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WELCOME TO THE WEEKLY REPORT This week: 1. Constitutional officers rated 2. Culinary and Kihuen 3. Smartest/dumbest moves of the week Boffo ratings for the gov and AG, pretty good ones for Hutch, not so much for the others; the Culinary's importance in CD4. And other great stuff, too: ►Been fearing this for years: "Legislating is dead!  Long live legislating!" Blame it on legislative inaction. Blame it on special interests' stymying meaningful change. Blame it on the simplicity and...
Coming on the heels of her endorsement by Nevada DREAMers, Hillary Clinton is taking to the airwaves to make her case that she is the best choice for Hispanics with spots starring some of those same folks. This cohort could be critical in the Feb. 20 caucus and in the general election. TV:   Translation: It’s when things get tough...  that you see the friends by your side. There is no other candidate who has fought as hard for our families as Hillary Clinton. She stands with us to achieve...
After putting out a news release last month implying the utility supported a 20-year hold harmless period from new rates for rooftop solar customers and then presenting a filing that essentially argued that regulators should not do so, NV Energy has filed supplemental testimony indicating it backs the long grace period. NV Energy executive Shawn Elicegui (see the submitted testimony below) explicitly recommends in testimony filed Friday the 20-year grandfathering for those who had solar panels...
Tonight, the Las Vegas Review-Journal posted on its site not a story, not a brief, but this: "Motion filed in Jacobs lawsuit against Las Vegas Sands Corp." A headline, a short paragraph about the motion in a case about a case involving the paper's owner, Sheldon Adelson, and no elaboration or background. If you click on the link to the motion, filed by the ex-employee of Adelson and with serious allegations about what happened with the man ousted from RJ leadership, it is heavily redacted, too...
A survey paid for by the solar industry indicates voters are angry about the Public Utilities Commission decision on rooftop solar and want a special session of the Legislature to reverse it. The statewide poll, paid for by the umbrella group Bring Back Solar Alliance and conducted in late January, found: ►89 percent disagree with the PUC's decision on so-called net metering rates. I have seen the question, which reduces the complex issue to a simple proposition of rates being raised. But the...
"An open, competitive retail electric energy market" by 2023. Filed today by broad coalition, I'm told, not ready to put themselves out there yet. Read all about it. 2016 02 02 Energy Choice Initiative filed.pdf by Jon Ralston
The Culinary union on Thursday plans to conduct a vote on its endorsement in a crowded Democratic primary for GOP Rep. Cresent Hardy's seat, and a flyer sent to members makes it clear the leadership favors state Sen. Ruben Kihuen. Rarely have I seen a flyer that so obviously makes it clear -- look at it below. Three of the candidates have face shots while Kihuen, anointed by Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, is seen....on a union picket line. And look at the description of Kihuen compared to...
The fourth quarter contributions from Sheldon and Miriam Adelson to Ted Cruz made news the last few days, but they have not been exclusive. They are still dating until they decide to unload soft money to either Marco Rubio or Cruz -- or both. I heard long ago from someone who knows that they would spread personal money around to several candidates but would wait until the race shakes out a little before unleashing the seven-figure contributions. They made other maximum personal donations ($2,...
The only money that matters, after fourth-quarter reports were filed Sunday, is cash on hand. Here's what it looks like in Nevada's competiutive congressional races: CD4: Susie Lee: $647,000 Ruben Kihuen: $373,000 John Oceguera: $204,000 Lucy Flores: $84,000 If you didn’t believe the Lee threat to Prince Harry’s anointee was real, you better start accepting it. The Culinary endorsement will help him, if and when it comes. But her willingness to pour in money and her ability to raise her own has...

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