2008 Caucus Trivia Game

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From The Politics Blog

Las Vegas voting experience: Albertson's, banana bread and a beauty queen: During early voting at Albertson's, 2011 Miss Nevada Alana Lee cast her ballot -- amid no fanfare.

Buzzfeed: Romney campaign exaggerates size of Nevada event with altered image: http://www.buzzfeed.com/zekejmiller/romney-campaign-appears-to-exaggerate-size-of-neva

Oscar Goodman saddened at the death of his friend and mentor Arlen Specter: Oscar Goodman was a young law student looking for work when he met Arlen Specter in Philadelphia.

Watchdog group hounds government for files on Ensign case: Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed a formal complaint this week to force the DOJ to turn over files collected during its now-defunct ...

Ron Paul, Mitt Romney delegates stand at the ready: GOP chairman Reince Priebus officially gaveled open the 2012 Republican National Convention today, only to immediately close it for a day-long recess. Even though the ...

Nevada alternate delegate compares national conventions past and present: For Nevada politico Patty Cafferata, the intrigue, plotting and wariness among opposing factions at a national convention is nothing new. Cafferata has been attending conventions ...

Senate passes tax cut extension for those earning $250,000 or less: Democrats in the Senate faced down the closest thing to a legislative dare from Republican leaders Wednesday and passed a tax cut extension for those ...

Senate observes moment of silence in honor of Colorado shooting victims: Sen. Harry Reid led the Senate in a moment of silence Monday afternoon for the moviegoers who died in a horrific shooting in Aurora, Colo., ...

Politics Stories

Deadline strikes: A look at major legislation that made, missed the cut: Legislature 2013:; By Andrew Doughman, Conor Shine; Legislators slogged through dozens of bills Friday, turning the Senate and Assembly chambers into arenas for legislative triumph and death.

Mo Denis and the walking dead: Majority leader keeps recycling legislation alive as 'zombie bill': Nevada Legislature 2013:; By Andrew Doughman; Senate Majority Leader Mo Denis, D-Las Vegas, resurrected one of his bills Friday after other legislators had presumptively killed it. He had earlier faced scrutiny after the Sun reported that he had authored two bills that would directly benefit his previous employer, a materials recycling facility.

Photo: Lobbyists stand in the balcony while taking in the

Campaign transparency bill passes, albeit a watered-down version: Legislature 2013:; By Conor Shine; Candidates for public office will face stricter scrutiny when reporting gifts they receive after the Assembly passed a campaign finance reform bill Friday, although some critics say the bill doesn’t go far enough to improve transparency.

Committees restore money earmarked for schools that was lost in technicality: By Cy Ryan; School districts fretting over a potential loss of millions of dollars in state money to support their students can now breathe a sigh of relief.

Nevada Senate passes Metro Police sales tax: Legislature 2013:; By Cy Ryan; A bill to permit an increase in the sales tax to allow Las Vegas Metro Police to retain 300 officers has passed the Senate, 18-3.

Sex education bill loses its momentum, dies in Nevada Senate: LEGISLATURE 2013:; By Andrew Doughman, Conor Shine; A controversial bill that would have updated and standardized sex education curriculum across the state won’t advance any farther after it died in the Senate Friday.

Photo: The lobby of the Nevada State Legislature building

Political heat derails plan to let Legislature meet in Las Vegas: By Cy Ryan; A proposal to allow the Nevada Legislature to meet in Las Vegas is being scrapped.

Report: More staff needed at Las Vegas psychiatric hospital: By Cy Ryan; Gov. Brian Sandoval has asked the Legislature to set aside $4 million in a contingency fund to hire more staff at the Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital, as recommended by a consultant’s report.

Photo: A patient stands in the emergency room lobby after

Lucky No. 11? Legislature may take another stab at capping ER bills: Nevada Legislature 2013:; By Andrew Doughman; Having an emergency and going to the hospital might be less financially burdensome if the Legislature passes a constitutional amendment this year. Assembly Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick, D-North Las Vegas, wants emergency room bills to be constitutionally capped, a move she says will save constituents from expensive hospital bills incurred when they’re taken to out-of-network hospital emergency rooms.

Photo: John Ensign announces he will not seek another te

FEC fine a 'sad end to a sad story' for Ensign: Politics:; By Karoun Demirjian; Two years ago, the Federal Election Commission deciding to fine former Sen. John Ensign $32,000 for breaking campaign finance laws would have been big news. But in a week filled with scandals, the punishment failed to stir anyone. “It’s old news, and the political world has moved on,” said Eric Herzik, a political science professor at UNR. “It’s just a sad end to a sad story.” The contorted tale of Ensign’s ethically shady steps to extricate himself from a long-term affair with his campaign treasurer — who also happened to be the wife of his chief of staff — gripped ...