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Get Rid of the BLM!
The Bundy Caucus has its first meeting. (In case you can't read it on your phone or laptop, note caucus spokesman Jim Wheeler, also tasked with mentoring the freshman, response to one poster who suggests: "Run the BLM out of our state would be my #1 request." Wheeler: "Good idea!") Have I mentioned how much fun this session will be?
This is what happens two weeks after you shockingly take over the Assembly
2015 Mischief blog, one in a series: The Ira Era begins
Four Monday nuggets about the Ira Era, which officially begins in 84 days:
MY COLUMN: Republicans took control of state government, so now what?
On March 5, 2013, legislative Democrats killed themselves. But that was not enough for these experts at political hara kiri: They also ensured that the coming red wave would be wide and deep, that Gov. Brian Sandoval would go unchallenged and that the Republican brand in Nevada would glisten.
New speaker names chairs
UPDATE II: I have confirmed Hickey turned down Ways and Means, told Hansen it would not be smart to have a northern chair of the money committee. Hickey had offered Hansen a place in leadership months ago, I'm reliably told, but then decided to make his move during the meeting, prodded by Michele Fiore and Jim Wheeler. Although some may speculate Hickey may quit after being shunted aside, I'm told that's not true. I've said it before, and I'll say it again, apologies to Bette: Buckle up.... ----
Waves have consequences: Ira Hansen elected speaker
UPDATED, NOON, 11/8: I got some intel from some GOP insiders, who filled me in on exactly what happened during Friday's marathon session:
2015 Mischief Blog, one in a series: Redistricting
This will be a running blog on what kind of strange stuff could happen in the brave, new and red world of Carson City, where the 22-11-1 math means the Republicans can pretty much do what they want. First speculation: Redistricting.
UNLV confirms it chilled academic freedom to please gaming masters
UNLV is runnin’ from its credibility even faster after the margin tax failed by canceling a request for the Brookings Institution to review a university study on the initiative that the institution’s major gaming patrons did not like. That aborted Brookings review has now been exposed for the ruse that it is and confirmed UNLV’s status as a second-tier (generous) center of academic thought.