Blogs: Politics: The Early Line

State now facing still more cuts

By David McGrath Schwartz · May 10, 2008 · 6:25 AM

Those gaming tax numbers were bad. Worse, even, than the state expected them to be just a few weeks ago, when the governor’s budget office made new budget projections and announced round two of budget cuts. What Friday’s gaming tax numbers mean to the state budget: The state is another $60 million in the hole this biennium. Gov. Jim Gibbons has already cut $914 million from the budget in January and April. More cuts won’t be decided until quarterly tax ...

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Enhanced GI bill meeting resistance

By Lisa Mascaro · May 8, 2008 · 12:30 PM

WASHINGTON — A proposal to give returning Iraq and Afghanistan veterans greater access to college aid through an enhanced GI bill is getting resistance from some fiscally prudent Democrats.

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House committee targets VA on suicides

By Lisa Mascaro · May 6, 2008 · 5:35 PM

WASHINTON — The VA came under attack today at the House Veterans Affairs Committee following a recent CBS News report that 1,000 veterans a month are attempting suicide — a much higher number than previously disclosed by the Veterans Administration.

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Reid tells the Daily Show: We’re in a holding pattern

By Lisa Mascaro · May 5, 2008 · 10:31 PM

WASHINGTON — Maybe Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid should reconsider his New Year’s resolution — the one where he pledged to start talking louder. On The Daily Show on Monday ...

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Gibbons proposes tax amnesty program

By April Corbin · May 5, 2008 · 3:41 PM

In an effort to increase state revenue in a time of budget crises, Gov. Jim Gibbons is proposing a tax amnesty program to collect millions of dollars in delinquent taxes and bring additional business into Nevada’s tax system.

Judge seals governor’s divorce records

By Cy Ryan · May 5, 2008 · 1:50 PM

CARSON CITY A district judge has sealed most records in the divorce sought by Gov. Jim Gibbons from his wife Dawn and ordered the couple not to sell or dispose of their property.

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UNLV math prof to run for State Assembly seat

By Rob Ponte · May 2, 2008 · 4:23 PM

A UNLV mathematics professor, Paul Aizley, has announced he will run as a Democrat for the Nevada’s open State Assembly District 41 seat.

Parks wants Titus’ seat

By J. Patrick Coolican · May 2, 2008 · 9:52 AM

Assemblyman David Parks, a Las Vegas Democrat, will announce today he’ll run for the seat being vacated by state Sen. Dina Titus, who’s running for Congress.

Titus’ congressional run alters others’ political plans

By David McGrath Schwartz · May 1, 2008 · 5:14 PM

State Sen. Dina Titus’ entrance today into the congressional race against Rep. Jon Porter could trigger a number of changes in state legislative contests.

Reid offers a back story to his story

By Lisa Mascaro · May 1, 2008 · 11:40 AM

WASHINGTON— Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s new book, “The Good Fight,” hits bookstores today, and despite its truculent title (supported by a life of anecdotes) Reid insists it’s a metaphor.