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07/01/2012

Sean Whaley with a report on the state's big casinos. Total revenues are up, but the net loss is big:

CARSON CITY – Nevada’s major casinos saw total revenues increase to $22 billion last fiscal year, but the 256 properties reported a net loss of just under

07/01/2012

The search for a new state superintendent of schools is underway:

CARSON CITY – Fifteen people, eight from within Nevada and seven from out of the state, have applied for the job of state superintendent of public

07/01/2012

Sean Whaley with the story on non-compliance with trucking safety rules putting Nevada's federal funding in jeopardy:

CARSON CITY – Nevada is one of several states that will not make a Jan. 30 federal deadline to implement a newly mandated safety rule to ensure truck drivers

07/01/2012

Washoe schools superintendent Heath Morrison is a finalist for national Super super of the year:

CARSON CITY – Washoe County School District Superintendent Heath Morrison has been named a finalist for the 2012 National Superintendent of the Year. The

07/01/2012

Republicans poised to take the state Senate, says a Republican. Not so much, says a Democrat:

CARSON CITY – Republican state Senator Michael Roberson said today he expects the GOP to retake control of the Senate in the 2012 general election, citing the

03/01/2012

Hundreds of Nevada non-profits lose their tax exempt status:

CARSON CITY – More than 2,300 Nevada nonprofit groups have had their tax exempt status revoked by the Internal Revenue Service. The revocations run the

20/12/2011

Interesting split of opinions puts Reid-Heller-Berkley opposite Heck-Amodei on the Senate's short-term payroll tax cut bill:

Nevada's congressional delegation is currently split 3-2 on the latest bill temporarily extending the payroll tax cuts. Rep. Shelley Berkley favors the

20/12/2011

"Personhood" initiative is moving forward, over objections of pro-choice advocates and ACLU:

CARSON CITY – A district judge today ruled against pro-choice advocates seeking to stop an initiative petition that proposes to outlaw abortion by declaring

20/12/2011

Fraud recoveries are up, says DOJ:

CARSON CITY – The U.S. Department of Justice announced today that it recovered $5.6 billion in civil and criminal fraud efforts in 2011, a 167 percent

20/12/2011

Is a college degree a necessity for state agency administrators?

CARSON CITY – For the second time in two years questions are being raised about the qualifications of Diane Comeaux, a top state human services administrator,

20/12/2011

Former Gov. Bob List chimes in on Nevada's 5th-in-the-nation caucus spot:

CARSON CITY – Former Nevada Republican Gov. Bob List said today that he believes the state will have a critical role to play in the selection of the party’s

20/12/2011

Concrete definitions that go beyond buzzwords? Well, yes, that's a good start for the state economy:

CARSON CITY – A member of the panel charged with helping diversify Nevada’s economy and create jobs said today he wants to make sure the state plan

08/12/2011

A lucrative contract is canceled by NDOT after scrutiny:

CARSON CITY – A 22-month, $280,000 contract with a private sector individual to work as a liaison between the Department of Transportation and contractors

08/12/2011

Nevada's backlogged ethics agency asking for money to hire help:

CARSON CITY – Faced with a two-year backlog of unpublished opinions, the state Ethics Commission is seeking $65,000 from a contingency fund to hire an

06/12/2011

Mixed-hazard and low-level nuclear waste to be trucked through (rather than routed around) Las Vegas?

CARSON CITY – A draft environmental statement addressing the future of the former Nevada Test Site appears to be setting the stage for the transportation of