Las Vegas Sands Chairman Sheldon Adelson, whose family donated $21.5 million to a SuperPAC backing Newt Gingrich’s presidential bid, said Thursday evening he wants to recede from the national spotlight and will begin contributing to organizations that ... »
Three years after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid used silly legislation as a diversionary tactic, Rep. Shelley Berkley is using the same method to stop the anti-Vegas madness sweeping the nation’s capital. And her opponent, Sen. Dean Heller, realizi... »
Sen. Harry Reid intensified his campaign today to get his choice for the federal bench, Elissa Cadish, a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee after Sen. Dean Heller renewed his opposition. Heller has refused to return a so-called blue slip, wh... »
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says Rep. Shelley Berkley doesn't have an ethics problem, and he (ethically) talked to state utility regulators about what he thinks about the company they regulate, I report in today's column »
If you want to see a great example of how local governments shovel away millions of tax dollars, give developers whatever they want (and more) and ignore the experts on the public payroll who tell them not to waste their constituents’ money, I urge you... »
County Counsel Mary-Anne Miller told Manager Don Burnette in a memo that merging the Metropolitian Police Department with North Las Vegas poses a "host of legal and financial obstacles." And if the northern burgh is looking to save money with an interl... »
Good morning, everyone. Memo to self: Don’t pull a Bob Beckel tonight on the air. As the RNC scours Las Vegas to find Hispanics who like Mitt Romney and Beth Myers looks up Brian Sandoval’s phone number, why does it seem like it’s almost Labor Day alre... »
Good morning, everyone. Happy Tax Day. If you would be covered under The Buffett Rule….congratulations! Even better if you….are Warren Buffett. Hope you had a better weekend than Mitt Romney, whom BuzzFeed’s Ben Smith exposed as being guilty of prematu... »
Good morning, everyone. It’s Friday the 13th, so triskaidekaphobics unite! (I noticed I just went past 13K followers on twitter. Coincidence? I don’t think so.) Anything could happen today, maybe even the beginning of the dreaded WAR ON MEN. If Judgmen... »
Good morning, everyone. Today marks the launch of the Morning Flash, an AM missive from your favorite Flasher that will jumpstart your day. Let me know what you think. Suggestions welcome. So what do we have today, a day after Gov. Brian Sandoval and S... »
This doesn't happen often: Four former first ladies have joined forces to form a political action committee in case the Clark County School District goes forward with what could be a $5 billion bond issue to renovate facilities. I'm told the school boa... »
Clark County Sheriff Doug Gillespie says he will look into a request from North Las Vegas to merge part or all of the financially troubled city's police services. Gillespie's statement came in an email to Clark County officials regarding a letter from ... »
In the ongoing airwaves war between the Culinary Union and Station Casinos, two new television spots use the national anthem and the state's most powerful elected official, showing this conflict shows no sign of de-escalating. Both sets of ads are post... »
Sen. Dean Heller is opposing Clark County District Court Judge Elissa Cadish for a federal appointment (she was tabbed by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid) because she said in 2008 that she does not believe there is a constitutional right to bear arms... »
So it would seem. Of the 5,245 voters who turned out for that Ward 2 special election in Las Vegas this week, nearly three quarters were 55 or older, according to figures I’ve obtained. No wonder ex-state Sen. and Councilman-elect Bob Beers always focu... »
