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Making history

On Tuesday, lawmakers will debate erasing a limitation on mining taxes that’s been in the state constitution since Nevada became a state in 1864. They’ll debate erasing the discriminatory ban on gay marriage inserted by voters in the early part of the last decade. And they’ll hold a hearing on whether wayward Assemblyman Steven Brooks should be expelled from office.

Time to end prohibition

Assemblyman Joe Hogan, D-Las Vegas, will certainly get grief for introducing a bill to legalize marijuana in Nevada.

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Tradition trumps Cadish

Perhaps the saddest aspect of Clark County District Court Judge Elissa Cadish’s failed nomination to the  federal bench is that nothing has changed.

Appeals court backers move for reconsideration

The proponents of an appellate court in Nevada will surely face one criticism above all others if the plan makes the 2014 ballot: Didn’t the voters just say no to this idea?

Wynn backs tip pool

Casino magnate Steve Wynn called me Friday to lodge his objections to my column on the tip-pooling policy he implemented at his eponymous hotel in 2006.

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