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Late Assemblyman Hogan never loitered in the halls

The Nevada state assemblyman — who died last week — was not a star in the Legislature. But he didn’t shy away from attacking big issues, even when he knew he probably wouldn’t succeed.

Unfair play in CD-3 race!

A photo snapped during a recent debate in a hot studio with a malfunctioning air conditioner has become campaign fundraising fodder.

Sad news from Carson City

Three lawmakers who served in the 2013 Legislature have died in the months since: Peggy Pierce, Joe Hogan and, today, Pete Livermore.

Fearing the margin tax

There may be a good reason the elites of the Nevada business community are so vehemently campaigning against The Education Initiative.

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Would-be president’s big speech this week inspiring

It was great this week to be able to see and hear — live and in person! — a potential candidate for the Democratic nomination for president of the United States in 2016.

Gay marriage foes shouldn’t get another chance

In the confusing hours after the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued its ruling holding Nevada’s same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional, I threw a little Twitter praise toward the Coalition for the Preservation of Marriage.

Lucy Flores shops where?!

Republicans are attacking lieutenant governor candidate Assemblywoman Lucy Flores for allegedly failing to properly report campaign expenditures.

Senate candidates hiding?

It’s not that Nevada’s Republican state Senate candidates can’t debate their opponents; it’s that they’re choosing not to debate.

If you can’t do the job in good conscience, quit

If pang of conscience prevents a person from performing his or her job in government, or upholding an oath to administer justice under the Constitution, that person needs to resign.

Gay marriage ruling makes quick work of bad arguments

Give Nevada’s most strident opponent of gay marriage, Richard Ziser, credit for one thing at least: When he warned the 2009 Legislature that passing a domestic partnership law would undermine the state’s straights-only marriage policy, he was right.

Gay marriage legalized in Nevada!

A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today struck down Nevada’s constitutional and statutory bans on gay marriage.

Nevada should be wary about ‘the deal’

As Election Day nears, rumors of a possible alternative to The Education Initiative keep surfacing. But what is it?

Gambling equals big bucks

Did you hear that MGM Resorts International — purveyors of the M Life customer loyalty program — is suing a medical marijuana company calling itself “M’Life” on grounds of copyright infringement?

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