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Michael Mishak

Reporter/ General Assignment

Michael Mishak is a reporter who covers labor issues for the Las Vegas Sun.

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Union leader says ‘card check’ is on Senate’s back burner
Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009
As unions continue to push for legislation that would make it easier for workers to organize, one of the labor movement’s most progressive leaders is sending a message to his colleagues: Don’t hold your breath.
Joe Biden visit signals hard race for Dina Titus
Democrats see her reelection as key to retaining House
Monday, Nov. 16, 2009
Bracing for a tough election cycle in 2010, the White House sent Vice President Joe Biden to Las Vegas Sunday to boost the campaign coffers of Democratic Rep. Dina Titus.

GOP Senate candidates playing it safe on health care
Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009
As Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid prepares to bring landmark health care legislation to the Senate floor this week, the Nevada Republicans seeking to replace him next year are on the same page, parroting their party’s talking points on the issue.
Vice president to be in Las Vegas for Dina Titus fundraiser
Friday, Nov. 13, 2009
Vice President Joe Biden will visit Las Vegas this weekend to give a
financial boost to the campaign of Rep. Dina Titus.
Leonard Cohen calls down angels in the palace of Caesar
Friday, Nov. 13, 2009
If heaven has a house band, you can be sure Leonard Cohen will lead it. But heaven will have to wait.
Debate over merits of health care reform has distinct campaign flavor
Advocacy groups investing heavily to influence Nevada voters, lawmakers
Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009
Nevada has become a key battleground for one of the most expensive — and consequential — public policy debates in history: health care reform. Seven advocacy groups on both sides have spent more than $1.1 million here over the past month on ads.
What’s at stake in House hearing on OSHA
Panel to review documented problems in state agency, hear emotional testimony on deaths
Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009
When the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee holds a hearing Thursday to examine the failings of Nevada’s workplace-safety program, representatives will try to answer two overarching questions:
U2 mixes theatrics, politics and songs it wants heard
Monday, Oct. 26, 2009
When U2’s 360 Tour touched down in Las Vegas last week, the biggest band in the world tried some sleight of hand, using the largest stage in rock history, a four-pronged claw with moving ramps, smoke, lights and swirling video screens, to achieve what frontman Bono has described as “intimacy on a grand scale.”
Caution guides Titus on health care
She’s for public option, but against taxes that would hit some in district
Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009
The sign outside Rep. Dina Titus’ town hall last week said it all: No weapons, video recording equipment, signs, posters or props. It was a startling reminder of a summer of national discontent, punctuated by a series of town-hall meetings where angry constituents, armed with copies of health care legislation and sometimes guns, pilloried their representatives for, as they often put it, setting out to destroy the republic.
Two top law firms have stake in governor’s race
Reid, Sandoval work for pillars of Nevada’s power structure
Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009
If the leading candidates for governor win their parties’ nominations next year, the race will be more than a contest between a Republican and a Democrat — it would also pit a lawyer at one of the state’s most influential law firms versus another lawyer at another of the state’s most influential law firms.

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Recent Blog Posts (view all entries)

GOP appeals for money to avoid 'stealing of elections'
Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2008
The Republican National Committee is using the specter of voter fraud to raise money to ensure the November elections are "clean and fair."
Nevada political roundup: Ad targets McCain on Yucca
Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008
Sen. Barack Obama's campaign, with the help of Democratic Rep. Shelley Berkley, unveiled its second ad on Yucca Mountain today.
The changing West
Monday, Aug. 18, 2008
Nevada political roundup: Obama to visit Nevada Sunday (UPDATED)
Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008
Nevada political roundup: Parties spar over gas prices
Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008
Nevada political roundup: Dems upgrade Derby-Heller race (UPDATED)
Friday, Aug. 1, 2008
We lead today's Early Line with big news for Democrat Jill Derby and her campaign to unseat incumbent Rep. Dean Heller in Nevada's 2nd Congressional District. The Democratic National Campaign Committee has upgraded Derby's race to its top-tier list of targets, meaning she'll receive financial and field help from the national party.
Nevada political roundup: Dems launch Web sites
Thursday, July 31, 2008
The Nevada Democratic Party plans to unveil a new Web site this afternoon aimed at chronicling Gov. Jim Gibbons' missteps. The site also "invites the public to help us keep track of the governor."
Nevada political update: 3rd District a 'toss up'
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Bad news for Rep. Jon Porter. The Cook Political Report has upgraded the race for Nevada's 3rd District from "lean Republican" to "toss up."
UPDATED: Nevada political roundup: Berkley circulates article
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
UPDATE: Nevada political roundup: Dems' new numbers, group targets Reid
Friday, July 18, 2008
Early Liners: We're reporting remotely from the old homestead in Connecticut, where there are mosquitoes and high taxes, and what they say about heat vs. humidity is true.

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