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Reid advocates for renewable energy in newspaper column

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Searchlight) penned an opinion piece in Sunday's Las Vegas Sun, saying that expanded use of renewable energy sources was the nation's key to lower fuel prices and energy independence. (PolitickerNV.com, Daniel Trudeau)

Link:  http://www.politickernv.com/danieltrudeau/2159/reid-advocates-renewable-...

Lawmakers agree owners, not government, responsible for foreclosed homes

Members of a legislative subcommittee agreed Monday that the owners of foreclosed homes should be made responsible for maintaining them — not state and local governments.

The issue was raised before a subcommittee studying the housing crisis because, in many cases, empty homes are left to decay after foreclosure because banks, investors and other financial institutions that own them won’t pay for upkeep on yards, home exteriors and amenities such as swimming pools. (Nevada Appeal, Geoff Dornan)

Link: http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/20080805/NEWS/292862300/-1/rss05

McCain plans trip to LV to address vets at convention 

Republican presidential candidate John McCain will be back in Las Vegas this weekend to speak to a veterans' group.

McCain is slated to speak Saturday afternoon to the annual convention of the Disabled American Veterans at Bally's, according to Bill Baumann, the convention chairman. (Review Journal, Staff)

Link: http://www.lvrj.com/news/26274594.html

Need to run still exists, Nadar says 

Ralph Nader is running for president again, just like he did last time and the time before.

The message has not changed, but Nader, who was in Las Vegas on Monday for a news conference and luncheon with supporters, believes his anti-corporate creed still needs a champion. (Review Journal, Molly Ball)

Link: http://www.lvrj.com/news/26274569.html

Two views of city government, one party

The end of Larry Brown’s long stint as a Las Vegas councilman is months away.

It could come at the end of the year, if Brown defeats Assemblywoman Valerie Weber in their race for the Clark County Commission. If he loses in November, it will come by June because term limits prevent him from running again for City Council. (Las Vegas Sun, Sam Skolnik)

Link: http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/aug/05/two-views-city-government-on...

Senate GOP leader in fight of his life

You spend three decades in the state Senate, you have a bust in bronze at the Reno airport, and yet you face the real possibility of ending your public service defeated in your party’s primary.

And so for Sen. Bill Raggio it has come to this: a hot August Saturday in Reno, sneakers and a clipboard filled with the addresses of Republican voters. Now it’s time to knock for your political life. (Las Vegas Sun, David McGrath Schwartz)

Link: http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/aug/05/senate-gop-leader-fight-his-...

Mayor race prods Carson City voting

With a wide-open mayor’s race, Carson City Clerk Alan Glover is predicting 36 percent of Carson’s 22,000 active voters will turn out for the primary election, with half voting early. (Gazette Journal, Susan Voyles)

Link: http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080804/NEWS18/80804043

Tax petition faces verification deadline

CARSON CITY— Local election officials were scheduled Monday to complete reports that will determine whether a Nevada version of California’s Proposition 13 property tax cap has enough valid petition signatures to qualify for the November ballot. (Gazette Journal, AP)
 Link: http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080804/NEWS18/80804024 

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