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This is one of those times when it becomes difficult, if not impossible, to separate the personal from the political.
And for a political being as complicated, calculating and yet paradoxically erratic as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, the personal impact may override anything else. Yes, even with the man I call Prince Harry, who would have certainly made Machiavelli blush at his mulifarious political schemes and who would have happily been Mick’s muse as he belted out “Sympathy for the...
Here's what CEO Brian Brannman, whose facility is under assault from within and without, sent to his employees and had posted throughout the county hospital today -- an obvious attempt to reassure and quell percolating rumors:
I want to take this opportunity to address the rumors and speculation that have been widely circulating regarding the future of UMC. You, our employees, are what keep this hospital running and providing the highest quality of care. You are also on the front lines, and...
The Nevada News Bureau, which has provided a reliable source of news outside of the state's newspapers, will close this Friday.
Very sad news for the industry here as NNB broke stories and kept other reporters on their toes.
Here's the announcement from Publisher Elizabeth Crum:
Readers, Colleagues, Media Partners & Friends:
It is with deep appreciation for your help, encouragement, readership and support over the past three years that I am tasked with announcing the suspension of...
UPDATED BELOW WITH REID'S SENATE FLOOR REMARKS
As some of his colleagues called for gun control measures, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will have to reconcile his past fealty to gun rights interests in the state with growing demands for action.
Reid is expected to speak today on the Senate floor about guns amid a rising volume of voices calling for action, whatever it might be, to prevent similiar tragedies, a nearly impossible task.
But as the president lamented last night in Newtown...
Welcome to the end-of-the-year edition of The Weekly Report. The next one comes next year, folks, but I wanted to leave you with, as I used to do with the old Ralston Report, my nominees for the top political people of 2012. Everyone uses different criteria for these types of lists. Mine are simple: You have to have had power, had the willingness to use it and affected events in Nevada and, perhaps, beyond. If so, the mention of the person’s name should elicit respect and, better yet, fear....
In 2003, despite being deemed an ethics transgressor by a state tribunal and despite federal authorities sniffing around him, Michael McDonald still had a friend in the Culinary union.
"Michael has been a strong supporter of unions and working families," Culinary political director Glen Arnodo told the Review-Journal shortly before McDonald lost his re-election bid. Nine years later, having metamorphosed into the chairman of the state Republican Party, McDonald still has a friend in the...
When you cover politics for a long time, you meet all kinds of activists, some more memorable than others.
I will never forget Doris Femenella, one of the kindest, sweetest people I had the good frotune to meet and married to her firebrand of a husband, Bob. I met them when I first started covering politics in Nevada 26 years ago, and we immediately took a liking to each other.
Doris was not a great source -- it wasn't that kind of relationship. We were friends. But Doris was a great person,...
Good morning, everyone. I have heard and seen a lot of strange things covering Nevada politics, but none stranger than this: "Michael McDonald here today representing the Culinary union."
What?
Did I hear that right? The chairman of the state Republican Party representing the Democratic Party's potent ally before the Las Vegas Planning Commission?
I rubbed my eyes, but he was still there in the video (I was tipped) from Tuesday evening, arguing on behalf of the union that helped defeat his...