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When you live in a rural area, you often have to wear multiple hats.The mayor of Ely, Nev., knows all about that. When she’s not tending to her mayoral…
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Mesquite, Nev., is located about 80 miles northeast of Las Vegas, and its appeal to tourists is like many of Nevada’s rural areas – vast open lands with…
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Last week, we asked people in Las Vegas to be part of our conversation about the 2016 election, specifically how anxiety is fueling decision making during…
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He has described himself as a democratic socialist.Vermont Senator and Democratic Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders landed his campaign in Nevada in…
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Three more Nevada legislators are bowing out of the political scene with the announcement that they will not seek re-election in 2016. Those legislators,…
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LAS VEGAS (AP) - Sen. Harry Reid's surprise announcement that he will retire at the end of his term throws the state into a frenzy about who might replace…
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Editor's note: This piece, which originally ran in the Feb/March 2010 issue of Desert Companion, speculates on what might happen if Reid had lost his re-election to Republican challenger Sharron Angle. With the announcement of Reid's retirement, some of Hugh Jackson's observations are just as relevant today as they were five years ago.
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A proposal before the Nevada Assembly would change the way the state draws up districts for its legislative elections, both at the state and federal…
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For 37 years, much of what we learned about the happenings in the state Legislature came from the writings of Edison “Ed” Vogel.He retired last year as…
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State Treasurer Dan Schwartz ran into a buzz saw in Carson City last week when he testified in front of the Senate Finance Committee.Even though he is a…