2008 Caucus Guide

Chris Morris / Las Vegas Sun

For the first time, Nevada’s Democrats and Republicans will have a chance to play a stronger role in who the nominees will be for president by being among a select group of states picked to hold primaries and caucuses in January.

Caucus 101: A basic guide on how to participate. Or, read more about the logistics of Jan. 19.

By being one of the early states, Nevada’s caucuses are hoped to gain the state more national attention, bring in more presidential candidates and thus raise awareness of Western issues. More background...

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Porter joins Dems in supporting beefed-up GI Bill: WASHINGTON — Republican Rep. Jon Porter voted Thursday for a beefed-up GI Bill for returning Iraq and Afghanistan vets, distancing himself from both his party ...

Yucca license application expected in early June: WASHINGTON — Energy department officials meeting today before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in Las Vegas are expected to confirm they will submit the long-awaited application ...

Politico: Dems tying GOP candidates to unflattering portrayals of Adelson: WASHINGTON — Politico today muses that Sheldon Adelson has become the George Soros of the right.

The Good Fight at Wolfgang Puck's: WASHINGTON -- The road out of Searchlight leads not only to the Capitol, but also to the swanky new Wolfgang Puck restaurant “The Source” at ...

Reid to Lieberman: That's a second demerit: WASHINGTON — Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman’s support of the Iraq war threatened his re-election in 2006, when an anti-war fever ran high and Ned Lamont ...

Titus files today for congressional race: State Sen. Dina Titus plans to make it official today. The Las Vegas Democrat plans to file for the 3rd District congressional race at 9 ...

State now facing still more cuts: 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 ...

Enhanced GI bill meeting resistance: WASHINGTON — A proposal to give returning Iraq and Afghanistan veterans greater access to college aid through an enhanced GI bill is getting resistance from ...

Politics Stories

It's still more than seven months before candidates can file for next year's North Las Vegas City Co

Army reservist throws early hat in NLV City Council ring: By Mike Trask; Army reservist Angelo Carvalho just returned from a 15-month tour in Iraq. He took his family on vacation, rode his mountain bike around the neighborhood and enjoyed the simple things in life.

Porter: OK tax for GI Bill I support? I’ll see: By Lisa Mascaro; Rep. Jon Porter faces a tough choice. Two provisions he crossed party lines to support are lumped together as an amendment to the Iraq war spending bill that President Bush has vowed to veto because it strays above the $108 billion he has requested.

Eight years ago, Republic Services agreed to pay to clean up Sunrise Landfill in exchange for a garb

Landfill decree avoids big issue: County deal with EPA won’t settle who will pay for cleanup; By Tony Cook; Clark County is preparing to sign a consent decree that would let it off the hook with federal authorities who want the Sunrise Landfill properly closed, but would leave unanswered the key question of who will pay for the work — the garbage company or county ratepayers.

Ledgers kept in the Clark County clerk's office at the Regional Justice Center represent about 1,300

Blunders yield bonanza: Millions in interest on unreturned attorney deposits can stay in coffers; By Brian Eckhouse; Shoddy accounting by a government usually drains coffers. But the county’s mishandling of one particular fund for more than a decade produced a windfall of extra interest on millions of dollars.

In anti-tax Nevada, policy can be pawned: Gaming tax hike proposal has dealmakers working both sides; By David McGrath Schwartz; Casino moguls jetting to meet with the governor, clandestine sessions between gaming executives and the teachers union president, eleventh-hour jockeying over raising the room tax — this is how public policy gets made in Nevada.

Letter to his boss faults Clark: Lawmakers cite delay in Desai investigation; By Marshall Allen; Two state legislators say the executive director of the Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners has ignored the public interest by delaying the investigation of doctors who may have caused the largest hepatitis C scare in the nation.

Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., speaks about gas prices as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, right, an

Voters, pick your fix for gas prices: Two choices: GOP says supply is king; Dems want more energy options; By Lisa Mascaro; So the next time you’re filling up the tank, here’s a pop quiz to consider as the dollars click by: What’s the best way to lower your gasoline bill?

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Goodman changes face on state’s top job: Mayor says gubernatorial run no longer out of the question; By David McGrath Schwartz; When asked in the past about a possible run for governor, Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman typically said he was the happiest mayor in America — his way of saying no to Carson City.

Urban League takes a shot at developing its own priorities: Looking in on: Social Services: A consultant’s plan cost $46,000; this one will be free; By Timothy Pratt; What a difference $46,000 doesn’t make.

University system Chancellor Jim Rogers, speaking here to the Board of Regents, agreed to reinstate

Rogers giveth and taketh away, until he gets what he wants: Miffed at lack of support for fundraiser, he pulls diversity luncheon funds; By Charlotte Hsu; Leaders of Las Vegas’ minority communities have met monthly over the past couple of years to munch on catered salads and sandwiches while chatting about diversity in higher education.