The mildly amusing, occasionally mean roundup of everything you need to know in politics this week!
Steve Sebelius
Democrats and Republicans seem to agree: The 2015 Legislature will finally build a serious education budget and pass a comprehensive plan to get it done.
Nevada’s political establishment may think the recent Tesla incentive deal is the greatest thing since the repeal of the state’s usury law to attract a giant credit-card processing center to town, but outside the Silver State, the reaction is a bit more jaundiced.
The Senate’s initial vote last week on a proposed constitutional amendment to allow Congress to regulate campaign fundraising and spending was somewhat confusing: It passed 79-18, well in excess of the 60 votes needed to begin debate, and the 66 needed for final passage.
CARSON CITY
A slow-moving first day at the Tesla special session lasted until well after dark. It looks like another long one today, too.
In a completely foreseeable development, at least one other company is now asking for incentives to expand its existing Nevada operation.
Opponents of gay marriage argued in court Monday that it would lead to family breakdowns, but advocates for equality said those arguments don’t hold legal or logical water.
President Barack Obama, who promised he’d act alone on immigration reform by the end of summer if Republicans failed to pass a comprehensive bill, now says he’ll wait until after November’s elections.
On Monday, in Courtroom 1 of the James R. Browning U.S. Courthouse on Seventh Street in San Francisco, the final steps in repealing Nevada’s 12-year-old ban on gay marriage are scheduled to begin.
During the opening news conference at the annual National Clean Energy Summit, U.S. Sen. Harry Reid let slip the real agenda.
It’s still all good — it’s just not as good as we originally said.
A quick roundup of some politically noteworthy things that happened while I was enjoying at little R&R.
As predictable as the Earth’s revolution around the sun is the reaction of Las Vegas to the prick of an outsider’s pen.