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Billy Walters' $100,000 to House GOP gets attention
"Las Vegas gambler makes $100,000 bet on House Republicans" That's the headline on a Center for Public Integrity piece on Wednesday, a reference to Billy Walters, who has bundled a fortune to local and state officials through various corporations and now has taken advantage of federal laws with another. The center found that Walters, through an entity called T Star III LLC, gave the $100K to a Super PAC trying to keep the House in GOP control:
Reid and NV Energy: Frenemies forever?
At the National Clean Energy Summit last year, Senate Majority Harry Reid leveled a broadside at NV Energy, as he has done many times in his career.
Conservative group polling in Nevada on Sandoval, Heck
A national conservative group that spent $15 million in 2012 trying to defeat President Obama is doing robopolling in Nevada to assess the re-election prospects of Gov. Brian Sandoval and Rep. Joe Heck. I received the call this afternoon, and when I dialed the number, a machine told me I had reached Americans for Job Security, a dark money group that the New York Times listed as the ninth biggest outside spending group against the president in 2012.
DOE's Moniz fights history of distrust as Nevada pols (again) try to have it both ways
Nearly three quarters of a century ago, the first bomb exploded in the desert a short drive from Las Vegas, heralding hundreds of more, complete with mushroom clouds and manifest toxicity for those downwind before the tests went underground.
Erquiaga chosen as state superintendent
Dale Erquiaga left Nevada after being an adviser to the Clark County School District. But, like many before, he missed the place. Now he's got an even bigger education job.
Heck: Will he or won't he on immigration reform?
Earlier today, The Washington Post’s liberal blogger, Greg Sargent, seemed quite excited by Rep. Joe Heck’s pro-immigration reform remarks at a SXSW panel in Las Vegas.
Adam Laxalt: I may open the door to run for AG
Adam Laxalt, the grandson of the former senator and whose mother recently revealed is the son of ex-Sen. Pete Domenici, has been approached about running for attorney general.
Harry Reid: Making news on many fronts during a busy Friday
Harry Reid doesn’t care.
Reid: McConnell will lose, Republicans better not be racists, John McCain is my pal
UPDATE: Sen. Tim Scott, the GOP senator from South Carolina who happens to be African-American, has responded to Reid's remarks that he hopes Republicans are not opposing the president because "he's African-American." To wit:
Beers: I'm out for 2014
I had an extensive interview Thursday with Las Vegas City Councilman Bob Beers for a freelance piece I am working on and he told me he will not be on the ballot in 2014.