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Dirty Half-Dozen to present plan for $600 million mining tax
UPDATED, 7:20 AM: I have attached the GOP release here. Also, let's not forget that even putting an alternative on the ballot may not be legal. ---- On the day marking the two-thirds point of Session '13, state Senate Minority Leader Michael Roberson and five of his GOP colleagues plan to unveil a $600 million a biennium net proceeds tax on mines, sources confirmed.
Angle sets up state-level PAC to "support conservative candidates"
Lawmakers rise to the occasion in gay marriage debate
During Monday night’s stirring Senate floor debate, I couldn’t help but think of Steven. Steven is my brother. Steven is the most wonderful, loving person I know. He has two incandescent children and a perfectly matched life partner. Steven also happens to be gay. And as senator after senator rose last night, as if they were feeding off each other’s energy and humanity, to support repealing the state’s gay marriage law, I thought of Steven.
Brian Sandoval knows what Instagram and Pinterest are
Or at least his campaign does. The Brian Sandoval for Re-Election campaign continues to buzz along in the background during the legislative session, sending another missive today to supporters. This one shows that some of those folks have been reading up on how the Democrats, most notably OFA, were way ahead of the GOP in voter contact, social media, etc. How do I know?
Rubio: Boston “killers” may be part of “radical Islam,” but “we shouldn’t be jumping to conclusions”
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio on Saturday raised the specter of “radical Islam” and homegrown terrorism in the wake of the Boston attacks, but repeatedly warned against “jumping to conclusions” because “we don’t know why they did what they did.” Calling the Tsarnaev brothers “killers” (not “alleged” ones) and despite repeatedly urging caution in determining their motives, Rubio, in Las Vegas, repeatedly alluded to homegrown terrorists radicalized by foreign groups.
Gay marriage ban repeal comes to a head in state Senate
UPDATE, NO. 2: In a party line vote, with Democrats standing in unison in support and Republicans together in opposition, the religious-protection amendment was passed this morning. Floor vote Monday. It's going to happen.
Why would five out of six Nevada delegation members sign onto a release?
It's rare that the entire Nevada delegation, small though it may be, agrees on anything. It's highly unusual to see all six on one news release. But it's even more rare to see...five of six. But that's what happened today as a release with this headline came out today via Sen. Dean Heller's office: "Reid, Heller, Heck, Titus, Horsford seek to reduce Nevada's VA claim backlog." Where is Rep. Mark Amodei? It was especially puzzling because the five-member letter to Veterans Affairs officials began:
Democrats signal they are building oppo file on Sandoval, despite absence of viable candidate
State Democrats are building an opposition research file against Gov. Brian Sandoval, and based on a release today, they are signaling they are not afraid to use it early in the cycle.
As if Steven Brooks didn't have enough trouble....
The attorney general has secured an indictment against expelled Assemblyman Steven Brooks for possessing a firearm while being a drug user. The indictment, obtained through a Clark County grand jury, is associated with his first arrest, when he was found to have a .357 revolver and 41 rounds of ammunition. He was found to be "an unlawful user" of marijuana.