Nevada Clips 7.27.11

2012 ELECTION

• LV Sun – Who will win the game of ‘Congressional Survivor’? – LINK
• RGJ – All four candidates to appear in RGJ-sponsored House debate – LINK
• RGJ – Should all 4 candidates be invited to congressional debate in Reno? – LINK

CONGRESS

• RJ – Berkley to sponsor corporate tax break legislation – LINK
• RJ – Nevadan lawmakers report surge of calls, emails – LINK
• RJ – Is there a strategy to debt-limit posturing? – LINK
• AP – Reid, Boehner debt plans both lack votes to pass – LINK
• AP – Reid: Boehner debt plan won’t survive House – LINK
• LV Sun – Strife over rural Nevada airport halts projects at McCarran – LINK
• LV Sun – Heller says he won’t vote for debt plan that’s ‘not good enough’ – LINK
• LV Sun – Reid criticizes Boehner’s debt-ceiling plan as clock ticks – LINK
• RGJ – Reid faces ‘ultimate test’ in deficit talks – LINK
• Elko Daily Free Press – Tuscarora, Montello, Deeth on list – LINK
• Nevada News Bureau – Cato Institute Senior Fellow Says Federal Government Spending Must Be Cut To Sustainable Levels – LINK

EDITORIALS/LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

• RJ – Environmentalists try to block logging near Tahoe – LINK
• RJ – Gauging prices – LINK
• LV Sun – Republicans’ position on debt ceiling poses a threat to economy – LINK
• RGJ – Editorial: Are we witnessing the end of an American institution? – LINK

ECONOMY/GAMING

• AP – Local home prices decline while those in other big cities rise, data show – LINK
• RJ – Taxable sales surge 7.2 percent – LINK
• LV Sun – Boyd Gaming loses money in 2nd quarter, partly on costs related to Mississippi River flooding – LINK
• LV Sun – Taxicab industry on fast track to recovery – LINK
• LV Sun – Clark County posts taxable sales increase in May – LINK
• LV Sun – California buyers going after sales of Nevada homes – LINK
• RGJ – Economy: Taxable sales in Washoe County rise again – LINK
• Nevada Appeal – Taxable sales show solid gains in May – LINK
• Nevada News Bureau – Nevada Has Biggest Increase In Food Stamp Caseloads – LINK

STATE/LOCAL GOVERNMENT

• RJ – Every vote at every address counts in North Las Vegas – LINK
• LV Sun – Mexican cartels picking up slack in meth production – LINK
• LV Sun – Peddlers, performers clogging the Strip troubling to resorts – LINK
• RGJ – Sparks steps up to spare Senior Citizens Center from closure – LINK
• RGJ – Saving Sparks senior center: ‘neighbors helping neighbors’ – LINK
• RGJ – Washoe agrees to pay 8,700 Incline Village court-ordered tax refunds – LINK
• RGJ – Reno officials look into electronic billboards again – LINK
• Nevada Appeal – Lyon County residents worry ordinance change would hurt advisory boards – LINK
• Daily Sparks Tribune – County OKs its portion of senior center agreement – LINK

ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT

• RJ – Lueders selected as new director for Nevada BLM office – LINK
• AP – Tests at reservoirs raise fears of quagga spread – LINK
• LV Sun – Public to hear NV Energy’s north-south transmission line plans – LINK
• Pahrump Valley Times – Las Vegas doesn’t want Nye County water, attorney says – LINK

EDUCATION

• RJ – Clark County School Board may hire attorney – LINK
• LV Sun – UNLV reports possible information security breach from 2008 – LINK
• RGJ – School Zone: Accountabality policy will hold schools to goals – LINK
• Pahrump Valley Times – Layoffs stretch school district resources – LINK