Jim Gibbons

Things looking blue in Nevada as state continues independent streak

poconorecord.com
10-Nov-2008 1 related
        

LAS VEGAS—In few states did the political map change as dramatically last week as in Nevada. But Tuesday, Nevadans not only favored Barack Obama, but they also booted an incumbent Republican to give a Democratic majority to the...

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2010 Governor Races

savethegop.com
10-Nov-2008
        

Damn. Sam beat me to the 2010 Senate race post. Oh well. Here’s a quick look at 2010 Governor Races: Democrat Held Seats- Arkansas: Mike Beebe beat Asa Hutchinson in 2006, and he was probably our best candidate. Arkansas may...

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Which way now?

nevadaappeal.com
09-Nov-2008 6 related
        

Nevada Republican Party searches for direction, leadership By Geoff Dornan Nevada Appeal Capitol Bureau Sen. Bill Raggio, for decades one of the Nevada Republican Party’s most influential leaders, Friday called on the GOP to...

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NV governor’s press secretary dismissed

rgj.com
09-Nov-2008 3 related
        

By MARTIN GRIFFITH • Associated Press Writer • November 8, 2008 Gov. Jim Gibbons has abruptly dismissed his press secretary and already selected a replacement for the $100,000-plus-a-year post. Ben Kieckhefer said he was told...

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NV official faces Ethics Commission hearing

rgj.com
09-Nov-2008 1 related
        

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) _ The state Ethics Commission is scheduled to hold a hearing Wednesday on charges that outgoing Nevada Nuclear Projects Office Executive Director Bob Loux illegally raised his own salary.

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Volunteer response teams hold training exercise

capitalnews9.com
08-Nov-2008 1 related
        

Trained response teams can be the difference between life and death in an emergency, and believe it or not, many of those people are volunteers. Our Jim Gibbons takes us to the annual training weekend in Oriskany to see how...

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Nev. politicians explore budget options

rgj.com
08-Nov-2008 11 related
        

Faced with another round of budget cuts that could prove “disastrous” for state government, Gov. Jim Gibbons and legislative leaders agreed Friday to explore “all options,” including both spending reductions and tax increases.

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Nevada state workers to pay more for insurance

rgj.com
08-Nov-2008 5 related
        

Associated Press • November 8, 2008 More than 43,000 active and retired government workers in Nevada are going to pay higher premiums to offset nearly half of a $50 million reduction in state subsidies to their health insurance...

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Nevada casino regulator not seeking reappointment

ibtimes.com
07-Nov-2008 4 related
        

Nevada Gaming Control Board member Mark Clayton said Friday he won't seek reappointment when his four-year term expires at the end of December. Clayton, appointed to the board in 2004 by former Gov. Kenny Guinn, said that with...

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State hopes to find more homes for children in foster care

nevadaappeal.com
07-Nov-2008
        

by F.T. Norton Nevada Appeal Staff Writer Karen Hartman calmly recounted the details of her 14 children’s lives as the youngest of the brood ran squealing through the leaves on the Capitol lawn Thursday afternoon. Oscar, 6,...

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