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TONIGHT'S RALSTON REPORTS: DNC boss Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
DAYS UNTIL GENERAL ELECTION DAY 2014: 105
DAYS UNTIL EARLY VOTING BEGINS: 88
Good morning, everyone. Battle Born. All For Our Country. A World Within. A State Apart. All Nevada slogans/mottos, some inspiring, some gag-inducing. But, inadvertently, Rennae Daneshvary of Nevada Kids Count may have hit on the most accurate one: “At least we’re not Mississippi.”
That quote is from a report on the state’s continued...
TONIGHT'S RALSTON REPORTS: A longtime Muslim activist and NAACP leader says national group is discriminatory.
DAYS UNTIL GENERAL ELECTION DAY 2014: 106
DAYS UNTIL EARLY VOTING BEGINS: 89
Good morning, everyone. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Assemblywoman Michele Fiore, unlike almost anyone else I have covered in my career, shows with almost every utterance why she is unqualified for public office. You know I wrote about Kyle Roerink’s profile this weekend. I know...
Good morning, everyone. News is out that Nevada’s unemployment rate fell to 7.7 percent in June (It was 7.9 percent in May.). The internals via the state:
“The unadjusted unemployment rate fell in two of the state’s three metro areas this month. The Las Vegas/Paradise MSA held steady over the month at 7.9 percent, but is down 2.5 percentage points relative to June 2013. Reno/Sparks and the Carson City MSA each fell by 0.1 percentage points to 7.2 and 7.9 percent, respectively. Over the year,...
TONIGHT'S RALSTON REPORTS: We'll see.
DAYS UNTIL GENERAL ELECTION DAY 2014: 110
DAYS UNTIL EARLY VOTING BEGINS: 93
Good morning, everyone. I have to give Clark County Commission Chairman Steve Sisolak credit for something too few politicians (not to mention activists and journalists) have: A sense of humor. I put the picture out on twitter, but I wanted to share it with you, dear Flashees. After my ranting this week about the near-ecstasy over the new IKEA store, Mr. Chairman ...
TONIGHT'S RALSTON REPORTS: Democratic gubernatorial nominee Bob Goodman.
DAYS UNTIL GENERAL ELECTION DAY 2014: 111
DAYS UNTIL EARLY VOTING BEGINS: 94
Good morning, everyone. I hate to belabor this, no matter how skilled I am at belaboring, but am I the only one repulsed by all the gushing over IKEA coming to Vegas? Does anyone in this state understand proportionality? I expounded last night.
If you want a perfect contrast to the IKEA nonsense, this story about Zoom...
Good morning, everyone. IKEA fever! Catch it. I was amazed, although perhaps I shouldn’t be, at Twitter being atwitter and the RJ putting on the front page ”news” that IKEA will be here.
In 2016. Really? This is the NEXT LEVEL? What could possibly be above that? And can we at least give the store some huge tax breaks?
What’s below: CD3 activity, Rhee’s pals and a trivia question about a big Vegas project’s anniversary.
COMING UP
“Making it Happen: Collaborating for Progress in our...
TONIGHT'S RALSTON REPORTS: We'll see.
DAYS UNTIL GENERAL ELECTION DAY 2014: 113
DAYS UNTIL EARLY VOTING BEGINS: 96
Good morning, everyone. I admit it: I cry sometimes when I read truly moving pieces, pieces that are redolent of emotion and truth and sincerity, pieces that tug at my heartstrings, show family ties that bind, show integrity and commitment, a willingness to sacrifice money for the community’s betterment, the willingness to put ego aside to do what’s right.
This is...
Good morning, everyone. Is it time to bring back the “newspaper” designation after I promised to retire it? Perhaps. In the space of less than 24 hours, the Las Vegas Review-Journal put – count ‘em – three different headlines on a story about a Southern Poverty Law Center study on Bundyville. Only the last one was even close to accurate. Here’s the evolution.
I know what you are thinking: Won’t Ralston shut up about the RJ (and the Sun)? I try. Really, I do. But when Brian Greenspun goes on...
TONIGHT'S RALSTON REPORTS: Some local experts on the border crisis.
DAYS UNTIL GENERAL ELECTION DAY 2014: 117
DAYS UNTIL EARLY VOTING BEGINS: 100
Good morning, everyone. It’s summer, nothing much is happening in politics (oh but I tell you what’s going on anyhow) so the BIG news this morning is: The Emmy nominations! If you are like me, you are frustrated that this is the golden age of TV and you can’t possibly get addicted to all shows. So I have no seen things I want to see...
Good morning, everyone. This AM’s tale of two cities. First, Cleveland. Cleveland! I still can’t believe that’s where the GOP is going One Clevelandophile emailed me afterward, displaying a humor impairment, and after a brief exchange, told me I was “rude and evil.” The former, certainly; the latter, though, may be a bit much.
The second city: Henderson. That’s where Senator Harry Reid is moving. First let me say I chuckled at the RJ’s description of Anthem Country Club, portraying it as some...