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The Weekly Report -- 6/9/19
WELCOME TO THE WEEKLY REPORT This will be the last one for awhile, and I want to thank these legislative insiders for taking the time every week. They are all very busy and have taken part of their weekend to help provide the kind of inside look you cannot find anywhere else. It’s one of the best ideas I have ever had, and it is, frankly, priceless information. You will see that in this installment as in all of them, their experience and yet disparate views really provide a lot of illumination...
The Weekly Report -- 5/26/19
WELCOME TO THE WEEKLY REPORT This week: Smartest/dumbest moves of the week? Most interesting thing you read or heard about Nevada politics this week? So much in flux, so keeping it wide open this week: What are your general thoughts about where we are, the endgame, what are keys to closing? Who is impressing and who isn't? What is surprising you and what is not? Any thoughts welcome on the session -- same as others, different, whatever?   I am not surprised at the greater-than-usual-return rate...
The Weekly Report -- 5/19/19
WELCOME TO THE WEEKLY REPORT This week: Smartest/dumbest moves of the week? What is the most interesting thing you read or heard about Nevada politics this week? With two weeks left, what is the one narrative of this session that you were sure of in February that has not come to fruition? Who is the single most important person in the building during the endgame? For those of us for whom this all seems like deja vu, what is a reform that could change the end-of-session partisan nonsense and...
The Weekly Report -- 5/12/19
WELCOME TO THE WEEKLY REPORT This week: Smartest/dumbest moves of the week? Most interesting thing you read or heard about Nevada politics this week? How does the two-thirds play out -- rank from most to least likely: Budget passes without 2/3 and with MBT; Dems get one or more Repub to pass with MBT and two-thirds; budget passes without MBT. What is the Dem strategy for the endgame? The GOP strategy? Do they exist? Odds of special? My insiders don’t seem to buy the LCB opinion. Seems fitting...
The Weekly Report -- 5/5/19
WELCOME TO THE WEEKLY REPORT This week: Smartest/dumbest moves of the week? Most interesting thing you read or heard about Nevada politics this week? One month left: What are the top three stumbling blocks to close? What issue is out there that no one is really focusing on that could throw a wrench into the endgame? What are the key decision points for the governor in the final four weeks? What tough decisions will he have to make? Who or what will influence him? I’m sure everybody is still in...
The Weekly Report -- 4/21/19
​WELCOME TO THE WEEKLY REPORT This week: Smartest/dumbest moves of the week? Most interesting thing you read or heard this week in Nevada politics? Rank most to least likely in 2020: Amodei-Laxalt primary; Bernie wins Nevada in February; two new County Commission seats won by legislators; or Trump wins Nevada in November. What bill will surprise us by passing or dying Tuesday? Impressive return rate for Easter weekend from the insiders. I thank them. Some thoughts: ►More than one mentioned the...
The Weekly Report -- 4/14/19
WELCOME TO THE WEEKLY REPORT This week:   Smartest/dumbest moves of the week? Most interesting thing you read or heard this week about Nevada politics? Deadline Day: How did they handle it? What does this portend, if anything? What surprised you? What is dead that will come alive?    All of my insiders are fired for raising alarms about Deadline Day, all the goofy bills, etc. It was smooth and impressive, as most acknowledged. And the paid sick leave compromise was really something to behold –...
The Weekly Report -- 4/7/19
WELCOME TO THE WEEKLY REPORT This week: Smartest/dumbest moves of the week? Most interesting thing you read or heard this week in Nevada politics? We are halfway through, so time for midterm grade. Please assign a grade and explain it to:   Sisolak Frierson Cannizzaro Some of my insiders pointed out that while it is halfway through the session, this arena is one where midterm grades may not mean much. As one put it: “It’s unfair to grade because although we are halfway arithmetically, we won’t...
The Weekly Report -- 3/31/19
WELCOME TO THE WEEKLY REPORT This week: Smartest/dumbest moves of the week? Most interesting thing you read or heard about Nevada politics this week? Now that the bill dump is done: best and worst bills? Thinking about the session's trajectory -- and I know it is early: Do you see signs that the triumverate (NC, JF and SS) will be able to shut down the session without the gov having to veto a bunch of stuff? Do you sense the Dems understand that they could hemorrhage in the state Senate and the...
The Weekly Report -- 3/24/19
WELCOME TO THE WEEKLY REPORT This week: Smartest/dumbest moves of the week? Most interesting thing you read or heard about Nevada politics this week? As the bills have dropped, what is your assessment of the inevitable clash between progressive wish list and what the governor will sign? Where are the hills to die for and where are the hills where bills will die? What will determine what lives, and what does not? Can leadership stop bills from being vetoed, and if so, how? Anyone or anything...

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