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Carson City is looking at laying off up to 30 employees due to a budget shortfall caused by lower-than-expected sales tax revenues, according to a story by the Nevada Appeal.

Carson Now has learned that Sheriff Kenny Furlong met with his employees and indicated that 10 sworn officers and 16 civilian employees were facing layoffs. The sheriff and fire departments make up almost half of the city's budget.

On The Reflection In The Mirror
By Karl Neathammer

Carson River Community Bank in Carson City was closed today by the Nevada Department of Business and Industry, Financial Institutions Division, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporatio

After President Obama announced his plan to eliminate funding for the Y

On The Census
By Karl Neathammer

After 23 years of non-stop controversy, Yucca Mountain appears to be at the end of the road.

One of the reasons I ran for President was because I believed so strongly that the voices of everyday Americans, hardworking folks doing everything they can to stay afloat, just weren’t being heard ov

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Several hundred latinos gathered at the Fuji Park Exhibit Hall this week to take part in a nationwide letter writing campaign to the Congress.

By Carson City resident Karl Neathammer
It has been my observation and I believe even a cursory analysis of our political history will show that all political ideologies and movements eventually e

Breakups are usually sad affairs, and the implosion of the marriage of Jim and Dawn Gibbons is no exception. Having met and talked with both of them on multiple occasions, it's hard not to feel sorry for them.

At his much touted “Open Door Meeting” with state lawmakers and the news media, Governor Gibbons started the session with a dismal evaluation of the state budget, said more state worker pay cuts or fu

Why Are We So Afraid to Use The First Amendment?
By
Karl Neathammer
“ Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the fre

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Various people around the Congress are beginning to get subpoenas asking for specific documents that may be related to the Sen.

Pro-Life groups come out against "personhood" petitionNevada Appeal Capitol Burea

Thank you to Nevada veteransBy Dean Heller Special to the Nevada Appeal

Business BriefsStaff Writer

Let's stop shooting ourselves in the footBy Dr. Eugene T.

Jobless benefits extended By GEOFF DORNAN gdornan@nevadaappeal.com

Wealthy are no longer shut out from Roth IRAs By William Creekbaum For the Nevada

COMMENTARY: Put politics aside and support health care reformBy Janice Ayres

Letters to the Editor 10/30Staff Writer

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- After taking a pounding in Congress over the economic crisis and the multibillion-dollar bailout of ailing financial firms, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke went to Middle America to try to explain the central bank's...

Rep. Dean Heller, R-Nev., told colleagues Thursday that members of Congress should be required to join any federal public health benefits plan created by Congress.

WASHINGTON - Democrats' health care bills won't meet President Barack Obama's goal of slowing the ruinous rise of medical costs, Congress' budget umpire warned on Thursday, giving weight to critics who say the...

WASHINGTON - The drive to remake the nation's health care system suffered yet another setback in Congress on Thursday when a pivotal group of House Democrats demanded changes in legislation the leadership was drafting on a fast...

There's only so much our nation's politicians can do in their limited time in Washington, D.C., and only so many issues they can tackle.