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"I see that the Legislature, the Governor and the utilities and the businesses in Nevada, with the new high tech industries that Nevada has been able to attract, everything is moving in the right direction."
- Vice Admiral Lee Gunn, USN (Ret.) who says that the Legislature must take the current opportunity to remake the power grid to ensure electrical security moving forward. He is optimistic. - Tuesday, April 4, 2017.
"If there’s an excess of the renewable energy why not shut down the dirty energy instead.
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- Susan Fisher, Government Affairs Group VP, McDonald Carano Wilson upon hearing that California has such an excess of renewable energy that they want to sell it to other states. - Monday, April 3, 2017.
"Once you give somebody something, it’s hard to take it away.
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- Congresswoman Dina Titus, Congressional District 1 says that people may not remember the Democrats passed Obamacare but they will remember who takes it away. - Thursday, March 30, 2017.
"I do believe that 80% of a good idea is better than 100% of nothing.
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- Assemblyman Keith Pickard, District 22 who feels that a majority of legislators are working together to benefit the state. - Wednesday, March 29, 2017.
"Napoleon McCallum, the longtime Raiders great came up with the idea of bringing the Raiders to Las Vegas and that’s why we’re all here."
- Chase Whittemore, Argentum Partners says that McCallum brought the idea to Las Vegas Sands boss Sheldon Adelson and then furthered the discussion with the Raiders management. - Tuesday, March 28, 2017.
"I plan to run for re-election at this point.
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- State Senator Patricia Farley, District 8 who changed her registration from Republican to non-partisan and caucuses with the Democrats says that non-partisan is how she feels she’s best serving her district. - Monday, March 27, 2017.
"The tax is one thing. How do we determine impairment?
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- Paul Enos, CEO, Nevada Trucking Association says that in regard to testing for marijuana use it’s easier for businesses to get a urine sample than it is to get a nurse or doctor to draw blood for a test. - Thursday, March 23, 2017.
"The worst thing that’s ever happened to American education is really very simple, lawyers and parents.
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- Howard Rosenberg, Former Washoe County School Board Member says that lawyers are after a buck and parents who don’t take care of their children and expect the schools to do so are another major issue for education. - Wednesday, March 22, 2017.
"Actually, there is more than one mega transaction underway.
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- Lance Gilman, Partner-Broker, Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center confirming that in addition to the 1500 acre development that’s being negotiated currently at TRIC, there is a second one for 700 acres that will likely be coming down later this year. - Tuesday, March 21, 2017.
"We just aren’t doing what we need to do particularly at this level.
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- State Senator Julia Ratti, District 13 speaking about the need for mental health services, especially on a local level. She cites the case of a local man with mental illness who lost both feet because he was left outside in the cold. - Monday, March 20, 2017.
"There’s no daylight between the two of us in terms of what we need to do.
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- State Senator Pat Spearman, District 1 says that she and Assemblyman Chris Brooks are determined to make Nevada the energy leader in the world. She says we have more sunshine here than they have “heat in hell” and we need to be doing some things with it. - Thursday, March 16, 2017.
"It’s going to pass hands down. What the Governor does, I’m not sure.
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- State Senator Tick Segerblom, District 3 says that there is bi-partisan support for the right to assisted suicide this legislative session. Senator Parks(D) and Senator Kieckhefer are co-sponsors.
- Wednesday, March 15, 2017.
"I believe it’s the right way to go.
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- Ruben Murillo, President, Nevada State Education Association supports Senator Cancela’s bill to make Nevada a sanctuary state. He says it should be up to the cities and the counties not the Federal Government to decide. He knows that not everyone agrees with him. - Tuesday, March 14, 2017.
"It would take some kind of catastrophe, which is not out of the question.
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- Seth Richardson, Reporter, RGJ on the chances for the Democrats to take back both Houses of Congress in 2018.
- Monday, March 13, 2017.
"It would be tested through a blood test."
- Assemblyman Steve Yeager, District 9 who is working on a bill to give law enforcement and others, an accurate tool to detect actual impairment from ingesting marijuana, rather than the current system that yields results that could be up to a month old. - Thursday, March 2, 2017.
"It concerns me from a financial control perspective.
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- James Smack, Former Nevada Republican National Committeeman who says the prospect of an appointed auditor, an appointed treasurer and an appointed controller, could spell trouble in the future if Nevada had an unethical governor. - Wednesday, March 1, 2017.
