Chair of Education Committee at Legislature rips Lt. Gov. Anthony for pushing trans ban in women's sports
News - March 31, 2025

"Quite honestly, the lieutenant governor's office should be working on small business advocacy, and that's where they should be investing their time, not on creating political rallies for their campaign for their next big office." Selena Torres-Fossett, chair of the Assembly Education Committee, speaking about Lt. Gov. Anthony's time and effort spent on transgender-athlete issues in women's sports.

Senate Minority Leader finds it ironic for Democrats to fret about Medicaid cuts but push for more than $100 million in tax credits for movie studio
News - March 24, 2025

"One of the ironies of this whole session is the Democrats have been hammering, hammering Trump and Republicans about possible reductions to Medicaid. But at the same time, they introduce a $150 million transferable tax credit program for the film industry. Now, if that's not irony ... Senate Minority Leader Robin Titus, R-Wellington

Local governments of Washoe County need 'to have conversation' about raising taxes, Washoe Commission Chair Hill says
News - March 23, 2025

"What local governments need to do is look at any taxing authority that they may have." Alexis Hill, chair of Washoe County Commission

Assembly Speaker Yeager likes the idea of 'Hollywood in Las Vegas,' but says price tag for expansion of film tax credit may be too steep
News - March 18, 2025

"I mean, every economic analysis we get is a rosy economic analysis or they wouldn't give it to us." Assembly Speaker Steve Yeager on a analysis given to state lawmakers about the expansion of the film tax credit.

Jacobs ready to begin new, $200 million phase of development for his Downtown Reno properties
News - March 16, 2025

"We're somewhere between what it was and what it will be. That is the best way to describe it." Developer Jeff Jacobs on the pace of development on his 200 acres of Downtown Reno

Losing Ohio statewide election put Jacobs on path to eventually develop large areas of Downtown Reno
News - March 16, 2025

"So then I ran for state office. I lost. And then I decided to go full time into (real estate) development." Jeff Jacobs, on losing the 1986 election for Ohio state treasurer

'Las Vegas formula' for gaming, tourism often copied, rarely equaled, says famed gaming architect Steelman
News - February 18, 2025

"They don't have the government.They don't have Steve Hill at the convention center. They don't have the integration of sports. They don't have low taxes. They don't have a development-friendly government. So they all want it. But then they pull back." International gaming architect Paul Steelman, on why the 'Las Vegas formula' doesn't work in other gaming juristictions

Steelman's secret for Las Vegas architecture: 'We have to make you feel like James Bond'
News - February 18, 2025

"Steve (Wynn) always had a thing, hated mirrors. If we put a mirror in a casino like Bob Stupak would do, well, you would look at yourself and, you know, it's over. You're not James Bond. You are you." Paul Steelman, international gaming architect

After settlement of 'Badlands' lawsuit, new Las Vegas mayor turns focus to homeless people, abused animals
News - February 12, 2025

"If it was easy to solve, it would have been solved years ago," Las Vegas Mayor Shelley Berkley said about the homeless problem.

Expansion of data-center industry could 'quadruple' size of Northern Nevada's electrical grid, NV Energy CEO says
News - February 10, 2025

"So it is absolutely foreseeable in the next several years that you could double, triple, even quadruple the size of the total electric grid in Northern Nevada." Doug Cannon, CEO & president of NV Energy

Reno Mayor Schieve no 'lame duck,' wants to fight crime, improve neighborhoods & reviltalize downtown in final 2 years
News - December 17, 2024

"Everyone's asking me, 'What's next?' It's funny because, as you know, I'm a nonpartisan, and it's very hard to run for another office if you're not in a party." Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve on her future in politics

CD-2 debate: Can Kidd effectively represent Reno & Northern Nevada in Congress with no political party backing?
News - October 18, 2024

Nevada's 2nd U.S. House District has 187,409 registered non-partisan voters as of September of 2024, according to the Nevada Secretary of State. The congressional district has roughly 36,000 more registered non-partisans than Democrats.

CD-2 debate: Kidd ties Amodei to do-nothing Congress; Amodei calls Kidd's non-partisanship a sham
News - October 17, 2024

Candidates square off in day one of two-day debate on Nevada Newsmakers

Interest rates, not election, key reason for slowdown in real estate, development markets, Reno's Tolles said
News - October 13, 2024

"Everybody always puts it (slowdown) on the election but from a real estate standpoint, if you look at the last 20 years, there's been no meaningful changes in real estate because of an election year." Par Tolles, CEO of Tolles Development of Reno

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

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

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

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.