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Heller Statement on Nevada’s Unemployment Rate
Jun 18, 2010
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Today U.S. Congressman Dean Heller (R-NV) made the following statement on the May unemployment numbers. Nevada now has the highest unemployment rate in the country.
"I am deeply concerned with the most recent unemployment numbers which place Nevada with the highest unemployment rate in the nation. ...
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Rape kits just set aside
Dec 4, 2009
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Washington Times
Sarah Tofte
I spoke recently with a young woman who was raped two years ago and had been told that her case had been closed, without the physical evidence that might have led to prosecution of her rapist ever being tested. She said she still woke up most days hoping the police wou...
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House Votes to Restore Estate Tax, Exempt $7 Million
Dec 3, 2009
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By Ryan J. Donmoyer
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. House of Representatives voted to prevent the federal estate tax from expiring on Dec. 31 and to permanently exempt couples’ fortunes of up to $7 million.
The House voted 225-200 to indefinitely extend the current tax, which imposes a top rate of...
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Counties take on federal government for geothermal money
Nov 19, 2009
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By Steve Ranson
Less than 50 words in an obscure amendment included in a Department of the Interior appropriations bill may cost Churchill County — along with other counties in at least six Western states — millions of dollars in lost revenue.
The Lahontan Valley News has learned that H.R. (Hous...
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RECOVERY.GOV: Errors on Web site fund list
Nov 19, 2009
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By BENJAMIN SPILLMAN
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
A federal government Web site tracking spending and job creation via the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act listed more than $1 billion coming to Nevada, including more than $7.7 million for the state's 32nd, 22nd, 9th and 25th cong...
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