’s Reid vs. Heller now in U.S. Senate race
Even if they loathe each other, U.S. senators from the same state usually try to maintain a facade of collegiality.
View ArticleTeachers press forward as Chicken Little Caucus prepares to cluck
Twenty-two years after the teachers union first attempted to fundamentally change the state’s tax structure with a corporate income tax, the Nevada State Education Association is at it again with a...
View ArticleInside the backroom of the Nevada Republican Party
The executive board of the Nevada GOP met this week, and I have obtained a transcript.
View ArticleWhittemore overreached, but so does indictment
During his Carson City heyday, Harvey Whittemore was the King of the Overreach.
View ArticleHeller-Berkley worthy successor to Reid-Angle
Now that the primary nonsense has passed, it’s time to get to the main event.
View ArticleThe primary winners and losers
Emptying the reporter’s notebook (and my mind) at week’s end, here are some primary winners and losers in your Friday Flash.
View ArticleTime for the high court to end character assassination
It sickens me that I am still writing about this.
View ArticleLawmakers are transparent in their opposition to transparency
It’s been a month since I suggested it might be a good idea to get state lawmakers on the record supporting Assemblyman Pat Hickey’s long-overdue transparency reforms.
View ArticleNevada GOP: The ugly, the bad and the good
Taking the pulse – yes, there is one — of the state’s Republican Party efforts in your Friday Flash.
View ArticleSandoval meets with Romney to talk about his role
So Gov. Brian Sandoval has finally agreed to be an enthusiastic, no-hold-barred supporter of Mitt Romney, and the two had a meeting last week in Carson City to discuss his role.
View ArticleIn wake of ruling, politicians display The Pivot Reflex
As unpredictable as many observers found the Supreme Court’s health care reform decision, the reaction from the political class was depressingly predictable.
View ArticleIntensity already at high level in Senate race
Nary a moment’s letup in the Nevada Senate race this week since the Monday mid-afternoon disclosure that the House Ethics Committee had formed a special panel to look into allegations against Rep....
View ArticleWhen Reidisms are no longer funny
On Thursday, Harry Reid was mad (or so it seemed). And when Reid gets mad, Reidisms follow.
View ArticleAsian-American vote cannot be ignored
The last time The Forgotten Minority made any difference in Nevada politics was when the marvelous Sharron Angle told a group of Hispanic students, “Some of you look a little more Asian to me.”
View ArticleDean Heller’s dissociative disorder
There are plenty of good campaign books out there, but this year’s Senate race in Nevada may provide a new one: “How to take a silver bullet and shoot yourself in the foot with it.”
View ArticleWhen politicians and partisans exploit
In stark contrast (I hope) to the thumbsucking and fulminating about the horrific events in Aurora, Colo., I prefer to spend today on a much less tragic incident last week, but one that has sparked...
View ArticlePolitical columnist Jon Ralston leaves Sun after 12 years
Columnist Jon Ralston, Nevada's leading political commentator, is leaving the Las Vegas Sun after 12 years to create his own Internet-based commentary platform, Ralston and Sun Publisher Brian...
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