Nevada Political News
Election 2010: Furlong, Guimont face off at debate
There were no real fireworks in Wednesday`s debate between Sheriff Kenny Furlong and challenger Deputy Bob Guimont.Furlong touted his experience and the improvements he said have been made in the department since he took over nearly eight years ago. Guimont said while they agree on the department`s priorities - gangs, drugs and dangerous traffic - his team "will be much more aggressive whe ...
Thursday September 2, 2010 11:01AM | nevadaappeal.com
Nevada former first lady slams Angle
LAS VEGAS (AP) - The ex-wife of Nevada`s Republican governor is slamming GOP Senate candidate Sharron Angle as Angle battles to unseat Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.Dawn Gibbons blasted Angle`s education agenda Wednesday during an appearance in Las Vegas.Gibbons called Angle`s ideas dangerous and extreme in a speech that mirrors Reid`s attacks on his opponent.Angle h ...
Thursday September 2, 2010 11:01AM | nevadaappeal.com
Election 2010: Assembly candidates debate; only one Senate candidate shows
Assembly District 40 candidates Robin Williamson and Pete Livermore answered questions for an audience of just less than 100 Wednesday with Republican Livermore taking a no new taxes stand while Democrat Williamson called for all-out efforts to create more jobs but leaving the door open to potential revenue increases.But in the Capital Senatorial District race, only Democrat Kevin Ranft was there. ...
Thursday September 2, 2010 11:01AM | nevadaappeal.com
If it doesn’t smell, it’s Nevada
So let me get this straight: Assembly Ways and Means Chairman Morse Arberry is term-limited.
Thursday September 2, 2010 9:01AM | lasvegassun.com
Assemblyman Morse Arberry steps down to pursue lobbying career
he longtime chairman of the powerful Assembly Ways and Means Committee has resigned from elected office to pursue a lobbying career, including a $10,000-a-month contract representing the court system in Clark County before his former colleagues.
Thursday September 2, 2010 2:50AM | lasvegassun.com
Dawn Gibbons attacks Sharron Angle as an extremist
LAS VEGAS (AP) - The ex-wife of Nevada's Republican governor is slamming GOP Senate candidate Sharron Angle as Angle battles to unseat Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
Wednesday September 1, 2010 7:52PM | rgj.com
Obama: U.S. combat in Iraq over, 'time to turn the page'
WASHINGTON (AP) - Claiming no victory, President Barack Obama formally ended the U.S. combat role in Iraq after seven long years of bloodshed, declaring firmly Tuesday night: "It is time to turn the page." Now, he said, the nation`s most urgent priority must be fixing its own sickly economy.From the Oval Office, where George W. Bush first announced the invasion that would come to define his pr ...
Wednesday September 1, 2010 11:01AM | nevadaappeal.com
Nevada regulator: Death benefits may be scrutinized
(AP) - Nevada Insurance Commissioner Brett Barratt says he hasn`t received any complaints about a checkbook method used by some insurers to pay death benefits.But Barratt tells a Reno newspaper his office may review state regulations to make sure consumers know what such accounts involve."Nevada law already requires a full and frank disclosure so that beneficiaries can make informed choices an ...
Wednesday September 1, 2010 11:01AM | nevadaappeal.com
Lawsuit challenges tea party Senate hopeful
(AP) - Conservatives affiliated with the national and Nevada tea party movement filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the U.S. Senate bid of Tea Party of Nevada candidate Scott Ashjian.The suit filed in state court in argues that state law required Ashjian to submit signatures totaling 1 percent of votes casts in Nevada`s last U.S. House elections to qualify for the November election.Ashjian is ...
Wednesday September 1, 2010 11:01AM | nevadaappeal.com
Reid ad bashes Angle on unemployment
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Senate Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid unveiled another TV ad on Tuesday using the words of Republican rival Sharron Angle against her.The ad released in Nevada features an unemployed Las Vegas woman denouncing Angle`s comment that entitlement programs like unemployment benefits have "spoiled" citizens and made them dependent on government."I`m not spoiled, and I don ...
Wednesday September 1, 2010 11:01AM | nevadaappeal.com
Candidate forum tonight at Community Center
Candidates for sheriff, state Senate and Assembly will face off tonight in the first of two forums hosted by the League of Women Voters. Nonpartisan candidates for Carson City sheriff Ken Furlong and Bob Guimont will be up first, followed by candidates for Assembly District 40, Robin Williamson (D) and Pete Livermore (R).Also participating will be Capital Senatorial District candidates James Sette ...
Wednesday September 1, 2010 11:01AM | nevadaappeal.com
6 more American troops die in Afghan fighting
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Six more American troops were killed in action in Afghanistan, ending August with a spike in bloodshed that has claimed the lives of 19 U.S. service members in only four days.The U.S. death toll for the month stood at 56 - three-quarters of them in the second half of the month as the Taliban fight back against U.S. pressure in southern and eastern strongholds. American lo ...
Wednesday September 1, 2010 11:01AM | nevadaappeal.com
House GOP leader jabs at Iraq war surge critics
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Congressional leaders who opposed the troop surge in Iraq are now taking credit for it, and President Barack Obama is more worried about ending the war than winning it, House Republican leader John Boehner said Tuesday.Boehner made his remarks at the American Legion`s national convention in Milwaukee hours before Obama was scheduled to deliver an Oval Office speech marking the ...
Wednesday September 1, 2010 11:01AM | nevadaappeal.com
Big spending for precious few votes
With fewer than 50 days until early voting begins, we have to face the sad, awful truth about the U.S. Senate race:
Wednesday September 1, 2010 9:01AM | lasvegassun.com
Nevada Democrats’ desperate tactic
State Democrats have long lamented their gubernatorial contender’s last name, which has wounded him (perhaps fatally) and surely will be used in GOP media starring their U.S. Senate candidate.
Wednesday September 1, 2010 9:00AM | lasvegassun.com
Harry Reid, Sharron Angle race has sporting side to it, too
In the campaign warfare that is Nevada’s U.S. Senate race, being a tracker means wading into enemy territory armed with a conspicuous camera and the chutzpah not to care.
Wednesday September 1, 2010 9:00AM | lasvegassun.com
Ad bashes Angle on unemployment
LAS VEGAS -- U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., unveiled another TV ad on Tuesday using the words of Republican rival Sharron Angle, a former assemblywoman, against her.
Wednesday September 1, 2010 6:16AM | rgj.com
Nevada among states suing feds, claiming health subsidies
WASHINGTON -- More than half a dozen states suing to overturn President Barack Obama's health care law, including Nevada, are also claiming its subsidies for covering retired state government employees, according to a list released Tuesday by the administration.
Tuesday August 31, 2010 10:53PM | lasvegassun.com
Harry Reid ad bashes Sharron Angle on unemployment
Senate Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid unveiled another TV ad on Tuesday using the words of Republican rival Sharron Angle against her.
Tuesday August 31, 2010 5:12PM | lasvegassun.com
Harry Reid unveils ad critical of Sharron Angle's views on unemployment benefits
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Senate Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid is unveiling a new ad using the words of Republican rival Sharron Angle against her.
Tuesday August 31, 2010 5:00PM | rgj.com
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