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All of a sudden, Dean Heller wants Nevada voters to forget his real record. All of a sudden, Heller now says he's "open" to Marco Rubio's " Kill the DREAM Act " that would permanently make millions of immigrant kids second-class citizens . Rubio’s suggestion for a DREAM Act would mean that potentially millions of kids who grew up in the United States without the right papers would be forced ...
Nevada Progressive - 4:24 p.m. - 8 clicks 
So Joe Heck just voted to play games with Nevada women's lives . He's refused to allow reauthorize a true, comprehensive Violence Against Women Act (VAWA.). Oh yes, that's right. Apparently, preventing domestic violence has just become another political football for Joe Heck and his fellow teabaggers in Congress. What's really horrifying about this "tea party" approved VAWA would notify abusers...
Nevada Progressive - 12:47 p.m. - 7 clicks
It's over . It's really over... But is it? Elizabeth Crum saw this unfold at last night's Clark County GOP Central Committee meeting. Yes, this really happened. The Clark County Republican Party (CCRP), which now consists of a majority of Ron Paul supporters, last night voted to condemn the Republican National Committee. They are also calling for Chairman Reince Preibus to resign. The ...
Nevada Progressive - 8:11 a.m. - 9 clicks
Who knew? Bain Capital had a hand in the management of Stage Stores, with a Nevada connection, (explained in the LVSun). Three stores in Nevada ended up closing, and therein lies an opportunity to discuss the role of private capital … Continue reading → ...
Desert Beacon - Tue 11:25 a.m. - 12 clicks
I have to finish this story. It does have a good ending. I even have photos. Filed under: Home Life, Reno Air Races ...
Blue Lyon - Tue 10:09 a.m. - 11 clicks
## Is Nevada ready for it’s close up? Take a look at Nevada Progressive today. Meanwhile, Senator Dean Heller (R-NV) and Governor Sandoval didn’t seem to want to get anywhere close to the state GOP convention: “And around the country, … Continue reading → ...
Desert Beacon - Mon 10:09 a.m. - 14 clicks
Every so often, we hear the usual talk about Nevada's need for economic diversification. And then, we see... Nothing. But is change finally on the horizon? Local filmmakers hope so . Although the neon and casinos of Las Vegas have long been featured in movies, too often film crews only spend a few days in the city before leaving the state to finish the filming and production elsewhere, Ramirez ...
Nevada Progressive - Mon 7:45 a.m. - 15 clicks
(Las Vegas, Nev.) – Mothers and their children made Mother’s Day about clean air and healthy communities May 12 by creating messages to go to Nevada’s federal congressional representatives. Moms worked with the Nevada Conservation League to create the event at the Roots Community Garden in Las Vegasin support of legislation to control dangerous chemicals [...]...
The Nevada View - Sun 8:53 a.m. - 15 clicks
Return with us now to the Great Deficit Debate, the one which resulted in the Budget Control Act of 2011. (PDF) S. 365 passed the House of Representatives on a 269-161 vote, August 1, 2011, [roll call 690] with Nevada … Continue reading → ...
Desert Beacon - Sat 2:11 p.m. - 13 clicks
Since arriving here in California, I've been reminded of my own personal history. Believe it or not, I wasn't always... Oh hell, yes I was. Still, I like to think I've matured in the last three years that I've lived in Nevada. My first big blog gig was at Calitics in 2007. I pretty much covered the OC beat... And raised a whole lot of hell. I'm still proud of the hell-raising I did over a prop...
Nevada Progressive - Sat 10:48 a.m. - 13 clicks
On March 31, 2011 Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) introduced S. 712, the Financial Takeover Repeal Act — which would repeal all the provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act. On May 18, 2011 Senator Dean Heller (R-NV) signed on as a co-sponsor. … Continue reading → ...
Desert Beacon - Fri 10:26 p.m. - 24 clicks
Passing the Violence Against Women Act should be a no-brainer. However, the House Republicans — May we include Nevada Representatives Amodei and Heck in that number? — are intent on stripping from the bill some important improvements which benefit woman … Continue reading → ...
Desert Beacon - Fri 11:10 a.m. - 15 clicks
So state officials are again chiding North Las Vegas for their clusterfck of a city budget . And even worse, they're basically putting the city on probation . North Las Vegas Finance Director Al Zochowski told the Nevada Tax Commission this morning that the financially strapped city will experience a small cash flow deficit in June but should end the month with slightly more than $2 million in...
Nevada Progressive - Fri 10:30 a.m. - 19 clicks
It just keeps getting better . Harry's coming on board "The Equality Express" , as well. [... O]n Thursday, Reid quietly said that if he were called on to vote one way or another in his home state of Nevada, he would “follow [his] children and grandchildren” and support legalizing gay marriage in Nevada. Reid communicated his position without words: He nodded affirmatively in response to a re...
Nevada Progressive - Thu 3:29 p.m. - 12 clicks
In the wake of President Obama's endorsement of marriage equality, the dominoes just keep falling. Last night, Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) came out in support of marriage equality and the repeal of DOMA, after months of waffling. Like many of us have been saying all along, the President's words of endorsement have brought the Democratic Party into an entirely different universe. All of a sudden, ...
DailyKos (Nevada) - Thu 9:29 a.m. - 13 clicks
Well, this is a much welcome change . Now that President Obama is completing his evolution on marriage equality , the political world is scrambling. And yes, it's even happening here in Nevada . "As a gay man, it means a lot to me personally, because this is a president I've supported since he was a candidate and is somebody that I believed in and continue to believe in," said Chris Mille...
Nevada Progressive - Thu 8:32 a.m. - 13 clicks
So I wasn't the only blogger noticing last weekend's bucket full of crazy ... And what it means for November. Conservative blogger Orrin Johnson again lashed out at the Ron Paul "Revolutionaries" now taking over the Nevada Republican Party. And yes, he's worried about that silly little election coming up this fall. Let’s review. The purpose of a political party is to help candidates from tha...
Nevada Progressive - May 9 - 16 clicks
Green Valley High School, here in Henderson, has so much to be proud of. However, Green Valley High is experiencing a bit of an embarrassment ... Even while it's being honored! Apparently, US News & World Report used the wrong data on both the school and the entire state of Nevada's public education infrastructure in deciding rankings. Whoops. Still, Green Valley High has plenty to be proud of...
Nevada Progressive - May 8 - 6 clicks
(Also at DK Elections ) So "The Revolution" succeeded... Even though it still didn't . But even though Mitt Romney may be guaranteed 20 of 28 Nevada Republican delegates on paper, his campaign has still been shaken. Why? Look who has the energy and the passion . This is what Ralston talked about in his column yesterday . The RNC, represented at the Nugget and watching the Paul folks ...
Nevada Progressive - May 7 - 5 clicks
(Also at Nevada Progressive ) So "The Revolution" succeeded... Even though it still didn't . But even though Mitt Romney may be guaranteed 20 of 28 Nevada Republican delegates on paper, his campaign has still been shaken. Why? Look who has the energy and the passion . ...
DailyKos (Nevada) - May 7 - 2 clicks
Here's how Anjeanette Damon began her latest story on the madness going down in Sparks today. A deeply divided contingent of more than 1,200 Republicans has gathered at a Sparks casino to elect delegates to the national convention in Tampa, Fl. Within an hour of the convention being gaveled open, accusations of fake ballots, scuffles over seating and brief disagreements over rules erupted. O...
Nevada Progressive - May 5 - 5 clicks
Yesterday, we caught wind of the drama bound to shake up this weekend's Nevada GOP Convention . This morning, it looked like the Ron Paul Fan Club was still planning to flout RNC directives and take over Nevada's Republican National Convention delegation. And now, Mitt Romney's Nevada operation is trying last minute negotiations to avoid a huge embarrassment tomorrow. Here's what this showd...
Nevada Progressive - May 4
So Las Vegas Sun columnist J. Patrick Coolican had something to say about this week's CCSD arbitration results. However, what he said really made no sense . Basically, he said that Southern Nevada schools may be underfunded and there may be administration "issues", but it's nonetheless all the teachers' fault that the district is bring forced to lay off at least 1,000 of them. Oh, and who's thi...
Nevada Progressive - May 4
In case you haven't noticed, this is an election year. So it's incredibly easy to miss stories that aren't on the campaigns' radar and get dropped quickly by political reporters looking for "the next big story". It looks like that happened to this troubling story on personnel problems at Clark County HQ . Long story short, an assistant parks director was supposedly fired in 2008 over a botched p...
Nevada Progressive - May 3 - 3 clicks
Last week, we discussed the really not-so-secret plan by the Ron Paul campaign to take over the Nevada GOP Convention in Sparks this Saturday. Apparently, the RNC finally realized the Ron Paul campaign wasn't kidding. So now, they're threatening not to seat the Nevada delegation if it's a Ron Paul majority . John R. Phillippe Jr. said that while his letter is not binding, "I believe it is hig...
Nevada Progressive - May 3
Want the scoop on hot races around the country? Get the digest emailed to you each weekday morning. Sign up here . Leading Off : • WI-Gov : A brand-new Marquette Law School poll has GOP Gov. Scott Walker up just 48-47 over Milwaukee mayor Tom Barrett among likely voters, though former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk trails by a wider margin, 49-43. Barrett also leads Falk 38-21 i...
DailyKos (Nevada) - May 3
Wednesday did not have an absurdly high volume of polling, but what we saw could most definitely elicit a little sideways glance, and a quick scratch of the head. Is it possible that there are nineteen points of difference between Barack Obama and Shelley Berkley in Nevada? Rasmussen says so. Is it possible that, after every political observer has written his obituary, that 6-term Sen. D...
DailyKos (Nevada) - May 2 - 3 clicks
Last night, 8 News Now Las Vegas uncovered a case at State Senator Greg Brower's law firm that he'd rather not discuss. As you can see above and below, he really did not want to talk about it. And I can understand why. Brower is Nevada's former U.S. Attorney. He's now a partner at a private law firm paid to represent Lender Processing Services. Nevada's attorney general sued that company f...
Nevada Progressive - May 2 - 2 clicks
So we had a very special visitor in town today. And the crowd looked quite fired up and ready to go . Oh, yeah. It was like that . I remember hearing so much about "the enthusiasm gap" not too long ago. And maybe it still exists... Albeit in a way that the big DC pundits hadn't expected . And that's playing out right here in Nevada. Look at what happened at Springs Preserve in Las Veg...
Nevada Progressive - May 1
I was looking at HoosierD42's most recent "Doubling the House" diary when I noticed a link to this diary he did earlier on doubling Nevada's House delegation . It really intrigued me. In fact, I was so intrigued that I ultimately felt compelled to go to DRA and try it myself. So here are the results. ...
DailyKos (Nevada) - Apr 30
The pro-Obama Super PAC Priorities USA Action and the League of Conservation Voters Victory Fund have spent $1 million in a television and online ad buy in two states—Colorado and Nevada—to air this ad focusing on Mitt Romeny's ties to big oil. "Big oil's fingerprints are all over him," the ad says, pointing to reports that conservative groups - including Americans for Prosperity, back...
DailyKos (Nevada) - Apr 25 - 2 clicks
We live in a democracy with the rule of law. No one is above the law, right? Station Casinos has been found guilty of breaking federal law 88 times by two federal administrative law judges, which would make it the worst violator of labor law in Nevada gaming history. Who wants to do business with [...]...
The Nevada View - Apr 23
I can relate to this. Although I am not completely cut off from everyone in my family, there is definitely a wide chasm with most who believe. With some it is bewilderment, and in some cases, outright hostility. The responses that many in this video tell of getting from their family and friends when they [...] ...
Blue Lyon - Apr 23 - 2 clicks
So I wake up today about 7:30 PST, and get ready to go for my walk here in Las Vegas. I left my house at about 8:15 and I got a call from my friend, who lives somewhat near Reno. He told me he was going out for his morning "420" and he saw a "white hot ball of energy" coming from "near Area 51" (yeah he's like that). He than said he shortly heard two explosions which he said were likely "The ini...
DailyKos (Nevada) - Apr 22
(Also at Nevada Progressive ) OK, OK, I'm back! Have you really missed me that much? Since at least some of you have been asking about the state of the Congressional races here in Nevada, I figured I'd update you on what's happening here in The Silver State. So what are you waiting for? Come with me. You're in The Wild, Wild West now. Let's play! ...
DailyKos (Nevada) - Apr 22
First off, my apologies. Between work, family, Reno Freethinkers, and my photography this house has been sorely neglected. Excuse me while I brush away the cobwebs. The fact of the matter is, I’m not quite sure what to do with this space anymore. Commenting on politics feels like beating a dead horse. Maybe more “My Life” stories and [...] ...
Blue Lyon - Apr 22
With Mitt Romney recently telling a group gathered for a fundraiser that he will be lucky to get 20 percent of the Hispanic vote, RNC Chairman Reince Priebus is reaching out to Latino voters with lip service and Nevada State Senator Ruben Kihuen has fired back at the Chairman and the Republican Party with their disingenuous words. Ruben Kihuen told Reince Priebus “in your dreams”, both a refer...
DailyKos (Nevada) - Apr 19
Lambda Legal today filed a lawsuit in Nevada -- in the same Ninth Circuit jurisdiction that the Proposition 8 lawsuit is under -- seeking to allow same-sex individuals to marry in that state. Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund took what one of its lawyers calls "a strategic step" in the national effort to advance marriage equality by filing a federal lawsuit in Nevada seeking equal mar...
DailyKos (Nevada) - Apr 10
On Thursday, March 29, the White House Business Council and the U.S. Small Business Administration will host an Urban Economic Forum at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Among many topics important to urban entrepreneurs in the Las Vegas area, the White House and Administration officials will discuss the Administration’s support for policies that create private-sector [...]...
The Nevada View - Mar 28 - 3 clicks
Reading in the Las Vegas Sun yesterday, I found a story about fees going up for water, electric, student fees, small businesses, even bus fares and how these fees tend to negatively affect those who are hurting the most here in Nevada. What the article does not mention is how disproportionate the burden of sales [...]...
The Nevada View - Mar 26
Come November 2012, I hope people know who Joe Heck and Dean Heller are and what they stand for. Both of them are Republicans running for federal office: Heller for senate, Heck for Congressional District 3. Before you consider voting for either of them, consider whether you want the Sheriff of Nottingham representing you in [...]...
The Nevada View - Mar 25
Some of you may have followed the news that the Nevada State Engineer, using language literally written by the Southern Nevada Water Authority, approved the withdrawal of billions of gallons of groundwater from the Great Basin – one of the last relatively pristine areas of the Continental United States. A lot of people have seen [...]...
The Nevada View - Mar 24
The latest data on Latino voter preferences, commissioned by Fox News no less, shows that Republicans are getting absolutely crushed among Latinos. Among the findings, 69.5 percent consider themselves Democrats or lean that way, while just 15.9 percent consider themselves Republican or lean that way. And if the election were today: Obama 70 Romney 14 Romney is so hated in...
DailyKos (Nevada) - Mar 20
The Great Basin Culture Area includes the high desert regions between the Sierra Nevada and the Rocky Mountains. It is bounded on the north by the Columbia Plateau and on the south by the Colorado Plateau. It includes southern Oregon and Idaho, a small portion of southwestern Montana, western Wyoming, eastern California, all of Nevada and Utah, a portion of northern Arizona, and most of western ...
DailyKos (Nevada) - Mar 20 - 2 clicks
Senator Reid’s report highlights role of policies in developing Nevada’s clean energy industry Las Vegas, NV – Clean Energy Project’s Executive Director, Lydia Ball, joined Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for the release of his report “Playing to Win in Clean Energy”. The report showcased the role in which federal and state policies have played [...]...
The Nevada View - Mar 13
Enalrge map Total turnout of this year's moody Republican voters in caucuses and primaries is down 9%, with a majority of contests showing a decrease. Incompetence and poor turnout have plagued caucus states especially, with especially anemic showings in Nevada and Minnesota. This year's Missouri primary was made nonbinding, in contrast to 2008, leading to an astonishing 57% drop in p...
DailyKos (Nevada) - Mar 2
