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UPDATED wit h statement from Gov. Sandoval:
"Based upon the advice of the Attorney General’s office and their interpretation of relevant case law, it has become clear that this case is no longer defensible in court."
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After much political blowback and a convenient legal decision on which to hang her hat, Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto today withdrew her brief to the Ninth Circuit that argued for upholding Nevada's gay marriage ban.
You could see this coming after the SmithKline...
The Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling on Monday sent a letter to all American Gaming Association members, invoking Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and calling for Congress to call a "time-out" and restore the Wire Act of 1961 that effectively would ban the practice.
Forget how delicious it is that a Sheldon Adelson-backed group -- the letter is signed by the three ex-elected officials he hired as mouthpieces -- uses Reid to help make the case. The letter is followed by a sustained attack on...
Will the Democrats put another initiative on the ballot, and what will it be?
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Yes, minimum wage increase
32% (49 votes)
No
23% (35 votes)
Yes, declaring Harry Reid "King of the World"
22% (33 votes)
Yes, gun background checks
12% (18 votes)
Yes, emergency room rate cap
4% (7 votes)
Yes, same-day registration...
Welcome to the Weekly Report. This weeks's headlines:
Sheldon Adelson thinks the 2016 Republican National Convention is coming to Vegas, Beers may alight on Neptune and Lowden mixes her rurals. Also: Smartest/dumbest moves of the week and The Weekly Insiders on the LG's race, Beers for Senate, web gaming blowup and the GOP pre-primary endorsements.
Image of the week:
At the Humbault County Lincoln Day Luncheon in Battle Mountain w County Chair Alicia Price and Daxon Bakker pic.twitter.com/...
Rarely will voters be confronted with a more abysmal choice in November and on the most important contest on the ballot.
When it comes to the margin tax, Nevadans will have to choose between relying on a school-funding measure that was poorly constructed and could have deleterious effects on the economy and leaving the task in the hands of a dithering, invertebrate Gang of 64, a k a the governor and the Legislature.
This is not a lesser of two evils or pick your poison choice; this is asking...
The Guinn Center for Policy Priorities, whose goal is to be a moderate voice of analysis amid the usual political hysteria, has published its inaugural effort on the most incendiary political topic of the moment: The margin tax.
The center, named for the late governor who was known for trying to be a voice of reason on many issues, has prepared a detailed and generally dispassionate document explaining what the tax is and what it isn't. It is attached here.
But one conclusion -- that revenue...