Nevada Clips 11.18.11

2012 ELECTION

  • RJ – Fiore to run for Assembly instead of state Senate – LINK
  • LV Sun – ‘Slugfest’ is on between Heller and Berkley for U.S. Senate seat – LINK
  • LV Sun – Ralston: Shaking loose a few odds and ends – LINK
  • Nevada Appeal – Amodei backs, Berkley opposes balanced budget amendment – LINK

REDISTRICTING

  • AP – Court to decide incumbency label during campaigns – LINK
  • Nevada Appeal – Judge agrees to amend redistricting order to fix ‘incumbent’ issue – LINK

CONGRESS

  • Pahrump Valley Times – Effort to revive Yucca Mountain project fails – LINK
  • Elko Daily Free Press – Amodei asks Forest Service to delay decision – LINK

EDITORIALS/LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

  • RJ – Letter: Plenty of water to take from the Pacific – LINK
  • RJ – To grow economy, sell federal lands – LINK
  • RJ – Water supply – LINK
  • LV Sun – Letter: A failed system, top to bottom – LINK
  • LV Sun – Letter: Patients’ poor choices hurt us all – LINK
  • RGJ – Taxes aren’t families’ biggest financial burden – LINK

ECONOMY/GAMING

  • RJ – Moody’s bullish on Las Vegas-based gaming companies – LINK
  • RJ – Caesars seeks to hire 450 employees – LINK
  • RJ – Palms ownership arrangement OK’d – LINK
  • RJ – Sandoval says state can thrive again – LINK
  • RJ – Tribal leader: Don’t give Nevada ‘head start’ in Web gaming – LINK
  • RJ – Las Vegas Convention Center exterior to get makeover – LINK
  • RJ – Tech designers, developers descend on downtown for Startup Weekend – LINK
  • RJ – Sebelius: Hard truths about economic development – LINK
  • LV Sun – Tribes could put crimp in push to legalize online gaming – LINK
  • LV Sun – Processor: No wrongful foreclosures tied to Nevada indictments – LINK
  • LV Sun – Las Vegas nightclub operator Light Group sold – LINK
  • LV Sun – Teamwork the key to economic growth, Sandoval says – LINK
  • LV Sun – Allegiant Air kicks off Las Vegas-Mesa service, announces more flights – LINK
  • LV Sun – Changes disclosed in Aliante Station management contract – LINK
  • LV Sun – Gaming Commission OKs license for Palms owners – LINK
  • LV Sun – New tower brings 450 jobs to Caesars Palace – LINK
  • AP – Gov. Sandoval touts economic policy efforts in Vegas – LINK
  • Nevada Appeal – Chuck Muth: Brookings Institute economic report just mumbo-jumbo gumbo – LINK
  • Nevada News Bureau – Northern Nevada Government And Business Leaders Gather To Push Forward On Economic Development – LINK

STATE/LOCAL GOVERNMENT

  • RJ – Panel targets dropping 35 state boards, commissions – LINK
  • RJ – Residents embrace newly completed River Mountains Trail – LINK
  • RGJ – Pinehaven fire has destroyed 20 homes; nearly all Washoe schools closed; new evacuation center Galena High – LINK
  • Lahontan Valley News – 6.2 percent of county income comes from Social Security – LINK

ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT

  • RJ – Even conservationists not worried about water park being a drain – LINK

EDUCATION

  • RJ – College students in Nevada face more fee increases – LINK
  • LV Sun – Coolican: Did CSN try to silence whistleblower? – LINK
  • Pahrump Valley Times – Class size crisis spreads through school district – LINK

HEALTH CARE

  • Nevada News Bureau – National Group Says Brand Name Drug Coupons Will Hike Health Care Costs By $253 Million In Nevada Over 10 Years – LINK