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One week after a Republican front group attacked attorney general hopeful and Secretary of State Ross Miller on the air, a Democratic front group filed a complaint with the state. Nevadans for A Brighter Future (I love these PAC names), headed by former police union leader Dave Kallas, alleges that the dark money State Government Leadership Foundation needs to disclose its donors. The incandescent folks behind the PAC have had to disclose, and those forms show Democrats such as ex-Speaker...
The email went out early Monday morning from Sue Lowden’s campaign manager, Tom Letizia: It's been a few months since we had a meeting with our top supporters to discuss the Lieutenant Governor's race. As you know Sue has been tirelessly working the state from one end to the other and the results are showing.  We have some exciting polling information we want to confidentially share with you and the rest of our group at this meeting. The email urged supporters to come to a meeting Thursday...
The margin tax would raise $725 million to $825 million a year and would be "far more burdensome" than the Texas version, a Lone Star state taxpayers association chief asserted this week. Dale Craymer made the claim in a letter to his Nevada counterpart, Carole Vilardo, who already has raised numerous questions about The Education Initiative. The letter, posted below, says the Nevada tax has a much higher rate than the Texas franchise tax on which it is based and corrals businesses the Texas...
Please use the comments section. Picture, taken by Reid aide Kristen Orthman, is from a Clean Energy Project event Thursday. Mine: "It just would be so nasty what I would do to you, Brian, that I can't help but laugh thinking of your agony."   AP: Reid, Sandoval laud $5.5B clean energy investment http://t.co/1HgwBuT8Qi pic.twitter.com/10AKlnG644 — Kristen Orthman (@KristenOrthman) March 20, 2014
Ex-Florida Gov and prospective 2016 presidential hopeful Jeb Bush is coming to Las Vegas next week for the Republican Jewish Coalition meeting, but plans to make time to raise money for his beleaguered colleague and possible running mate, Gov. Brian Sandoval. Sandoval, who has to sweat out whether he will win by 40 or 50 percentage points in November, will raise money that could be used to help state Sen. Mark Hutchison, who is running for lieutenant governor and, should he win, could allow...
No Solyndra jokes allowed. No NV-Energy-owns-the governor-jokes allowed. On Thursday morning at 10:30, in front of the "Welcome to Las Vegas" sign, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Gov. Brian Sandoval will be together to hype clean energy. The frenemies will be there, as you can see below, on behalf of the Clean Energy Project to talk about all of the wonderful investment in Nevada. Somebody take a picture. No 2016 announcements expected.  

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