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<p>Good morning, everyone. Premium subscribers this weekend were treated to some great insight from my new, expanded group of insiders about what’s to come. Most think a revenue package has a chance and that new Speaker Ira Hansen is not some crazy, wild-eyed Hansen, but one longtime lobbyist...
TONIGHT'S RALSTON REPORTS: Cowboy Tom om More Cops and---MORE.
DAYS UNTIL THE GREATEST LEGISLATIVE SESSION EVER BEGINS: 80
DAYS UNTIL THE 2016 election: 725
Good morning, everyone. Can you imagine Dean Heller saying what Roger Wicker said today about Harry Reid? “So, you know, frankly I'll say this: I think Harry Reid may decide to retire. That's my prediction." This is why I think, for the Republicans, Wicker was a better choice for the National Republican Senatorial...
Good morning, everyone. This is a little early today, dear Flashees, because I have to give a speech to Hispanics in Politics. Never done this before: Going to start by telling the group’s members what an embarrassment HIP was this year and how to make it better. I hope they don’t throw me out – I love Dona Maria’s!
Historic day today for Nevada as both senators face elections: Harry Reid for minority leader and Dean Heller for chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. If they...
TONIGHT'S RALSTON REPORTS: Brookings' Mark Muro on STEM, Tesla and more.
DAYS UNTIL THE GREATEST LEGISLATIVE SESSION EVER BEGINS: 82
DAYS UNTIL THE 2016 election: 727
Good morning, everyone. The news that ex-Gaming Control Board Chairman Mark Lipparelli is interested in replacing state Sen. Mark Hutchison creates a clear frontrunner embraced by Majority Leader Michael Roberson and, I’d guess, Gov. Brian Sandoval. Assemblyman Wes Duncan may still apply, but he sees...
ood morning, everyone. Happy Veterans Day. Like everyone else, I give thanks today to all who served and all who sacrificed, including the families of vets. Last night, I talked about what Veterans Day really means and how AG-elect Adam Laxalt forgot what his service meant during his campaign: Freedom to dissent, to question, to push back.
On another subject, The Teen and I saw “Interstellar” last night. We both had the same reaction: Good not great, overlong. I am a huge Christopher Nolan fan...
TONIGHT'S RALSTON REPORTS: A special Veterans day eve show
DAYS UNTIL THE GREATEST LEGISLATIVE SESSION EVER BEGINS: 84
DAYS UNTIL THE 2016 election: 729
Good morning, everyone. Happy 31 to me. I am thankful every year at this time for how lucky I have been, with a brother who gave me the greatest gift I have ever received. With all the small people I have to deal with so often in what I do, Geoff Ralston puts it all in perspective. Thanks, brother.
With Thanksgiving just a few...
Good morning, everyone. I want to be optimistic as Republicans paint the capital town red in a few months. I really do. And I amcrossing my fingers.
By the way, besides the 2016 campaign, the municipal campaigns start right now, too. Tick Segerblom vs. Michael McDonald for Lois Tarkanian’s seat, if she doesn’t run, sounds delicious. But even better is what two insiders told me: Ex-Mayor Oscar Goodman nosing around about running for the council. Ha. Ha. Ha. Forget how ridiculous that notion is...
TONIGHT'S RALSTON REPORTS: GOP consultant Ryan Erwin
DAYS UNTIL THE GREATEST LEGISLATIVE SESSION EVEFR BEGINS: 88
Good morning, everyone. The brave new red world of Carson City, one we have not seen in the history of the state, is shaping up. The Senate Republicans wasted no time organizing, and the matrix is fascinating, with newly minted Majority Leader Michael Roberson signaling he wants a tax reform/package deal by taking the revenue committee and making Ben Kieckhefer a...
TONIGHT'S RALSTON REPORTS: What's Your Point?
DAYS UNTIL HARRY REID'S RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN BEGINS: 0
DAYS UNTIL THE GREATEST LEGISLATIVE SESSION EVEFR BEGINS: 89
Good morning, everyone. I told you I saw red people.
I hope the Republicans up and down the ticket will give thanks today to the big motivator, the one that drove people to the polls, the 400,000 (!) vote-getting monster. Yes, they should thank---the margin tax. Or NSEA for putting it on the ballot. I kid, I kid....
Good morning, everyone. It ends today, dear Flashees, barring controversy in the Assembly or potential recounts and cries of fraud (I fear the worst from some of these races). I’m old enough to remember when we thought Sue Lowden and Lucy Flores had a chance against U.S. Senate candidate Mark Hutchison, when the chances of the Republicans taking the Assembly were only in Hickeyesque dreams, when Ross Miller and Kate Marshall seemed heavy favorites, when the RJ at least pretended to be a...