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The Brian Sandoval cocoon opened briefly Wednesday for News 3’s Kelsey Thomas, and here’s some of what the governor said, with my annotations:
“When I learned about the issue...that happened a couple years ago, I was appalled. It was unacceptable and we were ere going to get to the bottom of it and ensure it doesn’t happen again ...As a parent it concerns me there was a sexual offender out in the community.”
If he was appalled at the beginning, Sandoval didn’t show it. The administration...
TONIGHT'S RALSTON REPORTS: Ex-Rep. Shelley Berkley.
DAYS UNTIL FILING FOR OFFICE OPENS IN 2014: 75
DAYS UNTIL PRIMARY ELECTION DAY 2014: 174
DAYS UNTIL GENERAL ELECTION DAY 2014: 321
Good morning, everyone. That awful shooting Tuesday afternoon at a Reno medical building near Renown still has many unresolved questions, but I’m sure that won’t stop opportunists from calling for new gun control measures or, perhaps, arming hospital...
TONIGHT'S RALSTON REPORTS: Immigration reform update.
DAYS UNTIL FILING FOR OFFICE OPENS IN 2014: 76
DAYS UNTIL PRIMARY ELECTION DAY 2014: 175
DAYS UNTIL GENERAL ELECTION DAY 2014: 322
Good morning, everyone. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has unveiled a new government website that looks good, has social media savvy, has updating voting records and----is much more political. Just look at what is at the top: Stats on how many nominees...
TONIGHT'S RALSTON REPORTS: UNLV's Stephen Brown on the economy.
DAYS UNTIL FILING FOR OFFICE OPENS IN 2014: 77
DAYS UNTIL PRIMARY ELECTION DAY 2014: 176
DAYS UNTIL GENERAL ELECTION DAY 2014: 323
Good morning, everyone. Spent a relaxing weekend up in The Biggest Little City and had a great time at Mayor Bob Cashell’s Christmas Party on Friday evening. Lots of warm, fun folks, including the Cashells, the Satres and various Caranos. Nice to see how many Reno denizens...
"We're used to seeing these proxy battles in Nevada politics. Most of them involve Harry Reid."
Reid Wilson to Chris Cillizza.
Warning: Beltway CW already sees the governor running against a Reid again. A two-time Reid-killer? I don't see it yet, but this just makes my point about all the pressure that will come down on Sunny after the '14 balloting. (Sunny vs. Cloudy?)
Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn has released his annual "Wastebook", and guess what's on it?
Nevada's brothels!
In a section cleverly (ahem) titled, "Pimping the Tax Code," Coburn outlines tax breaks granted to the brothels, including -- cover your eyes, children! -- for breast implants. The total cost: $17.5 million.
"Even though prostitution is deemed illegal under nearly every law in the nation, Congress must explicitly disallow businesses – legal or illegal – from making such deductions from their...
I'm reliably told that Wynn Resorts, Station Casinos and Churchill Downs will soon be joining the board of the American Gaming Association.
All three companies are proponents of online betting, which means Sheldon Adelson, the crusader against web gaming, is increasingly isolated.
Not sure Adelson cares. But the interests of the AGA, which is a fervent proponent of web gaming as a portal to the industry's future prosperity, and Adelson, who is spending a lot of money to kill Internet poker,...
The folks at POLITICO wanted to know what it's been like to cover Harry Reid for more than a quarter-century.
So I told them.