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- Mayoral candidate Carolyn Goodman avoiding debates
- Sunday, May 8, 2011
- In every election, at every level, there is debate over how much the candidates should engage in debates. The conventional wisdom holds that the candidate leading in the polls should avoid debates because of the risk of embarrassing herself. The candidate in the lead has more to lose than to gain in a debate.
- Pondering the power of Hispanic voter blocs
- Sunday, May 8, 2011
- Which is a better bet for Nevada Hispanics who want to turn their growing numbers into political influence: to seize majority control of a congressional district so they can elect a representative of their choosing? Or to spread their numbers across districts to improve their statewide sway at election time?
- Donald Trump: U.S. leadership 'weak, pathetic and incompetent'
- Thursday, April 28, 2011
- With the “birther” issue over the president’s citizenship put to rest, Donald Trump used a speech Thursday night in Las Vegas to vent about America’s oil dependency, our relationship with the Middle East and dealings with China.
- Las Vegas mayoral hopefuls get real on the issues
- Monday, April 25, 2011
- Carolyn Goodman and Chris Giunchigliani debated three times last week — talking diversity with the NAACP, business with the Chamber of Commerce and economic development with a commercial real estate group.
- Will next mayor be a veteran of politics or a newcomer?
- Sunday, April 24, 2011
- Chris Giunchigliani is easy to judge as a politician. She has a 20-year record in government. Las Vegas voters deciding whether she’s fit to be the next mayor can peruse her state Assembly or Clark County Commission record to see where she stands on issues, or visit the Clark County Government Center to watch her in action.
- City Council candidate denies she lives outside ward
- Thursday, April 21, 2011
- Adriana Martinez invokes her childhood when asked why she’s running for the Las Vegas City Council. She tells the story of walking to Sunrise Acres Elementary School and feeling safe, a luxury now gone in the rough neighborhood.
- Louis Farrakhan blasts Oscar Goodman for treatment of Obama
- Monday, April 18, 2011
- Louis Farrakhan used a recent speech at Howard University to berate Mayor Oscar Goodman for what Farrakhan said was his poor treatment of President Barack Obama.
"Here's the president of the United States," Farrakhan said. "He makes a statement about people losing their homes and whatnot, gambling, and then his flight, his plane stops in Las Vegas. And the little Jewish mayor wouldn't even come out to greet him." - Tea Party promises lively campaign as ties to GOP debated
- Monday, April 18, 2011
- When Tea Party activists gathered in Nevada and nationwide last week, they had two goals: to promote the Tea Party tenets of lower taxes and limited government; and to reassert the group’s relevance.
- Geothermal: It's not just for Northern Nevada
- Friday, April 8, 2011
- Geothermal energy is an obvious fit in Northern Nevada, a region teeming with underground reservoirs of 300-degree brine waiting to be harnessed as electricity. In some places, the scalding water bubbles to the surface unaided. In dirt-dry Southern Nevada, geothermal energy seems like a stretch.
- The real primary race for Las Vegas mayor was for second place
- Tuesday, April 5, 2011
- Las Vegas mayoral candidate Carolyn Goodman’s primary win to advance to June’s general election isn’t surprising. She was considered a frontrunner since February, when she announced her candidacy and intention to succeed her husband, Mayor Oscar Goodman, who could not seek a fourth term because of term limits.
- Goodman and Giunchigliani headed for June runoff for Las Vegas mayor
- Tuesday, April 5, 2011
- Former private school administrator Carolyn Goodman and Clark County Commissioner Chris Giunchigliani will face off in June to decide who will be the next mayor of Las Vegas.
- College Republicans at UNLV peck away at Dina Titus
- Monday, April 4, 2011
- Within weeks of Republican Joe Heck’s narrow victory over Democratic incumbent Rep. Dina Titus, UNLV College Republicans launched a vicious campaign against Titus, who returned to teaching at the university.
- Questions emerge over tax breaks for solar project
- Sunday, April 3, 2011
- Some statistics about Copper Mountain Solar, a 775,000-panel array outside Boulder City that went online last year as the largest photovoltaic solar plant in the United States, might seem surprising. And not in a good way. Temporary construction jobs created: 350. Not bad. Nevadans employed: 262. That’s a good share. Solar power coming to Nevada: 0. Zip. Parts manufactured in Nevada: 0. Zilch. Permanent jobs created: 5. That’s not a typo.
- County struggles to balance budget as property tax revenue tanks
- With property values down, homeowners are paying less in property taxes. But that means there is less revenue coming in and some services are suffering.
- Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011
- Anyone who bought property before the boom and kept it has some idea how Clark County leaders feel as they build a budget for the upcoming fiscal year: A key piece of their portfolio — property tax revenue — is worth far less than it was a year ago.
- Will Nevada heed its wake-up call, take steps to diversify?
- Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011
- If Nevada escapes its current morass and in a couple of decades becomes a more prosperous, economically diverse and humane place, historians may view a UNLV conference, oddly enough, as a turning point.