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Samantha Stone

Nevada NewsMakers Producer / Reporter





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The scariest of all Halloween monsters: Registered sex offenders make good political theater on spooky children’s holiday

Published: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 00:13:19 +0000
Brand awareness is essential to political success, and Halloween presents a great branding opportunity for a political campaign that never ends – promoting protection for children from an imagined vast population of pedophiles who supposedly lurk behind every tree and around every corner. What could be more frightening than Phillip Garrido on the front step, [...]

Of Note Nevada

Josh Hicks

Insights into Current Events in Law and Politics in the Silver State.


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A Tax By Any Other Name . . .

Published: 2011-08-11T15:44:45-07:00
Over the weekend, the Reno Gazette-Journal ran an editorial suggesting that it's time for Nevadans to consider a corporate "margins" tax. The Las Vegas Sun wrote that a coalition has formed to push for a margins tax via an initiative petition. Unsuccessful legislation to enact a margin tax was considered by the Nevada Legislature in the first half of 2011, and was modeled on a similar tax enacted in Texas in 2006. The Texas Constitution is similar to the Nevada Constitution in that both prohibit an income tax on individuals. Members of a limited partnership in Texas recently filed a...

Randi's Rants

Randi Thompson

Nevada NewsMakers Political Analyst


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Are Regulations Really Killing Jobs?

Published: 11/30/2011 12:23:18 PM
Diane Staceys OSHA manual now weighs nine pounds. Now if youre in the construction business, youre probably laughing, as you probably cant even pick up your OSHA manual without straining your back. But Diane Stacey is a dentist. Not exactly a busi