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STEVE SEBELIUS: Two-thirds question heads to court

Nevada courts may finally take up the question of whether extending a tax that would otherwise have expired counts as a tax increase that requires a two-thirds vote in the Legislature.

STEVE SEBELIUS: A week of farce

From President Trump’s tweets to a House resolution condemning him for racism to the chanting throngs at a Trump rally, last week was one of farce.

STEVE SEBELIUS: Early start for 3rd District race

Former state Treasurer Dan Schwartz’s announcement last week that he will challenge Rep. Susie Lee in the 3rd Congressional District marks an early start to Nevada’s most competitive House seat.

STEVE SEBELIUS: Warren’s war on the new Gilded Age

Not everybody may share Elizabeth Warren’s political ideas, but the philosophy that undergirds her approach finds appeal across party lines.

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STEVE SEBELIUS: Donald Trump wants Nevada in 2020

Republicans say President Trump can win Nevada in 2020, even though he lost the state in 2016 and Democrats have shown electoral strength in 2018.

STEVE SEBELIUS: We’ve seen this one before

The tax fight over Senate Bill 551 in this year’s Legislature bears some striking resemblances to a similar fight in Carson City 16 years ago.

STEVE SEBELIUS: Nevada’s LCB flops on the tax question

Is extending an existing tax the same as a tax increase? That question has been answered differently by legislative lawyers in past years as opposed to this one.

STEVE SEBELIUS: Good news, bad news on PERS secrecy bill

The names of retired public employees would be public under an amendment to Senate Bill 224, but other information critical in guarding against abuse would be made confidential.

STEVE SEBELIUS: Nevada Legislature should get to work

Here’s an idea for a new rule: State lawmakers can take up ceremonial bills and resolutions only after they’ve passed all policy bills and budgets.

COMMENTARY: Grifters gonna grift

Of all the jobs available to disgraced former Las Vegas Councilman and admitted felon Ricki Barlow, City Hall lobbyist should not be one of them.

COMMENTARY: Recall abuses leads to tougher rules

Republican-led recalls against three female state senators in 2017 have led Democrats to change recall rules to make it harder to remove elected officials in Nevada.

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