Anjeanette Damon
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BusinessMedical marijuana dispensary bill passes Assembly on party line vote
Monday, June 3, 2013 After a malfunctioning reader board threw its future into question, a bill that would create a legal medical marijuana dispensary system in Nevada passed the Assembly in a nearly party-line vote.
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BusinessElectric Daisy Carnival, Speedway to fight proposed entertainment tax
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 Assembly Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick, D-North Las Vegas, is expected to take critics head on today at the first public hearing of her proposed entertainment and admissions tax, an 8 percent levy on everything from concerts and sporting events to gym memberships and strip clubs. Chief among them is the Electric Daisy Carnival, the massive outdoor music festival that draws an estimated 345,000 attendees to Las Vegas each summer.
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PoliticsIn split vote, Nevada Senate passes measure to begin repeal of gay marriage ban
Monday, April 22, 2013 Following more than an hour of a riveting, emotional and personal floor debate, the Nevada Senate voted 12-9 to start the process of repealing the gay marriage ban from the state constitution.
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Breaking NewsDemocrat introduces bill to legalize, tax marijuana in Nevada
Monday, March 18, 2013 Nevada Assemblyman Joe Hogan, D-Las Vegas, introduced a bill to legalize and tax marijuana Monday. Under the bill, Nevadans older than 21 could legally possess up to one ounce of marijuana for recreational use and up to six marijuana plants.
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Politics
Carson City's best whiskey-drinking, law-writing establishments
Monday, Feb. 18, 2013 Sure, proposed legislation is debated both in public hearings and behind closed doors in the Legislative Building itself. But new laws are also crafted — or amended — over fine wine at Bella Fiore, martinis at Adele’s or shots of whiskey at Mo & Sluggos.
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PoliticsTop five Nevada campaign moments
Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012 Campaign 2012 has been a season of twists and turns, upsets and smack downs, chaos and… well, more chaos. Here's a look at how we got here.
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PoliticsA formidable firewall: How Nevada came into its own as a presidential swing state
Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012 Nevada’s status in the presidential race this year perhaps could be more aptly described as a “firewall” than a “battleground.” That fact was evident in the way both Obama and Romney fit Nevada into their overall electoral vote strategy.
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Politics
Americans for Prosperity's political influence lacks strength in primary
Sunday, June 17, 2012 If the conservative nonprofit group Americans for Prosperity is poised to be a serious player in the turnout game for Republican candidates this November, it didn’t prove itself in the primary election last week.
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CrimeIndictment caps lobbyist Harvey Whittemore's dramatic fall from grace
Sunday, June 10, 2012 Harvey Whittemore once bounded through Nevada’s Legislature as the embodiment of influence — a lobbyist for casinos and other powerful interests, a lawyer, a gregarious personality and sharp mind.
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BusinessDanny Tarkanian plans to appeal $17 million judgment
Thursday, May 31, 2012 In hindsight, Republican congressional candidate Danny Tarkanian should have “put a microscope” on a 2007 land deal that went bad and has now left him and his family on the hook for a $17 million judgment, his lawyer said Wednesday.
