Archive for August, 2008
« Previous EntriesNevada names delegates to GOP convention (Las Vegas Sun)
Sunday, August 31st, 2008Sat, Aug 30, 2008 (4:06 p.m.) With little time to spare, the Nevada Republican Party has named its delegation to next week’s national convention, resolving an embarrassing dispute with supporters of former presidential candidate Ron Paul in a state John McCain is struggling to win.
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Nevada takes on Grambling State (Lahontan Valley News)
Sunday, August 31st, 2008RENO - Season-opening games have been unkind to Nevada in recent history.
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Nevada officials issue warning over yellowjackets (San Francisco Chronicle)
Saturday, August 30th, 2008Nevada Department of Agriculture officials have issued a warning to outdoor enthusiasts about a threat lurking primarily in forested areas: yellowjackets. They say yellowjacket colonies are at their peak and are proliferating this season, especially at…
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Nevada officials issue warning over yellowjackets (The Fresno Bee)
Saturday, August 30th, 2008Nevada Department of Agriculture officials have issued a warning to outdoor enthusiasts about a threat lurking primarily in forested areas: yellowjackets. Read comments
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RNC panel calls Nevada GOP ‘inept’ (AP via Yahoo! News)
Friday, August 29th, 2008A key Republican committee says it is troubled by the “ineptness” of the Nevada GOP and called the state party’s attempt to choose delegates for next week’s national convention “flawed, inadequate and unacceptable.”
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Nevada tax revenues down 4.1 percent (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Friday, August 29th, 2008A new report shows that Nevada’s revenues from all major tax sources in fiscal 2008 were down 4.1 percent from collections in the previous fiscal year — the first time in at least 30 years that annual collections have dropped.
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Nevada delegation votes 25 for Obama, 8 Clinton (The Fresno Bee)
Thursday, August 28th, 2008Nevada’s delegation to the Democratic National Convention cast 25 votes for Sen. Barack Obama and eight votes for Sen. Hillary Clinton. Read comments
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Nevada delegation votes 25 for Obama, 8 Clinton (Las Vegas Sun)
Thursday, August 28th, 2008Wed, Aug 27, 2008 (3:57 p.m.) Nevada’s delegation to the Democratic National Convention cast 25 votes for Sen. Barack Obama and eight votes for Sen. Hillary Clinton.
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Nevada Power, Sierra Pacific Power expanding renewable energy programs (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008Nevada Power Co. of Las Vegas and Sierra Pacific Power Co. of Reno announced today that they are expanding their renewable energy programs to include rebates on wind turbines for residential and other customers and hydroelectric plants for agricultural customers.
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Nevada property tax challenged by teachers union (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008A major teachers’ union has filed a legal challenge of a decision by Nevada’s secretary of state to allow a Nevada version of California’s Proposition 13 property tax cap on the November ballot.
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