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by Scott Schrantz

Republican Senator Stan Olsen cast his

Carson High graduate Christy Works helped the University of Nevada women's track team's distance medley relay to a third place finish on Friday at the Western Athletic Conference Championships in

In what can only be called a command performance, Capital Ford will be raising up to $6,000 for Carson High Boys Baseball on the 6th of March, from 9 to 5.

CARSON CITY – Because of the tense relationship between the Legislature and Gov.

As state lawmakers scramble to fill a nearly one billion dollar hole in the state budget, political warfare has escalated between Governor Gibbons and the Legislature.

A long-standing bank in the Reno-Sparks area is about to set up shop in Carson City.

CARSON CITY – Assembly Republicans, who haven’t had a majority presence in the Legislature in 25 years, are working with their Senate col

We are actively working on several parts of this website, in order to make way for some exciting new things here on Carson Now.

Most Democrats (“yes to new taxes”) and most Republicans (“no to new taxes”) are squaring off during the special session of the legislature. Senate Majority Leader Sen.

Las Vegas (and international) gaming mogul/billionaire Steve Wynn is quoted in a Las Vegas newspaper today that he’s investing in new casinos in Pennsylvania where he’ll pay up to a 55% tax rate on

How things are going with the special session of the legislature’s efforts to plug a one billion dollar budget hole varies by who you talk to.

On The Census
By Karl Neathammer

Lawmakers, Governor at Odds Over Budget Plan
By Sean Whaley | 7:07 pm February 22nd, 2010

CARSON CITY – Gov.

A few weeks ago, I wrote that we would be taking an in-depth look at the Carson Nugget downtown redevelopment project.

I am a single mother of three kids, one with medical needs. I have put in 11 years with the State and I can’t believe the cuts they are talking about.

Dummies … we are surrounded by dummies!

CaptainAlex for CC Supervisor … he’s got my vote!

Faced with the prospects of massive teacher layoffs, more state worker pink slips and shorter paychecks for those who stay, slashed services for the poor, the sick and the elderly, and the closure

“Knowlege Center”? Another new term for an old concept (does anyone go to the library for “knowlege” when they can Google the subject on their computer).

Way to go Dave. Finally, you mention the $1 million the current “plan” is asking from the City.

Ditto. This whole idea needs to be put on the shelf to collect dust.

I agree with CaptainAlex. Who is the beneficiary of this boondoggle…Sounds like the owner of the Nugget to me.

Who says we need a new library? The library director, of course, but who else? I have real problems with expanding the library two to three times the existing facility.

Editorial by Dave Morgan

An article in the Nevada Appeal this morning attempts to get new information from the Nugget Project’s “go to guy,” Steve Neighbors. Neighbors, who is now the owner of the Nugget, is quoted as saying that the project still lacks a developer to shoulder the “private industry” half of the project. That’s about all that’s new from Neighbors, that they STILL don’t have a private partner.

UNLV students will amass on the steps of the State Legislature on the morning of the first day of the special session of the legislature.

Sen. Harry Reid announced this week that Nevada will be one of five states to benefit from a new federal anti-foreclosure program. Sen.