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Big tax day in Carson City: A few hours after Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick released her new admissions tax, Senate Minority Leader Michael Roberson has released his Education Priority Act. (Or should I say I have a copy of it....) That's the one with the tax on mining. But embedded in the draft is also a short-lived increase on financial institutions to get the education rainy day fund going. ---- UPDATED: ►The measure clearly outlines what a disaster the margins tax supposedly would be and...
In a missive sent Friday, Dave McKeon, who wants to oust Cindy Lake as chair of the Clark County GOP, claimed he has registered 100 times more voters than she has. McKeon says he registered 100 Republicans, including 16 party-swtichers, in 27 days while she has registered just one -- former Republican, Chuck Muth, the anti-tax drumbeater who apparently returned to the fold. A few comments on the neverending GOP comedy show: 1. At this pace, McKeon is on pace (I'll give him a little benefit of...
The secretary of state's office has cleared ex-gubernatorial Chief of Staff/Assemblywoman Heidi Gansert in a campaign finance complaint filed in March. The complaint was filed by an ex-Democratic Party chairman and was clearly in retaliation for a measure that Democrats saw as an effort to hurt ex-Speaker Barbara Buckley. Lost in all of this: The notion that folks can hang onto campaign funds for as long as they want after they are out of elective office is simply outrageous. Oh, and not...
  Which Democrat will run against Gov. Brian Sandoval? Primary tabs View Edit Outline Results(active tab) Votes Clark County Commissioner Steve Sisolak   39% (74 votes) AG Catherine Cortez Masto   23% (44 votes) State Sen. Tick Segerblom   15% (30 votes) Former Speaker Barbara Buckley   8% (17 votes) Someone not listed here (email me at ralstonreports@gmail.com)   5% (11 votes) Rep....
Welcome to The Weekly Report. This week: 1. How does the session end -- with a bang or a whimper? 2. Will the governor receive a tax plan to veto? 3. Any surprises or observations (thus, ruining the surprise....)?   THIS IS HOW THE SESSION ENDS   I have been suggesting for some time that with this year's crop of four rookie leaders that closing down this session could be messy -- ugly even. It would seem my gaggle of Weekly Insiders agree, with several of them expecting it to reflect the lack...
A smiling sentinel, who refused to give his name or his employer, guarded the door to the small room, trying to obscure what was occurring inside. The young man, who obviously worked for the luminary within, only stepped aside when Democratic legislative leaders trudged down the hallway and entered the inner sanctum for an audience. In the hallway, a gaggle of reporters waited, frustrated and amused at the spectacle of supposedly powerful lawmakers having to be granted entrance in their own...

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