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"We may see some more heads roll."
- Howard Stutz, Gaming Reporter, Nevada Independent, says of the complaints filed against the ownership and operators of Resorts World Las Vegas, explaining we’ll have to see how this is going to play out. - Friday, August 23, 2024.
"It’s going to be one of the new iconic structures that we have locally here in Reno."
- Andrew Diss, SVP, Chief Strategy Officer, Meruelo Gaming, discusses the $1 billion investment into the Grand Sierra Resort centered around a 10,000-seat arena. He says they believe it’s going to bring lift to the area’s market and help fill everybody’s rooms in town. - Thursday, August 22, 2024.
"There were no unintended consequences of this other than updating what we should have done a long time ago."
- Dr. Robin Titus, State Senator (R), District 17, explains Question 2 on the 2024 Nevada ballot which would update Nevada constitution language on how we identify a disability to be more inclusive. - Wednesday, August 21, 2024.
"I would imagine every year it’s going to be a little more seamless."
- M.J. Maynard, CEO, RTC of Southern Nevada, says of the disruption the Formula 1 race caused on the Las Vegas Strip. She says there were some lessons learned, however they are “all in” on whatever they can do, including communicating traffic impacts and implementing detours earlier. - Tuesday, August 20, 2024.
"I do support providing weapons to Ukraine so that they can defend themselves. I do not support sending cash to Ukraine to bolster their pension program, which has happened under the Biden administration."
- Mark Robertson, Republican candidate for CD 1, says it would be a “bargain” to send our weapons and ammunition to Ukraine for them to continue dismantling the Russian army and then spend billions with American companies to refill our stock. - Friday, August 16, 2024.
"The state general fund is at its highest level in history."
- Zack Conine, Nevada State Treasurer, says we are in a really good place from the state finance perspective after breaking $10 billion a few weeks ago. He adds that it doesn’t mean that Nevadans are necessarily in a great place, but it’s important to use this success to help people, explaining that when the state does better from an investment perspective, there is more money to spend on “all types of government services we can provide without having to raise taxes.” - Thursday, August 15, 2024.
"You really can, if you’re polite, ask anything you want to ask and people will not be offended."
- Sam Shad, Nevada Newsmakers, talks about the beginning of hosting these types of programs and what it taught him. He shares the example of the first time he sat down with Senator Harry Reid around 1990 — the first big political interview on this show — that “reinforced you don’t have to be a jerk when you’re interviewing people.” - Wednesday, August 14, 2024.
"From the perspective of Nevadans, it’s the economy driving this thing."
- Mackenzie Warren Kay, Attorney, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, says of the presidential election, earlier noting it’s “going to come down to a November nailbiter.” She explains that a strong motivator is to “hit people in their pocketbooks” and it’s no mistake that both presidential candidates can agree on eliminating federal taxes on tips, especially in a hospitality-driven state. - Tuesday, August 13, 2024.
"It’s very easy and lucrative for developers to be able to move forward and build large-scale residential development, and our residents are fine with that."
- Austin Osborne, Storey County Manager, says they’re working on a master plan update to develop south Storey County. He explains that through interlocal agreements and working with regional partners, they think they can work together to create infrastructure in that part of the county that will pull people away both from the I-80 corridor and Reno-Sparks area. - Friday, August 9, 2024.
"She’s definitely a DEI person, and what I mean by DEI is she didn’t earn it."
- George Harris, Chairman, Nevadans for Sound Government, says of Vice President Kamala Harris, adding she’s had everything handed to her and “certainly isn’t ready for primetime.” - Thursday, August 8, 2024.
"The election has shifted exponentially now."
- Bryan Bedera, Founder, Vote Text, says the latest tracking poll in Nevada shows an 8-point shift towards Vice President Kamala Harris since President Biden’s decision to drop out of the 2024 presidential race, adding “there’s a world where we could see Nevada going blue again.” He says what they’re seeing is “basically are you voting for the crazy weird Republicans or are you voting for kind of normal politics as usual.” - Wednesday, August 7, 2024.
"This is a promise made by the government and by congress and the IRS needs to fulfill that obligation."
- Ryan Taylor, CEO, 440 Strategies, is raising awareness about the Employee Retention Credit issue. He says the IRS is “unilaterally halting legitimate claims and putting a moratorium on new claims coming in” and is instead “prioritizing some less legitimate claims.” - Tuesday, August 6, 2024.
"They’ve really been targeting some of America’s best, greatest companies."
- Amy Bos, Director of State and Federal Affairs, NetChoice, says of the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice under the Biden administration. She explains we “want to make sure competition policy and antitrust law remains narrowly focused on protecting the consumer and not used as a vehicle for a political or economic agenda.” - Friday, August 2, 2024.
"I think Kroger and Albertsons have really been caught up in this anti-tech fever that’s happened at the Federal Trade Commission."
- Alex R. Reinauer, Research Fellow, Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), says these two grocers have been entangled in the attempted revolution of antitrust from the federal government and the philosophy that “big is bad automatically.” - Thursday, August 1, 2024.
"This is really a taste of what some people have called the Digital Pearl Harbor."
- Ira Victor, Digital Forensic Analyst, puts into perspective the damage caused by a “substandard update” in the recent CrowdStrike outage in comparison to a nation state actor taking control of the grid. He explains that while the level of protection has gotten better, he is concerned with how third parties are connected to critical infrastructure players and could allow a nation state actor to lie in wait. - Wednesday, July 31, 2024.
"For Nevada itself, it is hugely dependent on California policy."
- Catherine Reheis-Boyd, President and CEO, Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA), explains how Nevada is impacted by “every decision California makes” and as California policies bring more cost to the fuel supply, it will affect Nevada prices at the pump. - Tuesday, July 30, 2024.
