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WELCOME TO THE WEEKLY REPORT This week:   1.   Smartest/dumbest moves of the week? 2.   One week and counting: A. Chances of finishing early? B. Name the day and time of sine die C. If session goes to midnight on Day 120 or slops over to Day 121, what will cause it to go so long? 3.   How will the two major energy issues be resolved -- rooftop solar and RPS? 4.   Who will announce candidacy first after session: Aaron Ford for AG; Steve Sisolak for gov; Michael Roberson for LG; Adam Laxalt for...
WELCOME TO THE WEEKLY REPORT This week: Smartest/dumbest moves of the week? Thoughts on The Laxalt Tapes hearings. What did you learn, any fallout, any pithy comments? Many issues have been resolved or are almost resolved with two weeks left. What do you see holding everything up at this point? Is there one thing that could still gum up the works?   Usual quality insight, with many thinking no big issues (maybe minimum wage, ESAs) to be resolved but something will snag the end (so do I) and...
WELCOME TO THE WEEKLY REPORT This week: 1.   Smartest/dumbest moves of the week? 2.   General thoughts on Laxalt and Manendo stories and likely outcomes? 3.    Three weeks left: What's the one thing we have all forgotten to keep an eye on? Even those who like Michael Roberson let him have it for his comments about A.G. Burnett, just as I have. But most of my insiders either think the hearings will either be uninteresting or disappointing, with some of these longtime cynics believing what the...
WELCOME TO THE WEEKLY REPORT This week: 1.   Smartest/dumbest moves of the week? 2.   Tensions are starting to build between leg and gov. What is most likely scenario? A. Gov has to end up vetoing a lot of bills B. ESAs pass in scaled-back form (elaborate if you think so) C. Dems and gov agree on big-picture stuff (criminal justice, employment issues, Pharma, etc), session ends without major incident.  D. Fill in the blank with another scenario. 3. So far, who is best set up for 2018 (in order...