Steve Sebelius

CARSON CITY

Suddenly, the endgame for the 2013 Legislature has become clear. The Democrats must surrender.

Give state Sen. Debbie Smith, D-Sparks, and Assemblyman Pat Hickey, R-Reno, credit for good intentions: They want to catch criminals.

Ah, spring (in an odd-numbered year in Nevada), when a young lawmaker’s thoughts turn lightly to taxes.

There are two extremes when it comes to the Democratic response to the patient-dumping scandal that has vexed the previously unvexable administration of Gov. Brian Sandoval: Cacophony or coddling.

Would you believe there’s a bill in the Nevada Legislature upon which left and right totally agree?

In 2008, many people were enthusiastic about the prospects of then-U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton becoming the nation’s first female president.

I’m not sure what surprises anybody could have expected from the Economic Forum meeting Wednesday.

The sad reality is, Las Vegas can be a cold, hard town.

This is why we’re doomed. Confronted with an expanded version of the delays that plague air travelers on a daily basis in this country, the American people rose up in mighty anger at the sequester. And Congress listened. And then immediately restored the funds cut from the Federal Aviation Administration, thus allowing the end of air traffic controller furloughs, and a return to normalcy in the air.