Assembly Speaker Yeager warns of possible special session later this year after federal cuts finalized
News - May 22, 2025

"I think still think it's likely we're going to end up in special session in September, October when the federal budget gets figured out. I mean, I'm crossing both fingers that maybe I'm wrong about that." Steve Yeager, Speaker of Nevada Assembly

Amodei defends land-sale amendment, laments Nevada doesn't have Harry Reid's clout anymore
News - May 14, 2025

"Real brutal answer, it's because we don't have Harry Reid in there now. You need somebody with the stature of a senate majority leader or a minority leader who has the ability to impose their will on both sides of the Capitol. In the overall scheme thing -- and I'm saying this about me, too -- we don't have that person." Rep. Mark Amodei, on why Nevada won't receive the money from proposed land sales in Nevada.

Nevada women's basketball team staying at Lawlor because of economics, Sandoval says
News - May 8, 2025

"The stark reality of it is they (women's basketball team) average 600, 700 fans per game, and it just isn't economic for them to play (at GSR), because we're gonna have to pay to play in that arena." Brian Sandoval, University of Nevada, Reno president

UNR's Sandoval concerned about loss of academic freedom, research grants in signing on to college presidents' letter to Trump administration
News - May 7, 2025

"I joined with what is now 600 or 700 university presidents because it isn't just about the research. You know, there's also discussion with regard to what happens on a college campus and I believe that it's really important not to interfere with academic freedom." Brian Sandoval, University of Nevada, Reno president and former two-term governor of Nevada

Assembly Speaker promotes bill that would cut credit card fees for consumers, small businesses
News - May 5, 2025

"They (payment bank) would have access to that back-end federal infrastructure to run credit card transaction. So instead of having five or seven different entities (charging fees) in the background, we think we could cut it to two or three entities. And because of that, I believe the the cost will be less." Steven Yeager, Nevada Assembly Speaker

Underdog Joe Dalia, inspired by painful death of his father, leads charge for 'Death With Dignity' bill
News - May 1, 2025

"This is the only bill where if I don't get this passed, folks are going to die badly for the next two years." Assemblymember Joe Dalia, talking about his 'Death With Dignity' bill (physician-assisted suicide)

Lt. Gov. Anthony says Democrats killed his bills as 'retribution' for his Task Force on Women's Sports
News - April 22, 2025

"The Democrats killed that bill specifically because of my stance on female athletes. That's the reason why they killed it. I know that for a fact." Lt. Gov. Stavros Anthony, speaking about his agri-tourism bill at the Nevada Legislature, SB 55

Storey County seeks changes in state tax abatement deals to make things more equitable for county governments
News - April 14, 2025

"So really it (Senate Bill 69) brings the stakeholders to the table. All the current legislation allows us to do is we can negotiate an agreement with that gigafactory to offset those costs, to defer or to defray those costs." Austin Osborne, Storey County Manager, speaking about Senate Bill 69 at the Nevada Legislature

Judiciary Committee Chair Scheible blasts NIAA for new transgender ban
News - April 10, 2025

"There is a very small group of people who have become fixated on the villainization of this one small group of transgender athletes. Because it's easy to pick on them and because it provides another place for them to focus their energy on blaming somebody else for whatever problems they have going on in their lives." State Sen.Melanie Scheible

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.