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Gov. Jim Gibbons discusses his speech with Dan Burns, his communications director as the governor prepares to give his state of the state speech upstairs in the Capitol building in Carson City on Monday, Feb., 8, 2010.

Governor sounds like the GOP candidate he is, observers say: Feb. 9, 2010; By David McGrath Schwartz; The lesson of the night was that no matter who’s talking, the message is motivated by politics. In a State of the State address that sounded more like a rallying cry for conservatives to re-elect him, Gov. Jim Gibbons on Monday burnished his credentials.

Delay in signing proclamation allows campaign fundraising to continue: Feb. 9, 2010; By Cy Ryan; While Gov. Jim Gibbons called Monday for a special session of the Legislature to convene Feb. 23, he hasn't yet signed the official proclamation.

Raggio, a fellow Republican, calls Gibbons' speech 'strictly political': Feb. 9, 2010; By David McGrath Schwartz; Senate Minority Leader Bill Raggio, R-Reno, criticized today Gov. Jim Gibbons' State of the State speech, saying it amounted to finger pointing and was "strictly political."

UNLV students protest about proposed budget cuts outside the Grant Sawyer Building Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, after staging a campus walkout.

Hundreds rally to protest governor's proposed budget cuts: Feb. 9, 2010; By Emily Richmond; Cloudy skies and a chilly drizzle did little to dampen the enthusiasm of the estimated 700 UNLV students who turned out for a campus rally today to protest proposed budget cuts to higher education.

A flier advertises a student walkout at UNLV to protest proposed budget cuts. Organizers are asking students to gather at 10 a.m.

In throwback to 1960s, students plan walkout today to protest budget cuts: Feb. 9, 2010; By Emily Richmond; Taking a page from earlier generations of Southern Nevada campus activists, UNLV students plan a walkout today to oppose Gov. Jim Gibbons’ proposed budget cuts. They may have to dust off their protest manual.

Gibbons: No battle expected over taxes during special session: Feb. 8, 2010; By Cy Ryan; CARSON CITY – At a press conference after his State of the State address, Gov. Jim Gibbons said he expects the special session to last longer than one day but he didn't see a fight over taxes, as occurred in 2009. He said he talked to many Democrats who don’t want to boost taxes in the special session.

Gov. Jim Gibbons prepares to give his state of the state speech upstairs in the Capitol building in Carson City on Monday, Feb. 8, 2010.

Gibbons: Time to reinvent state government: Feb. 8, 2010; By Michael Mishak; In his State of the State address Monday night, Gov. Jim Gibbons said Nevada could cut its way out of an $881 million deficit -- and "reinvent" the role of state government in the process.

Full text of Gov. Jim Gibbons' State of the State address: Feb. 8, 2010; The following is the full text of Gov. Jim Gibbons' State of the State address, delivered at 6 p.m. Monday.

Harry Reid's co-writer unloads while discussing polls, Obama quote: Feb. 8, 2010; By Mark Warren; Mark Warren, co-author of Harry Reid’s The Good Fight, discusses what he thinks of Reid’s poll numbers, the infamous Obama quote and what it really takes to govern. "In most ways, he is the least likely politician I've ever met," Warren writes.

Governor plans emergency address on Nevada budget: Feb. 7, 2010; Associated Press; Nevada's budget is so far out of balance that by one account the state could lay off every worker paid from the general fund and still be $300 million in the red. The economic downturn has hit so hard that prisons may be closed, entire colleges shuttered and thousands left without jobs.

GOP gubernatorial candidate Brian Sandoval speaks with volunteers and supporters last week at the Bootlegger Bistro in Las Vegas.

Climate could be right for GOP's Sandoval to capture Hispanic vote: Feb. 7, 2010; By J. Patrick Coolican; When Republican Party leaders engaged in a vitriolic attack on then-Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, it seemed to be a final nail into the coffin of GOP outreach to Hispanic voters.

Bonuses show need for financial reform: Feb. 7, 2010; Dina Titus; This past week, Wall Street banks announced billions in “bonuses” for some of the same “valued” employees who put our nation’s financial system on the brink of disaster and are responsible for much of the economic turmoil throughout Southern Nevada and the United States. Bank of America approved $4 billion in bonuses, while AIG plans to pay out $100 million to employees in its financial products division, the same unit whose risky bets put the company on the verge of collapse.

The speech that Gov. Jim Gibbons ought to be giving: Feb. 7, 2010; By Jon Ralston; The speech a leader would give Monday night as the State of the State — here’s Jim Gibbons as he should be:

The Obama administration promised Monday it would withdraw the application to open a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain.

Harry Reid leads push to end nuke waste project Nevada never wanted: Feb. 7, 2010; By Lisa Mascaro; After all the years spent fighting the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository, a phone call on a Wednesday in July between the Senate majority leader and the new energy secretary turned the tide.

Yucca Mountain is located about 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas.

What’s next for Yucca? Restoration: Feb. 7, 2010; By Stephanie Tavares; When it was on the drawing boards, the Yucca Mountain radioactive waste dump promised unprecedented challenges to nuclear engineers and physicists: How to safely store nuclear waste underground?

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