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May 9, 2008

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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 ...
Obama takes North Carolina, Clinton barely holds onto Indiana
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House committee targets VA on suicides
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 ...
Reid tells the Daily Show: We're in a holding pattern
WASHINGTON -- Maybe Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid should reconsider his New Year's resolution -- the one where he pledged to start talking louder. On ...
Gibbons proposes tax amnesty program
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 ...
Judge seals governor's divorce records
CARSON CITY ­ A district judge has sealed most records in the divorce sought by Gov. Jim Gibbons from his wife Dawn and ordered the ...
UNLV math prof to run for State Assembly seat
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
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 ...

Politics Stories

Nevada Republicans bolt party line, support housing package
By Lisa Mascaro
In a sign of how the mortgage crisis is rippling through Nevada and across the national political landscape, the state’s two Republican House members broke ranks with their party Thursday and defied President Bush’s veto threat to vote for the main provisions of a Democratic housing rescue package.
Council finds soft spot for needy
Group may share ‘special events’ funds with elderly poor
By Joe Schoenmann, Sam Skolnik
Las Vegas City Council members soon may trade in a fraction of their “special events” budgets, typically spent on parties, luncheons and gifts, for something arguably much more important: subsidized meals for thousands of the city’s poorest seniors.
Board chief fires back, backs off
Accused of hindering Desai probe, he blasts prosecutor, then backpedals; medical board to cooperate
By Marshall Allen
The executive director of the Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners unleashed a tirade against a county prosecutor before saying the board would turn over to investigators any complaints in its files about Dr. Dipak Desai.
Divorce as political spectacle
Governor may have asked for privacy, but observers say his actions invite public scrutiny
By David McGrath Schwartz
When word of marital trouble in the Governor’s Mansion seeped out, Gov. Jim Gibbons’ allies hoped for as quiet a divorce as possible. That clearly is not how things have gone.
Retired teachers’ health plan pact reached
The goal is to keep tenured educators on the job
By Emily Richmond
After months of haggling, the Clark County School District and the teachers union have a tentative agreement to offer health insurance to the district’s retired educators.
Dr. Dipak Desai, center, owned the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada, where dangerous injection pr
Medical board refuses to release Desai complaints
Group accused of protecting doctors, not public
By Marshall Allen
The criminal investigation into the conduct of Dr. Dipak Desai, the physician at the center of the nation’s biggest hepatitis C scare, has hit a roadblock: the Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners.
Gas-powered street lamps such as this one in the The Parks, a neighborhood in the Aliante area of No
Community champion shows with pluck, little guy can win
North Las Vegas man fights for cheaper switch from gas lamps, likely saving homeowners groups thousands yearly
By Mike Trask
Richard Cherchio didn’t win last year when he ran for a seat on the North Las Vegas City Council. But he hasn’t stopped fighting, becoming one of the city’s most recognizable activists.
Marc Packer and Richard Wolf are fighting a legal battle with Palazzo owner Sheldon Adelson to open
Adelson won’t relinquish fight to block Palazzo club
Looking in on: Justice: Mogul moves to reverse order allowing partners to resume construction
By Jeff German
Nightclub operators Marc Packer and Richard Wolf have had less than a month to savor a hard-fought legal victory over their landlord, casino mogul Sheldon Adelson.
UMC thefts on overtime alleged
Police say workers helped bosses steal goods on company time
By Tony Cook
Not only did University Medical Center employees help their bosses steal from the public hospital — they also charged the hospital tens of thousands of dollars in overtime while doing it, according to police.
Obama changes tune on minister too late
Letter to the Editor:
Richard Rychtarik, Las Vegas
I must take umbrage with the letter by John Esperian in Monday’s Las Vegas Sun. Mr. Esperian laments that the Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s views are inadvertently undermining the candidacy of Sen. Barack Obama.

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