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"Is it going to continue? There doesn’t seem like anything that’s going to stop it right now.
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- Howard Stutz, Las Vegas Review Journal, commenting on the continued double digit growth in gaming revenues in Macau this year. He says that the Chinese Government is increasing access to Macau from the Chinese mainland. Last year’s Macau gaming revenue was 38 billion dollars. - Tuesday, June 25, 2013.
"Teaching them something is one thing. Keeping them alive is more important.
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- Howard Rosenberg, Washoe County School Board, referring to the 2500 homeless school children in Reno and a larger number in Las Vegas who skew the education numbers, in surveys, in terms of graduation. Rosenberg says statistics can be manipulated. - Monday, June 24, 2013.
"Change the Assembly from 2 to 4 years, Senate from 4 to 6 years."
- Former State Senator Randolph Townsend who says as a matter of public policy, the Legislative session should be 16 months after the election cycle not right after, to allow freshman to understand the issues they’ll be voting on and the terms should be extended. - Wednesday, June 12, 2013.
"In my opinion, it’s going to destroy mining in Nevada."
- Assemblyman Ira Hansen, who says taking the constitutional protection mining enjoys, away, will signify the end of mining as we know it in the Silver State.
- Tuesday, June 11, 2013.
"This is just a bad idea. It’s going to have a devastating effect on business and business activity. The fact that it’s even on the ballot has had an influence on business activity here and those who were looking to Nevada.
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- State Senator Mark Hutchison, who is firmly opposed to the Teacher’s Margin Tax
- Wednesday, June 5, 2013.
"Last night was one of the most bizarre things I have ever seen.
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- Mary Lau, President and CEO Retail Association of Nevada, describing the final minutes of the closing of the regular session of the 2013 State Legislature.
- Tuesday, June 4, 2013.
"We started in again, we got a better bill. We started working it during the campaign. Educating candidates about it.
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- State Senator Debbie Smith, revealing the amount of work that was done educating officials on DNA testing, during the interim, that resulted in Brianna’s Law passing this session.
- Monday, June 3, 2013.
"Those type of topics, in the past, we would say one thing and they would say well no, we don’t need full day kindergarten, we don’t need ELL.
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- Senate Majority Leader Mo Denis, who says that now Democrats and Republicans, regarding topics like education, are in more agreement regarding how much do we do and when do we do it.
- Thursday, May 30, 2013.
"I think what’s happened this session bodes well for the interim which then bodes well for the next sessions. We will be continuing serious conversations.
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- Assembly Minority Leader Pat Hickey, who says that there has been an unprecedented level of cooperation between the minority Republicans and the Democratic chairs in the Assembly.
- Wednesday, May 29, 2013.
"86 was a disaster cause we switched the emphasis from the government being involved in controlling immigration, to having employers control it. We had employer sanctions. They simply haven’t worked.
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- The Majority Leader of the US Senate, Harry Reid, who is feeling confident that Congress is working in an inclusive way on immigration reform, that will result in a bill this year, because even a Tea Party favorite (Marco Rubio) is involved in the negotiations. - Tuesday, May 28, 2013.
"That’s the reason why I’m here, in America. My father took advantage of that immigration reform and because of that we were able to come here legally.
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- State Senator Ruben Kihuen, whose family was able to live the American Dream due to the 1986 Immigration Reform bill signed by President Ronald Reagan.
- Thursday, May 23, 2013.
"We don’t have enough medical providers and we don’t have enough doctors in medical school and the doctors aren’t making the kind of money that they made before so things are gonna change. And some of this territory stuff has got to go away.
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- Mary Lau, President and CEO Retail Association of Nevada, on the coming effects of Obamacare as all medical service providers from doctors to nurses to pharmacists and even chiropractors are going to have to do more to fill in the gaps.
- Wednesday, May 22, 2013.
"She’s the Joe Dini of the Legislature.
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- Long time Lobbyist John Pappageorge, relaying a common opinion from the lobbying core regarding Speaker of the Assembly, Marilyn Kirkpatrick, for her ability to listen to both sides and then get something done.
- Tuesday, May 21, 2013.
"He defeated Jim Gibbons in a Republican primary on a new tax pledge and I just don’t see, politically, that he can get around that pledge by signing a bill that has a tax in it.
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- Attorney Joe Guild, who says that the Governor would have to have something that he could use politically, as a quid pro quo for him to sign any new tax plan. Doubtful at best.
- Monday, May 20, 2013.
"I don’t see any big taxes getting approved. I think this is a kind of session where you pay the bills, balance the budget and you get out of Dodge.
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- Ray Hagar, RGJ Political reporter, who says it seems like an alternative universe at the Legislature at this date.
- Thursday, May 16, 2013.
"Chuck Muth will probably hammer me over the head for this. I just truly believe in everyone paying their share.
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- Republican Assemblywoman Michele Fiore, who says she would support taxing Burning Man and Electric Daisy (Carnival) without a doubt. Basically, any venue that attracts over 7500 people.
- Wednesday, May 15, 2013.
