http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/nv-news/ en-us Sat, 2 Jan 2010 22:32:43 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419704/posts <p>The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that one in 50 households in the state declared bankruptcy in the first 11 months of 2009.</p> <p>Statistics compiled by the National Bankruptcy Research Center showed that federal bankruptcy courts in Georgia handled 66,925 filings from January to November 2009. That's 22 percent more than during the same period in 2008.</p> Associated Press via 13 WMAZ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419704/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 22:32:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419744/posts Home prices rose slightly in October, according to a new market survey, but gains are clouded by fear that prices could fall again. Prices declined by 6.4 percent in October compared to the previous year in the 10-city survey by the Standard & Poor’s Case-Shiller index released on Tuesday. In the group’s 20-city survey, prices fell by 7.3 percent. But all 20 metro areas surveyed showed an improvement in their annual rates of decline in October as compared to September. That continues a trend in which the housing price decline has slowed markedly since prices crashed at a much higher... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419744/posts#comment Sun, 3 Jan 2010 00:30:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418838/posts In Part 1, I ran down the 2010 Senate races that are safe or where one side was in control, plus another where the race depends on whether one particular candidate jumps in. That leaves 13 races remaining that could go either way. These are the races that I'll be writing most on. Arkansas: Blanche Lincoln is a Democrat in a state that has turned increasingly red over the last decade (George W. Bush won it twice and John McCain won it by 20 points in 2008). This fact, combined with her low approval ratings, has made her very vulnerable.... Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418838/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 06:33:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418129/posts Will they let us in without a gun? that’s my biggest concern as we drive to the new Clark County Shooting Park at the northern end of Decatur. I ask my cohort whether we can borrow her brother’s pistol; but shortly the talk turns to how her mother got shot in the foot once in a family gun-handling accident—“blood spurted straight up!” I decide we’ll go gunless. Turns out yes, you’re welcome to go gunless. You can take a picnic. You can take a properly leashed dog. It’s a public park for the stouter-in-faith than I. There are RVs and... Las Vegas Weekly http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418129/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:36:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416787/posts An American couple who relied on their SUV's navigation system to guide them through the high desert in the state of Oregon got stuck in snow for three days when the GPS unit sent them down a remote forest road. On Sunday, atmospheric conditions apparently changed enough for their GPS-enabled mobile phone to get a weak signal and relay co-ordinates to a dispatcher, Klamath County Sheriff Tim Evinger said. "GPS almost did 'em in and GPS saved 'em," Evinger said. "It will give you options to pick the shortest route. You certainly get the shortest route. But it may not... Nine News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416787/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:17:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416029/posts New population figures give a boost to the GOP By: Chris StirewaltPolitical EditorDecember 28, 2009 The 2010 census is sure to be controversial.Republicans will thunder about the community organizers who get hired to do the counting, and Democrats will wail that the homeless and migrant workers are undercounted.But in the final pre-count estimate just released by the Census Bureau, we already have a broad idea of where the results are headed and what they will mean politically.The numbers are cause for alarm for Democrats.Of the states gaining House seats -- Texas (three) and Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Nevada, South Carolina, Utah... Washington Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416029/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:44:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415453/posts I'm very disappointed. It's Christmas morning and I can't find one single gift to Nevada from Sen. Harry Reid under the health-care "reform" tree. Louisiana got a nice package. Florida and Connecticut, too. And Nebraska scored a really big present. Just three days ago Uncle Harry said that if a senator didn't get his state "something" in the health-care "reform" package, then that senator wasn't doing his or her job. And yesterday Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., upped the ante. He said that every state did "get something" in the measure. OK. I'm excited. What's Nevada's gift? Uncle Harry, as everyone... Las Vegas Review-Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415453/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:13:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414951/posts A unique business is opening in Fernley early next month. Already set up with an office on U.S. Highway 95A near Main Street, the Defensive Pistol Institute is accepting applications for classes in safe gun use. Owner Cal Eilrich, a Fernley city councilman and member of many shooting organizations as well as the owner of a local shooting range, is offering his expertise to teach the art of handling firearms. “The classes are set up for a number of things from introductory to firearms to the National Rifle Association (NRA) basic pistol course. There are all sorts of levels of... Lahotan Valley News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414951/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:14:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414751/posts RENO, Nev. (AP) - Sheryl Crow and other wild-horse advocates on Thursday called on President Barack Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to block a major roundup of mustangs set to begin Monday in Nevada. The request came a day after a federal judge denied a request to block the government gather in the Calico Mountains Complex, saying opponents failed to demonstrate that removal of the horses would violate federal law. In urging Obama and Reid to intervene, Crow and other horse defenders said U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman did side with them in one aspect of his ruling. Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414751/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:23:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414688/posts Early this morning, after weeks of raucus debate and exhausting negotiations, the U.S. Senate passed a historic health-care reform bill. The gravity of the rather solemn moment, however, was momentarily broken when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, the main architect of the bill's passage, accidentally voted against it. With the debate on the bill entering its 25th day and the Senate's storied polite decorum eroding, the roll was called for a vote at 7:05 a.m.... Reid, clearly weary from the process, stood when his name was called and said "nay." Realizing what he had done, he quickly switched his vote... Yahoo! News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414688/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 21:47:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413940/posts Just in ... C-SPAN Live Senate proceedings http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413940/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:24:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414484/posts WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration said Wednesday it is going forward with a contentious plan to round up about 2,500 wild horses in Nevada. A spokeswoman for Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said herds in the Calico Mountains Complex in northwestern Nevada are overpopulated and need to be reduced to protect the horses and the rangelands that support them. "The current population in the five Calico herd management areas is three times what the range can handle, so this gather will ensure high-quality habitat for the wild horse and burros and other wildlife while protecting the public rangeland from overuse,"... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414484/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:25:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414032/posts It has, however, been on the back burner for a while, because the Nevada Vision Stakeholders Group didn't schedule a meeting in December. But as Doug Busselman of the Farm Bureau reports today, the NVSG's first meeting will be on Jan. 8, 2010, literally right around the corner. Doug's also an alternate member of the Stakeholders Group, so be sure to read his thoughts on the process. Here's his most important takeaway. Hopefully, with a strong citizen turn-out and input for non-governmental alternatives in the quality-of-life visioning we might be able to establish more of a balanced viewpoint than what... Write on Nevada http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414032/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:34:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412414/posts December 21, 2009 Senator Harry Reid 522 Hart Senate Office Bldg Washington, DC 20510 Fax: 202-224-7327 Dear Senator Reid – Somewhere along the way you seem to have forgotten that you are supposed to represent your constituents. You remember us don’t you?? The people of the great state of Nevada? If you have forgotten us just look ahead to the 2010 elections. This is when the great people of Nevada make it known that we want a representative – not a king. Please explain some things to me: 1) How can you in good conscience ramrod through a bill that... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412414/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:37:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412009/posts Sue Lowden's campaign to unseat Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) in his 2010 re-election bid took a nosedive when she laughed about an assassination attempt against Reid. Get the new PD toolbar! The former chairwoman of the Nevada Republican Party had emerged from the GOP pack of little-known Reid challengers to become the front-runner after a poll in late summer showed her leading Reid by 45 percent to 40 percent, with 15 percent undecided. But Lowden's boomlet burst when she appeared recently on a conservative radio talk show and snickered about the veracity of a 1981 incident in... Politics Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412009/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:44:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411252/posts 18 states allow for recall votes on US Senators. The 18 states allowing for recall are as follows: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, Washington and Wisconsin. The Senate oath of office is: I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well... Vanity http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411252/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:02:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410829/posts Republicans Demand To Read Legislation Before Voting On It WASHINGTON (AP) Republicans threatened to delay Senate business with a health care read-a-thon this weekend as Democrats searched for 60 votes to advance President Barack Obama's signature issue. A forecast of heavy snow added to the list of complications. At a news conference Friday in the Capitol, Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., accused Democrats of trying to ram the health care bill through with dozens of changes as yet unseen, and promised to do all they could to prevent it. "I think we've made it... WJZ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410829/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:17:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409387/posts A 2006 endorsement and robocall from the Brady Campaign isn’t the kind of thing Republican Danny Tarkanian wants coming up in his 2010 bid to unseat Nevada's senior Sen. Harry Reid, a Democrat who won an endorsement from the National Rifle Association in his last election. But Mr. Tarkanian has only one person to blame: his mom. The Tarkanian campaign initially dismissed questions about the little-noticed 2006 Brady Campaign endorsement Mr. Tarkanian received in his unsuccessful race for secretary of state in 2006. (PDF HERE.) The Brady Campaign also recorded robocalls urging Nevada voters to support him. (Audio script transcribed... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409387/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:03:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409091/posts During the Summer of 2007, I was approached by a group of concerned veterans in regard to a problem they had run into. These men had been attempting to get approval to have a USO-style facility put into the local airport. Without such a facility, soldiers traveling through McCarran Airport have had to sleep on the floor while waiting for a connecting flight—sometimes up to 3 nights in a row. Their food costs are as high as $20 for a dinky sandwich and a small bottle of juice. The average soldier is paid roughly just a bit over minimum wage.... Las Vegas Review-Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409091/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:48:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408921/posts President Obama may have asked Congress to reduce the number of earmarks in its spending bills, but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, isn’t cutting back on his pork. The Senate’s most powerful Democrat secured 36 earmarks worth more than $89 million in the fiscal year 2010 Defense Appropriations bill, according to information provided by his office---a slight increase over the number of earmarks Mr. Reid secured in the fiscal year 2009 Defense Appropriations bill. That year, he secured 33 earmarks worth more than $83 million. Despite pledges from Mr. Obama that his Congress would reduce the number of... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408921/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:18:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408003/posts A year after the decimation of 2008, Republicans are newly confident about their election prospects in the Senate. Then again, they have almost nowhere to go but up: The GOP occupies only 40 seats, compared to 58 for the Democrats (plus a pair of “independent” allies, Joe Lieberman of Connecticut and Bernie Sanders of Vermont). As always, many races are foregone conclusions, such as the special election in Massachusetts next month to choose a successor to the late Ted Kennedy. But at least 20 of the 2010 Senate races are worth watching. Herewith, a state-by-state summary. ARIZONA: Could Republican senator... National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408003/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:40:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407034/posts Conventional political wisdom pegs Republicans as the most threatened by pollster Scott Rasmussen's shocking finding that a Tea Party party would draw more support today than the GOP, but Democrats have even more to fear. Consider the situation facing Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., an incumbent representing one of her party's most reliable congressional districts in the country, thanks to the 18 point registration advantage Democrats enjoy over Republicans. Her district is so solidly Democratic that Titus has voted with the liberal Democratic majority on all three of the major issues before Congress this year, including President Obama's $787 billion economic... The Washington Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407034/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:21:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407036/posts Whatta boss that Harry Reid is -- al ways looking out for the welfare of his members and staff. Seems the Senate majority leader asked Republicans to forego a scheduled debate so that everyone could stay home until Monday. "I see no reason to punish everybody this weekend," he said. A real standup guy, that Harry Reid -- notwithstanding the fact that, days earlier, he was quite emphatic on the need to work through the weekend. "Fourteen thousand people lose their health insurance every day in America," he said. "The American people don't get weekends off from this injustice." Why... NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407036/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:32:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406795/posts LAS VEGAS (AP) - The owner of a brothel more than two hours' drive from Las Vegas said she hopes to hire Nevada's first legal male prostitutes within a month, now that state health officials have approved a method to test men for infectious diseases. The world is ready for women, or even other men, to legally buy sex, said Shady Lady Ranch owner Bobbi Davis. Plus, being the first to offer male service could boost business in tough economic times, she said. "With so many other male revues going on in Vegas, we thought it was time to give... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406795/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:39:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406744/posts Tea Party Express III http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406744/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:28:22 GMT