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Sparks mayor makes case for toll road to ease dangerous traffic on stretch of I-80 to Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center
Commentary - October 6, 2024

"If you're not doing 85, you're getting run over." Sparks Mayor Ed Lawson, on the frantic traffic on the 12-mile stretch of Interstate-80 from Sparks to the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center in Storey County

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Rep. Titus says she won't give up on passing bump-stock ban in U.S. Congress
News - October 3, 2024

"Well, I've got the bill to do away with the bump stocks, and I have a discharge petition where a number of people have signed it to say, 'Bring that bill to the floor, because if you brought it to the floor, I think it would pass.'" Dina Titus, Nevada's 1st U.S. House District representative

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Nevada's CD 3 Rep. Susie Lee masters art of playing politics in middle of the field
Commentary - September 23, 2024

"You know, I don't want to live in a country where you have to wait for the political tides to swing to get things done." Nevada's 3rd U.S. House District Rep. Susie Lee, D-Las Vegas

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Reno's issues with U.S. Postal Service far from over, Amodei warns: Questions of packages, parcels & Reno postal jobs need answers
News - September 23, 2024

"As we've learned over the years, the Postal Service is a constant oversight challenge, even to the point where we've got a couple of new things now where apparently, they're not watering the lawns in in some of the post offices around (Northern Nevada)." Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Carson City, Nevada's 2nd U.S. House District representative.

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Horsford, Black Caucus leader, appointed to powerful committee after death of elderly Democratic colleague
News - September 18, 2024

"Ways and Means is one of the committees in Congress where you can get big things done, in a bipartisan way." U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford

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'You know you're a Nevadan if ... you knew Guy Clifton,' Silver State loses great author, journalist & friend
Commentary - September 13, 2024

Sportswriter Chris Murray eloquently pointed out recently that Guy "might have been the most influential journalist in Reno's history" because Guy was a mentor who influenced so many of today's journalists and other media professionals in Northern Nevada.

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Proposed Grand Sierra arena will seek corporate naming-rights partner, Meruelo Gaming executive says
News - August 27, 2024

"We are now calling it the Nevada Arena or the Reno Arena. Those are placeholders. But you know, we'll probably have a corporate partner. So if you want to name it the Nevada Newsmakers Arena, feel free to make a proposal." Andrew Diss, senior vice president and chief strategy officer for Meruelo Gaming

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Nevada's 'Lithium Loop' prepares for major expansion with billions in federal loans & education programs, Nevada Mining president says
News - July 15, 2024

"LIthium is certainly the talk of the state right now." Amanda Hilton, president of the Nevada Mining Association.

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Non-partisan CD-2 congressional candidate Kidd wants to add 'processing' to Nevada's 'lithium loop'
News - June 27, 2024

"Right now, today, that lithium that comes out of the ground is headed for China, for some further processing, or Japan and Korea, and then coming back. (We need) to complete the lithium loop, something that (Gov. Joe) Lombardo and (former Gov. Brian) Sandoval have both spoken about." Greg Kidd, CD2 non-partisan congressional candidate

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Tract CEO predicts 'some of the largest construction projects in world' at Storey Co. data-storage development
News - June 24, 2024

"So, just to put it into context, on the scale of the infrastructure, the work we're delivering here, we are talking about some of the largest construction projects in the world." Grant van Rooyen, Tract CEO

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