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Major role for Nevada in November |
 By Jon Ralston
Psst, Nevada Democrats: He used a blue marker on Nevada.
On Thursday NBC political guru Tim Russert, appearing on “Today,” dabbed Nevada with his blue marker to show a potential Democratic nominee’s path to the White House. And in so doing, Russert made public what national Democratic strategists have been saying privately for some time: Nevada will be one of a handful of states that could determine the presidential race’s outcome.
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Why McCain didn’t stick around Vegas very long |
By Jon Ralston
If you supported a project most of the state opposed, if you advocated for a measure that would hurt the state’s major industry and if you pushed for a laissez faire approach to a national crisis that hit the state hardest, you’d probably duck the local media, too.
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Winning West not a given for Arizona’s senator |
By J. Patrick Coolican
Sen. John McCain came to town Friday, a reminder to Democrats that their plan to take the White House via the intermountain West may now be in doubt.
Nevada and other states in the region, including Colorado and New Mexico, are seen as seen as crucial battlegrounds whether the Democratic nominee is Illinois Sen. Barack Obama or New York Sen. Hillary Clinton.
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Democrats say McCain out of touch |
 By MOLLY BALL
REVIEW-JOURNAL
With Republican presidential nominee John McCain headed to Las Vegas today, Democratic leaders on Thursday argued that the Arizona senator will not appeal to Western voters despite his provenance.
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Democrats continue voter registration gains in February |
 By Geoff Dornan
Appeal Capitol Bureau
Between the end of January and the middle of February, Democrats added nearly 16,000 new voters to their rolls while the GOP and Nevada's minor parties lost voters in nearly every county.
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Democrats edge in registration rises |
By MOLLY BALL
REVIEW-JOURNAL
The Jan. 19 presidential caucuses catapulted Nevada Democrats to an advantage of more than 32,000 registered voters over Republicans, according to new data from the secretary of state's office.
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Nevada caucus pumps up voter registration |
 BRENDAN RILEY
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Democrats, who outpaced Republicans in new signups leading up to the Jan. 19 presidential caucuses, now have 44,676 more party members than the Nevada GOP, according to a report Tuesday from the secretary of state.
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Dem announces bid to unseat Beers |
Allison Copening, a public affairs official with the Las Vegas Springs Preserve, confirmed Tuesday that she plans to run for state Senate against Sen. Bob Beers, R-Las Vegas.
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Legislator: Give found funds to schools |
By ED VOGEL
REVIEW-JOURNAL CAPITAL BUREAU
CARSON CITY -- A Sparks assemblywoman on Monday urged Gov. Jim Gibbons to spend some of the extra $40 million discovered last week by the state treasurer to reduce cuts in public education funding.
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Western States Agree to Water-Sharing Pact |
 By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 9 — Facing the worst drought in a century and the prospect that climate change could yield long-term changes on the Colorado River, the lifeline for several Western states, federal officials have reached a new pact with the states on how to allocate water if the river runs short.
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Poll: Hispanic voters are returning to the Dem Party |
By: Christa Marshall
The Denver Post
Hispanic voters are returning to the Democratic Party in greater numbers and could influence the presidential race in Colorado and several other Western states, a new poll reported today.
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Mobile Resource Center gives foreclosure advice |
 RAY HAGAR
RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL
The concern was evident on the faces of those at the Sierra View Library in Reno on Monday who had something in common: fear of losing their homes.
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ENERGY: Coal plants not needed, group says |
By JOHN G. EDWARDS
REVIEW-JOURNAL
Nevada utilities do not need to build coal-fired power plants to meet the state's growing demand for electricity at relatively low prices, a recently released study suggests.
"There is a high likelihood that energy alternatives (to coal) would satisfy Nevada's demands for future energy with lower costs and lower risks for ratepayers," said Ernie Niemi, senior policy analyst with ECONorthwest, the firm that conducted the study for the Nevada Clean Energy Campaign.
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West will soon overtake the US heartland as bellwether scholars say |
By Joe Schoenmann
Published in the Sun on Nov. 15, 2007
Las Vegas and much of the Intermountain West will supplant the Midwest as the nation’s heartland over the next four decades as growth brings the region a diverse population, a thriving economy and political clout, according to the Brookings Institution think tank in Washington, D.C.
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Reid secures $87 million-plus in defense funding for state |
Staff Report
U.S. Sen. Harry Reid , D.-Nev., hailed the recent passage of the Defense Appropriations bill. The Senate majority leader helped direct more than $87 million to Nevada for a variety of high-tech programs being developed by the military, higher-education institutions and the private sector.
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Democrats edge out GOP among Nevada voters |
By Molly Ball
Review-Journal
Democrats now have 8,600 more registered voters in Nevada than Republicans, doubling the edge they held in September and building on the edge they first gained in April, according to state election data.
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By Phoebe Sweet
Las Vegas Sun
After a decade-long battle to harness the gusts that blow along the state's mountain peaks, wind power is finally a force in Nevada.
At least as far as the industry is concerned. And judging by recent events, such an assertion might be well founded it will be some time before turbines rise on Nevada mountaintops.
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No military objection will blow in wind |
By John G. Edwards
Review-Journal
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has informed Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid that the military will not object to wind farms in an area of eastern Nevada, moving a $1 billion project closer to reality.
Tim Carlson, a renewable energy developer, plans to build a 450-megawatt wind farm in the Wilson Creek Range area 40 miles north of Pioche.
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Reid orchestrates tour of aid to help with home defaults |
By Jennifer Robison
Review-Journal
Financial guidance is on the way for Nevadans close to defaulting on their home loans.
U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., has organized a tour of mobile resource centers that will travel to the five counties that Reid says face the highest number of foreclosures.
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Debate on Yucca turns with politics |
By Lisa Mascaro
Las Vegas Sun
WASHINGTON - The Energy Department, rushing before President Bush leaves office to submit its long-delayed application to store nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain, will find itself on the defensive Wednesday as the project is scrutinized at a Senate hearing stacked with Democrats and infused with presidential politics.
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Reid cites reports that renewable energy could create jobs, investment |
By John G. Edwards
Review-Journal
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Thursday cited reports indicating that the renewable energy industry could create thousands of jobs and millions of investment in Nevada, but an environmental advocate said the state could miss the opportunity for renewable energy development if it pursues coal-fired power projects.
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What does Jon Porter stand for? Whatever will get him re elected |
By Erin Neff
Las Vegas Review-Journal
For this entire decade, Jon Porter's desire to live the Washington lifestyle has consumed him to the point that he can't even remember what he represents.
Porter is proving this year that whatever remaining principle he might have had has been lost to the political reality that he's still in one of the nation's toughest congressional districts.
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Nevadas new hue State tips from red to blue for first time since 1992 |
By Michael J. Mishak and Alex Richards
A funny thing happened in red-state Nevada over the past year. It turned blue.
An analysis of voter registration reports over the past 12 months shows many more new voters are registering as Democrats — enough to tilt Nevada to a considerable Democratic majority for the first time since the 1992 presidential election.
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