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A letter from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to federal regulators, appearing to tell them to expedite Warren Buffett's purchase of NV Energy, raises questions -- and not just his use of "impact" as a verb.
Reid's July 23 communication with federal regulators precedes last week's letters from Sen. Dean Heller and Gov. Brian Sandoval on behalf of the state's utility monopoly, just in case those folks didn't know that NV Energy and Buffett had friends in high places.
Reid is very careful in...
You may have heard about how state Sens. Tick Segerblom and Greg Brower are heading up a new PAC to advocate for a new Court of Appeals in Nevada.
But that bipartisan duo is joined by 11 other lawmakers (seven Democrats and four Republicans) on the PAC filing documents (attached here).
If only it were this easy to get Democrats to take a stand on the margins tax....
Welcome to the Weekly Report.
This week:
1. Changes in State of the Races -- developments all the way from constitutional offices to a new entry: CD4.
2. Updated State of the Races chart
3. A quartet of premium nuggets -- Two appointed Assembly folks running again and endorsed, an AIPAC trip by three state senators, the DOE better put up or shut up and an updated voter registration chart
SUMMERTIME AND THE TRIAL BALLOONS ARE EASY
It’s a month before Labor Day and already the political...
Attendees at the 6th annual Clean Energy Summit a week from Tuesday can walk into another room at lunch and visit House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.
But bring a check.
Pelosi will also be at Mandalay Bay while Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and his friends tout solar power. Pelosi will be there to raise money for Nevada hopeful Erin Bilbray, running against Rep. Joe Heck, and for Rep. Steven Horsford.
Maybe Bilbray will actually answer questions there. (Putting in request for camera right...
Amid efforts to anoint state Sen. Mark Hutchison for lieutenant governor, factions inside the always entertaining Nevada Republican Party are threatening to strike back against the GOP empire.
Whether this will be fodder to entertain pundits (I'm game) or just sound and fury will not be known until next year when filing arrives.
But you have two two palpable developments that indicate the natives are restless. And the natives can be a pain in the....
1. The Ron Paul folks are not happy about...
Gaming executives were in DC this week meeting with congressional leaders, and one piublication speculated a change in the American Gaming Association's web poker position may be coming.
In a piece in "Gambling Compliance" headlined, "New AGA Chief Says Frustrated Industry Leaders May Look Beyond Congress," Tony Batt (a former RJ reporter) wrote about the Hill visits and Frank Fahrenkopf successor Geoff Freeman's take on the lay of the land.
Batt quoted Freeman thusly: "The market has moved...