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by Jon Ralston Fri, 05/24/2013 - 14:31
On Deadline Day in the capital, lawmakers burned up Twitter congratulating themselves for their bills passing and thanking colleagues for their support. Strangely, none of them tweeted about a campaign finance transparency bill, watered-down weeks ago in the Senate and shredded Friday in the Assembly with an amendment (agreed to on a voice vote by all) that is designed to accomplish one thing: Keep the lobbyist/special interest favor train chugging along. It was nothing short of grotesque to...
05/23/2013
Legislators want to be able to take gifts from special interests and lobbyists and then hide them, according to an amendment to an already gutted...
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05/23/2013
UPDATED WITH COMMENT ON PASSAGE FROM GOV. BRIAN SANDOVAL: From spokeswoman: "SJR 15 does not come to the Governor and he’s stated that he is opposed...
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05/23/2013
There are no new tax debates in Carson City. Some go back decades. Click on the attached, 20-year-old newspaper clip and find: 1. The gaming industry...
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