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Candidates fan out after combative debate
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/17/2012 - 11:06amHEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) - Fresh off an intensely combative debate, President Barack Obama, Republican Mitt Romney and their running mates are taking their tuned-up fight to the precious few battlegrou...
Saunders: Can either of these candidates govern?
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/17/2012 - 8:36amDo Americans want to make Barack Obama a one-term president so that they can replace him with a one-term governor? My biggest beef with Mitt Romney is that he won his way into the statehouse in Bos...
Obama out to seize momentum from Romney in debate
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/16/2012 - 9:59amWASHINGTON (AP) - The pressure is on President Barack Obama to deliver a Goldilocks performance in the second debate: Not too cool, as he was in his first, listless encounter with Mitt Romney. And ...
Analysis: Burden on Biden to be better than boss
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 10/11/2012 - 2:56pmWASHINGTON - Vice President Joe Biden must be everything President Barack Obama was not: energetic, aggressive and concise. Rep. Paul Ryan must meet the moment and keep things going Mitt Romney's w...
Guest column: Echoes from our 33rd president
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 10/06/2012 - 6:00amBarack Obama let Mitt Romney off the hook frequently during Wednesday night's debate. The former Massachusetts governor's lie about his own tax plan and his specious comments about jobs were glarin...
Jobs report gives Obama much-needed boost
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/05/2012 - 12:49pmCLEVELAND - President Barack Obama celebrated much-needed good economic news Friday as the unemployment rate dropped to its lowest level since he took office. "We are moving forward again," he boas...
First debate sets up moment of high-risk theater
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/03/2012 - 12:42pmDENVER - President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney come face to face for the first time in this presidential campaign Wednesday night for a nationally televised debate that will give mil...
Obama trying to avoid miscue in first debate
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/02/2012 - 2:58pmHENDERSON, Nev. - President Barack Obama has one mission heading into his first debate with Republican Mitt Romney: Don't screw things up.Five weeks from Election Day, Obama has political momentum ...
Saunders: 'Obama's Promise' is a political football
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 09/25/2012 - 12:19pmCandidate Barack Obama made this promise to Univision anchorman Jorge Ramos in May 2008: "What I can guarantee is that we will have in the first year an immigration bill that I strongly support and...
Saunders: 'Obama's Promise' is a political football
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 09/25/2012 - 12:19pmCandidate Barack Obama made this promise to Univision anchorman Jorge Ramos in May 2008: "What I can guarantee is that we will have in the first year an immigration bill that I strongly support and...
Nevada Jobless Rate Ticks Up To 12.1 Percent In August
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 09/21/2012 - 1:35pmDemocrats Continue To Outpace Republicans In Nevada Voter Registration
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 09/18/2012 - 3:16pmCARSON CITY — Democrats continue to out-register their Republican counterparts, with the latest data from Clark County now showing a more than 100,000 voter advantage as the deadline to participate in the Nov. 6 general election draws ever closer.
Today just before noon the Clark County website, which updates registration totals regularly, showed 346,703 Democrats registered to vote compared to 246,479 for Republicans, a 100,224 advantage.
Obama ready to sketch path forward for nation
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 09/06/2012 - 10:20amCHARLOTTE, N.C. - President Barack Obama goes before the Democratic National Convention and the nation on Thursday for a capstone speech designed not just to persuade undecided voters to swing his ...
Democrats Continue To Outpace Republicans In Nevada Voter Registration Efforts
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 09/04/2012 - 7:00pmCARSON CITY — Democrats continued to outpace Republicans in their voter registration efforts in August, signing up 12,163 new voters to 5,042 for Republicans, the Secretary of State’s office reported today.
Registered nonpartisans increased by 6,575 during the same time period, also exceeding the registrations by the GOP.
Of the 1,122,236 active registered voters statewide, 41.3 percent, (463,229), are Democrats, 36.3 percent, (407,513), are Republicans, and 16.7 percent, (186,941), are nonpartisans.
Sirota: From greenwashing to workerwashing
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 08/24/2012 - 6:00amBig Industrial Ag pretends to go organic. PC behemoths mimic Apple products. Barack Obama goes to the right of the Republicans on civil liberties. Mitt Romney suddenly portrays himself as a left-le...
2012 Olympics l US women win gold, don't know what they'll do now
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 08/10/2012 - 4:50pmLONDON - They got a personal shout-out from President Barack Obama, partied with a few of the NBA players and actor Tim Robbins and stayed up into the wee hours of the morning celebrating.Exhausted...
Clean Energy Summit Sparks Political Events, Debate Over Government Role In Renewables
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 08/07/2012 - 6:11amCARSON CITY — With U.S. Sen. Harry Reid’s 5th annual National Clean Energy Summit set to kick off today in Las Vegas, the debate over alternative energy development and the government’s role in its future rages on.
Saunders: Bill Clinton's new best friends
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/01/2012 - 10:53amIt doesn't matter who wins in November; Bill Clinton will end this year on top. The former president will introduce Barack Obama on the penultimate night of the Democratic National Convention in Ch...
Firefighters talk about fighting fires, saving homes and meeting Obama
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/27/2012 - 6:00amTo many residents of South Lake Tahoe and Colorado Springs, Colo., they're heroes. But for the U.S. Forest Service Meeks Bay Fire Station Engine 43 crew, who helped save homes during the Waldo Canyon fire, they're just doing their job.
Group enlists Nevada small business owners to lobby against regulations
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 07/26/2012 - 5:53pmCARSON CITY — A pair of Nevada small business owners on Thursday said the federal government needs to ease off on its excessive regulatory efforts under the Obama administration if it wants to encourage job growth here and around the country.
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski to Visit South Lake Tahoe and Barton Memorial Hospital
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 07/26/2012 - 1:25pm
The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Julius Genachowski, will visit Barton Memorial Hospital on Monday as part of a tour visiting health care facilities in California and Nevada. The visit coincides with the FCC's Rural Healthcare Pilot Program, in which Barton Health received funding.
Obama appoints Carlson to TRPA
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/13/2012 - 6:00amU.S. President Barack Obama has appointed Tim Carlson to the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency's 15-member Governing Board, according to a Thursday statement from the planning agency.The presidential ...
Obama White House appoints Tim Carlson to Lake Tahoe Regional Planning Agency governing board
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 07/12/2012 - 4:56pm
The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency is pleased to welcome Tim Carlson as the new Presidential Appointee to TRPA’s 15-member Governing Board.
Carlson brings with him more than 40 years of government and business development experience to the non-voting seat on the Governing Board. His out-of-the-box business style has resulted in the development of many public/private partnerships and business-to-business joint ventures.
High court upholds key part of Obama health law
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 06/28/2012 - 7:38amWASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the individual insurance requirement at the heart of President Barack Obama's historic health care overhaul.The decision means the huge ove...
Saunders: Arizona can't do it; Washington won't
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 06/27/2012 - 6:00amPresident Barack Obama hailed the Supreme Court's 5-3 decision Monday that struck down most of Arizona's 2010 immigration law. In a statement released by the White House, however, the president sai...
AP source: Talks fail to resolve contempt issue
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 06/26/2012 - 5:45pmWASHINGTON - Obama administration officials and House Republican staff members Tuesday failed to resolve a document dispute that could lead to a precedent-setting contempt of Congress vote Thursday...
Obama to Hispanics on immigrants: I see my kids
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 06/23/2012 - 6:00amLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - President Barack Obama, in a strikingly personal appeal, renewed his call for an overhaul of America's immigration laws before a supportive Latino audience Friday. He portr...
Charen: No one left to pander to
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 6:00amIn 1999, Christopher Hitchens penned an acid reflection on the presidency of Bill Clinton, titled "No One Left To Lie To." The verdict on the presidency of Barack Obama, at least during this campai...
AP sources: Administration mulls pared health law
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 11:52amWASHINGTON - Covering all the bases ahead of a momentous Supreme Court ruling, the Obama administration plans to move ahead with major parts of the president's health care law if its most controver...
Administration sparing some from deportation
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 06/15/2012 - 9:59amWASHINGTON - The Obama administration will stop deporting and begin granting work permits to younger illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children and have since led law-abiding lives. The el...
Saunders: Out of touch? Not so much. Out of gas? Definitely.
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 6:00am"The private sector is doing fine," President Barack Obama declared Friday at a news conference that was supposed to show that the administration knows how to make the economy stronger.It was a bad...
Nationwide rallies target birth control measure
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 5:24pmWASHINGTON - Demonstrators gathered on Capitol Hill Friday afternoon decried the Obama administration's policy to require private health insurance plans to cover contraception as a violation of rel...
Nevada's Washoe County Critical in 2012 Presidential Contest
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 06/05/2012 - 5:24amCARSON CITY — Washoe County Republican and Democratic Party leaders may disagree on who the best choice is for president, but they agree on one point — Washoe is the “battleground” county in the battleground state that is Nevada.
Clark County is expected to go big for Democrats and President Obama, while Nevada’s rural counties are expected to go strong for Mitt Romney. But Washoe County, where Republicans lead in voter registration by 3,700, has gone for both parties in past elections.
Saunders: Elizabeth Warren is not a dumb blonde
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 05/29/2012 - 6:00amIt's hard to figure who looks worse in this story, Elizabeth Warren or Harvard Law School's affirmative action policies.Warren is the former Harvard law professor whom President Barack Obama pegged...
Pool access for the disabled sparks controversy
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 10:25amWASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration is sidestepping an election-year confrontation with the hotel industry and other pool owners to give them more time to comply with access rules for the di...
Column: As the Song Goes 'It Don’t Hurt'
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 9:30am
(Editor's note: This is the next installment in a regular feature by South Lake Tahoe-based Certified Wellness Coach and Advanced Integrative Therapist Krista Kline. Visit her website at www.kristaekline.com.)
We all have regrets. Well, most of us anyway. Maybe (just maybe) there is someone out there that has walked on this planet and felt good about all of the choices they made from birth to death (but it is hard to imagine). And I’m quite aware that there are some that make loads of bad choices but don’t know how to take responsibility for them and instead blame others for why their life isn’t working. (This is an issue worthy of later discussion).
Lower oil prices ease load on consumers and Obama
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 10:34amNEW YORK (AP) - A threat that's been hanging over the economy is starting to look a lot less menacing.Oil and gasoline prices are sinking, giving relief to businesses and consumers who a few weeks ...
Presidential Race Gets Local Focus As Obama, Romney Supporters Weigh In On Jobs, Deficit
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 10:35pm
CARSON CITY — While Mitt Romney and Barack Obama were campaigning elsewhere Tuesday, Nevada Democrats and Republicans took up the battle for the presidency on their behalf.
Rep. Joe Heck, R-Nev., held a telephone conference call to talk up Romney’s credentials as a “turnaround specialist” who will get the country back on track. He also criticized Obama for failing to get spending or the national deficit under control as he promised early on in his presidency.
Obama heads to struggling Nev. after fundraising
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/11/2012 - 10:12amLOS ANGELES (AP) - President Barack Obama is turning his attention back to the economy after a day spent raising millions of dollars for his campaign and riding a media wave on his newly declared s...
Obama voices his support for gay marriage
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 05/09/2012 - 3:09pmWASHINGTON (AP) - Equivocal no longer, President Barack Obama declared his support for gay marriage on Wednesday in a historic announcement that instantly gave the polarizing social issue a more pr...
Saunders: Obama's Julia a woman in need of protector
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 05/08/2012 - 6:00am"Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country," President John F. Kennedy famously said in his inaugural address.In his bid for re-election, the hope-and-change pr...
Saunders: Obama's Afghan War unhindered by partisan fights
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 05/06/2012 - 6:00amPresident Barack Obama was entitled to a victory lap. In August 2007, then-Sen. Obama stuck out his neck when he said that there were terrorists holed up in the mountains of Pakistan and that he wa...
Sparks Fly at Nevada Republican Party Convention
Submitted by Editor on Sat, 05/05/2012 - 11:32pmSPARKS — An impassioned motion to revoke credentials for more than 300 delegates who arrived after the meeting began. Heated questions about the presence of guests and whether they were voting. An angry motion to remove the convention chairman. And that was just for starters.
More than 1,600 county delegates gathered Saturday at the Nevada Republican Party convention in Sparks in a meeting that fluctuated between contentiousness and relative calm as the hours rolled on.
Letter to the editor: Protect freedom
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 04/25/2012 - 6:00amOnce again Michael Zucker, as Obama did, displays his ignorance of the founding principles of the United States. Co-equal branches of government monitor each other and have the power to stop abuses...
Saunders: They shoot rich guys, don't they?
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 04/17/2012 - 5:37pmPresident Barack Obama calls his proposed tax on millionaires the "Buffett rule," based on financier Warren Buffett's claim that he pays a lower tax rate than his secretary. Obama claims that the "...
Letter to the Editor: Republicans have gone further to the right
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 12:14pmI disagree with Debra Saunders' column, in which she claims President Barack Obama has moved the Democratic party to the far left when, in fact, it is the Republicans who have become more extreme.A...
Saunders: Where are all the moderate Democrats?
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 04/11/2012 - 6:00amPresident Barack Obama chastised the media last week. "I think that there is oftentimes the impulse to suggest that if the two parties are disagreeing, then they're equally at fault and the truth l...
Saunders: Why Romneycare outdoes Obamacare
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 03/27/2012 - 12:10pmPresident Barack Obama keeps trying to give former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney credit for the Affordable Care Act, which tells you how unpopular Obamacare is.Romney, Obama told the public radio ...
Feds release health overhaul blueprint for states
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 03/14/2012 - 6:00amWASHINGTON - Fifty million people in America lack health insurance and the law says most of them must soon be provided coverage. But how to deliver?The Obama administration Monday finalized an ambi...
