Congressman Mark Amodei is looking for the middle ground on Yucca Mountain. He doesn't want to just shut up the planned nuclear dump but he wants to make sure it's used to boost the Nevada economy.
Northern Nevada Congressman Mark Amodei has a love-hate relationship going with the Bureau of Land Management right now. He has attacked its limits on oil and gas exploration to preserve the habitat of the sage grouse.
Those dog days of summer are the time to lay out plans for the coming election season. Some Republican scouts are already looking for the best places to campaign in Nevada but others are all but ignoring the Silver State. Then there's the election that no one seems to care very much about - the special election to replace Dean Heller for the last 15 months of his term. Will Republicans carry Mark Amodei to victory or will Kate Marshall steal enough with her tough position on spending and debt.
State Sen. Greg Brower has barely been in his current job a few months. He was nominated to replace Sen. Bill Raggio who resigned before the Legislature met. And his seat seems likely to be eliminated in this year's redistricting of the Nevada Senate. But he's thrown his hat into the ring with quite a few other candidates for the special election in Nevada's Second Congressional District. The seat became vacant when then-Congressman Dean Heller was appointed to replace disgraced Sen. John Ensign.
Since 1864, Nevada has never had to hold a special election to replace a sitting Congressman. It does now with the appointment of Congressman Dean Heller to the Senate to replace Sen.
Embattled Senator John Ensign will be resigning from the United States Senate on May 3. Governor Brian Sandoval is expected to appoint Congressman Dean Heller to the vacant Senate seat. This news will lead many candidates who had planned on 18 months to rethink their plans now that the real race for Nevada's Second Congressional District will be run in six months. We talk with experts in Las Vegas and Washington to get the latest from the resignation announcement.
