Amber Phillips
- Harry Reid: Raise the cap to allow more rooftop solar
- Thursday, May 14, 2015
- The cap limiting how many homeowners in Nevada can provide solar power to the energy grid is “way too low,” said U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, the Democratic minority leader. Reid’s comments are the first from ...
- Reid renews push to ban online gaming, maybe even poker
- Monday, May 11, 2015
- Online poker is legal and up and running in Nevada. Poker and other online gambling is legal in New Jersey and Delaware, with at least 10 more states considering joining in ...
- Free trade divides top Democrats: Obama vs. Reid
- Monday, May 11, 2015
- Obama is trying to work around Reid to get two trade deals approved by Congress, one with 12 Asian-Pacific countries and another with Europe. Reid opposes both. “I have never, ever, in my 33 years in Congress, supported a trade agreement, and I’m not going to start now,” Reid said last month. “It puts us at a disadvantage. So the answer is not only no, but hell no.” It’s likely, however, the deal will progress despite Reid’s objections ...
- Obama considering another national monument in Nevada
- Thursday, May 7, 2015
- "I am appalled and deeply concerned," Republican Rep. Cresent Hardy said. Hardy's office obtained a draft of the president's proclamation to set aside land in ...
- Las Vegas philanthropist might try to unseat Rep. Joe Heck
- Monday, April 27, 2015
- At the urging of national Democrats, Las Vegas philanthropist Susie Lee is seriously considering challenging Rep. Joe Heck in one of Congress’ last true swing districts. Democrats believe ...
- The GOP hopefuls and the billionaire donor: How their views align
- Friday, April 24, 2015
- In today’s political age, when candidates take a stand on an issue, they have to consider more than just how their views will play with voters. Politicians often have to weigh how their policies will go over with billionaire donors who can buoy or sink campaigns. That's because a 2010 Supreme Court decision lifted major pieces of campaign finance law and opened the door for billionaires to spend unlimited amounts of money influencing campaigns ...
- Heck doing ‘due diligence’ to look at run for Senate
- Thursday, April 23, 2015
- Rep. Joe Heck is a popular choice for Nevada Republicans to challenge Sen. Harry Reid's chosen successor, former Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto, but he has maintained he's not interested. Now he says he's "talking about it" with ...
- Democrat Lucy Flores seeking Cresent Hardy’s seat in Congress
- Wednesday, April 22, 2015
- Lucy Flores, a former Nevada assemblywoman and candidate for lieutenant governor, is running for Nevada’s open seat in Congress. “Hardworking people deserve ...
- A monumental push: Reid plans to designate two more areas for protection
- Sunday, April 19, 2015
- Until late last year, environmentalists’ and tourism officials’ dream of Congress bestowing a national monument outside Las Vegas seemed like a long shot. A bill to protect almost 23,000 acres of prehistoric fossil beds outside North Las Vegas had languished in Congress for several years. But thanks in part to Sen. Harry Reid’s behind-the-scenes jockeying in 2014, Tule Springs National Monument is becoming a reality. Now Reid is pushing for ...
- Harry Reid rates GOP presidential candidates: ‘They’re all losers’
- Wednesday, April 15, 2015
- Sen. Harry Reid has never been shy about saying what he thinks. But since announcing he is ending his 30 year-Senate career in 2017, Reid has had even less of a filter. The most recent example ...
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