Topic: Bill Raggio
Tourism officials say they will remain vigilantLocal tourism leaders say they'll stay vigilant against terrorist threats regardless of Sunday's announcement that Navy SEALs had killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.The Transportation Security Administration and the Homeland Security Department maintained ...
Scenes from a Legislature, more than two-thirds done and with none of the major issues close to resolution:¥ Where have you gone, Bill Raggio, a Legislature cries É One insider was lamenting this week about the lack of any ability for major deals ...
Open budget debate may shed light on what we needThings got a little ugly on the floor of the Nevada Assembly this week as legislators debated Gov. Brian Sandoval's proposed deep cuts to education. On a party-line vote, the Assembly voted ...
The Legislature's tried and true way of wrangling budget fights to a close may be abandoned this session, as Democrats search for a way to crack the anti-tax veneer of the two Republican caucuses.Traditionally, legislative leaders operate on a dual ...
News item: New York Sen. Chuck Schumer is caught instructing colleagues on talking points before a conference call starts: "I always use the word Ôextreme.' That is what the caucus instructed me to use this week."The incident got me thinking, and ...
Bill Raggio is the only elected official who almost made me cry.It was June of 1997. I had written a column accusing Raggio and others of lying in an attempt to smear a Democratic state senator who had settled a court ...
Longtime Senate leader retires after a career filled with accomplishmentSen. Bill Raggio, who for years led the Republicans in the Nevada Senate, announced his resignation Wednesday, and he will leave a huge void in Carson City this year.A skillful lawmaker and ...
His departure will deprive Democrats of a mediator, which may embolden GOPCARSON CITY — In his 38-year career, Sen. Bill Raggio's influence was nearly always felt during final negotiations of a state budget. His absence from the 2011 Legislature's looming budget ...
Sen. Bill Raggio announced Wednesday he will end his nearly 40-year reign in the Nevada Legislature, ending a career in which he built an unrivaled legacy of power forged through patience, intimidation, charm and an understanding of what would make adversaries and ...
redrawing linesAnd now, time to divvy up the spoils. Nevada has won a fourth seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, where allotment of the 435 seats changes after the census every 10 years depending on a state's population gain ...
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