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"It’s very easy and lucrative for developers to be able to move forward and build large-scale residential development, and our residents are fine with that."
- Austin Osborne, Storey County Manager, says they’re working on a master plan update to develop south Storey County. He explains that through interlocal agreements and working with regional partners, they think they can work together to create infrastructure in that part of the county that will pull people away both from the I-80 corridor and Reno-Sparks area. - Friday, August 9, 2024.
"She’s definitely a DEI person, and what I mean by DEI is she didn’t earn it."
- George Harris, Chairman, Nevadans for Sound Government, says of Vice President Kamala Harris, adding she’s had everything handed to her and “certainly isn’t ready for primetime.” - Thursday, August 8, 2024.
"The election has shifted exponentially now."
- Bryan Bedera, Founder, Vote Text, says the latest tracking poll in Nevada shows an 8-point shift towards Vice President Kamala Harris since President Biden’s decision to drop out of the 2024 presidential race, adding “there’s a world where we could see Nevada going blue again.” He says what they’re seeing is “basically are you voting for the crazy weird Republicans or are you voting for kind of normal politics as usual.” - Wednesday, August 7, 2024.
"This is a promise made by the government and by congress and the IRS needs to fulfill that obligation."
- Ryan Taylor, CEO, 440 Strategies, is raising awareness about the Employee Retention Credit issue. He says the IRS is “unilaterally halting legitimate claims and putting a moratorium on new claims coming in” and is instead “prioritizing some less legitimate claims.” - Tuesday, August 6, 2024.
"They’ve really been targeting some of America’s best, greatest companies."
- Amy Bos, Director of State and Federal Affairs, NetChoice, says of the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice under the Biden administration. She explains we “want to make sure competition policy and antitrust law remains narrowly focused on protecting the consumer and not used as a vehicle for a political or economic agenda.” - Friday, August 2, 2024.
"I think Kroger and Albertsons have really been caught up in this anti-tech fever that’s happened at the Federal Trade Commission."
- Alex R. Reinauer, Research Fellow, Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), says these two grocers have been entangled in the attempted revolution of antitrust from the federal government and the philosophy that “big is bad automatically.” - Thursday, August 1, 2024.
"This is really a taste of what some people have called the Digital Pearl Harbor."
- Ira Victor, Digital Forensic Analyst, puts into perspective the damage caused by a “substandard update” in the recent CrowdStrike outage in comparison to a nation state actor taking control of the grid. He explains that while the level of protection has gotten better, he is concerned with how third parties are connected to critical infrastructure players and could allow a nation state actor to lie in wait. - Wednesday, July 31, 2024.
"For Nevada itself, it is hugely dependent on California policy."
- Catherine Reheis-Boyd, President and CEO, Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA), explains how Nevada is impacted by “every decision California makes” and as California policies bring more cost to the fuel supply, it will affect Nevada prices at the pump. - Tuesday, July 30, 2024.
"he big thing is that they’re not sure where the future is."
- John Phillips, Owner, Peterbilt Truck Parts and Equipment LLC, explains uncertainties and how public policy and interest rates are affecting customers in the trucking industry. - Friday, July 26, 2024.
"The trajectory of our community is really on the decline."
- Ryan Hamilton, Republican Candidate for Clark County Commission, says he’s running for office because he watched the great place he grew up in be steadily chipped away, naming issues including homelessness and traffic. He says these issues have accelerated in the past few years under the incumbent commissioner. - Thursday, July 25, 2024.
"It’s part of a larger strategy to go after libraries, which is really going after books, which is really going after certain people."
- Andre Wade, State Director, Silver State Equality, says book bans are part of a larger strategy that’s unrelated to the books themselves, but instead is an attack on people including the broader LGBTQ+ community and specifically to transgender people. He explains both sides want parents to decide what books their children read, but where they differ is that we don’t need a small number of parents deciding what books every child has access to. - Wednesday, July 24, 2024.
"The war between those two cultures has been going on for millenia."
- Colonel Kris Thompson, (Rtd) US Army/National Guard, says the conflict in the Middle East has been going on longer than the United States has been in existence, and the war over that particular area “has been going on since the beginning of civilized humanity.” He explains that perhaps Iran and the United States are heavily involved and using proxies, but this is still “on the ground a battle for the existence of the Jewish state of Israel.” - Tuesday, July 23, 2024.
"The opportunity is here."
- Tyler Klimas, Leaf Street Strategies, says on incorporating cannabis products in Nevada gaming establishments. He explains it’s not only the tax and retail revenue that a casino could potentially get from selling cannabis products — like infused beverages — but also a health and safety issue on the illicit market side when the product is not being facilitated at the place of consumption. - Friday, July 19, 2024.
"If you said that Mr. Musk, not a real good job of saying anything that resembles the facts with respect to this particular individual’s career."
- Congressman Mark Amodei, CD 2, says on Elon Musk’s viral tweet mocking Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle after the attempted assassination of former president Donald Trump. - Thursday, July 18, 2024.
"It’s a tragedy that we’re in this situation at all."
- Victoria Seaman, Las Vegas City Councilwoman, says of the Badlands lawsuit. She adds that elections have consequences, and as mayor, she will make sure there is education and training when onboarding new councilmembers to help them better understand the law. - Wednesday, July 17, 2024.
"Women bring a different perspective to the table, and that’s one of the powers we have with being in construction."
- Angela Ramirez, Gilbane, says her advice to young women looking for a career in construction is to “just go for it.” Fellow guest Sofia Teixeira, NDOT, also shares her journey in construction saying there is a lot of opportunity for women to get involved in this career path. - Tuesday, July 16, 2024.
