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Tonight's "Ralston Reports" -- Delving into the new school rankings
Tonight, we look at the new Nevada school rankings with Clark County Superintendent Pat Skorkowsy. Check out your kid's school, and tune in at 6:30.  Â
No margins tax weaseling
The margins tax has been around for awhile. It was proposed by Democrats in 2011, and the teachers union qualified its proposal last year.
Heller: Obama said we can bomb Syria "because we think we can get away with it"
President Obama told GOP senators he would authorize bombing Syria "because we think we can get away with it," Sen. Dean Heller said last week in a wide-ranging interview in which he first said he would not shut down the federal government  but then said he would not vote for a budget that contains Obamacare.
Site readers 2-1 against Syria intervention
Should the U.S. intervene in Syria?
Court could decide constitutionality of governor, Legislature passing tax authority to counties
The Washoe County Commission, of all places, started a legal ball rolling this week that could flatten legislative and gubernatorial buck-passing and affect roads, police and school tax plans in the two urban areas.
Miller the Younger locks up support North and South
If you are wondering why Republicans are having trouble finding a credible candidate to challenge Secretary of State Ross Miller for attorney general, consider what is occurring this month: Two fundraisers, one North (Eldorado) and one South (Wynn), that feature host committees cutting across partisan and special interest lines. The event announcements, both attached here, include: ----A slew of current (Clark DA Steve Wolfson not seen on this kind of list very often) and former elected officials ----Lobbyists galore
Gamers, business groups unite to oppose margins tax
And so it begins. A broad-based coalition on Wednesday filed a political action committee Wednesday, the secretary of state's office confirms, to try to defeat the margins tax, and sources confirmed this marriage of convenience also has retained national talent to gauge public sentiment and prepare strategy to scuttle The Education Initiative.
Retailers form PAC to defeat margins tax
UPDATE: This post catalyzed quite the interesting legal debate over what exactly this PAC and its affiliate (especially) might have to disclose after my suggestion that the use of an LLC might be for disclosure evasion. Some attorneys think that SB 246Â from last session will force the LLC to disclose but it is by no means clear. If the LLC is simply seen as a vendor not providing free services, it may not have to disclose. Ad one attorney among several who weighed in told me:
Gaming and mining run the state -- and have better grammar, too!
Gaming and mining run Nevada because lawmakers are in their pockets, so the citizenry needs to have better access to the petition process to ensure democracy survives.