Las Vegas Review-Journal, 3/10/2010 - "How sweet it is. How sweet it is. And it really is."

That's how former Nevada Sen. Richard Bryan, a long-time foe of the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste project, opened his "keynote eulogy" Tuesday night at the project's mock wake at the Palms. Bryan pumped his fists in victory as more than 100 anti-Yucca activists cheered and the "Rocky" movie theme blared inside the ghostbar at the top of the resort.

"Let's hear it for Nevadans because today is a day to celebrate a victory," Bryan said.

KTNV, 3/9/2010 - Las Vegas, NV - Tourism has taken a hit in Southern Nevada.

"It's been a tough year, particularly for domestic U-S travelers to come to Las Vegas," says Gary Selesner, the President of Caesars Palace. "The one segment growing has been international."

But international tourists are in high demand. Since 9-11, 68 million fewer visitors have come to this country.

Lahontan Valley News, 3/9/2010 - Economic news in Churchill County has been bleak, to say the least. Unemployment continues to creep up according to the latest state figures, and news that CMC Joist and Blockbuster will be closing their doors doesn't ooze with too much optimism, either.

More than 100 people will soon be without work in Churchill County.

Not all news is gloom and doom. Sens. John Ensign and Harry Reid have been successful in repealing a resolution that was tacked on House Resolution 2996 last fall redirecting all money derived from sales, bonuses, rentals and royalties under the Energy Act of 2005 shifted from states and counties to the federal government.

Las Vegas Sun, 2/9/2010 - Nevada’s congressional delegation is scrambling to try to reverse a 5-month-old change in federal appropriations that is costing some of the state’s rural counties hundreds of thousands of dollars each month.

At issue is the way the federal government divvies up royalty and lease payments from geothermal power companies that are using federal land.

The 2005 Energy Policy Act allocated a quarter of that revenue to counties where geothermal plants are located, half to those counties’ states and a quarter to the federal government.

Las Vegas Review-Journal, 3/10/2010 - "How sweet it is. How sweet it is. And it really is."

That's how former Nevada Sen. Richard Bryan, a long-time foe of the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste project, opened his "keynote eulogy" Tuesday night at the project's mock wake at the Palms. Bryan pumped his fists in victory as more than 100 anti-Yucca activists cheered and the "Rocky" movie theme blared inside the ghostbar at the top of the resort.

"Let's hear it for Nevadans because today is a day to celebrate a victory," Bryan said.

KTNV, 3/9/2010 - Las Vegas, NV - Tourism has taken a hit in Southern Nevada.

"It's been a tough year, particularly for domestic U-S travelers to come to Las Vegas," says Gary Selesner, the President of Caesars Palace. "The one segment growing has been international."

But international tourists are in high demand. Since 9-11, 68 million fewer visitors have come to this country.

Lahontan Valley News, 3/9/2010 - Economic news in Churchill County has been bleak, to say the least. Unemployment continues to creep up according to the latest state figures, and news that CMC Joist and Blockbuster will be closing their doors doesn't ooze with too much optimism, either.

More than 100 people will soon be without work in Churchill County.

Not all news is gloom and doom. Sens. John Ensign and Harry Reid have been successful in repealing a resolution that was tacked on House Resolution 2996 last fall redirecting all money derived from sales, bonuses, rentals and royalties under the Energy Act of 2005 shifted from states and counties to the federal government.

Las Vegas Sun, 2/9/2010 - Nevada’s congressional delegation is scrambling to try to reverse a 5-month-old change in federal appropriations that is costing some of the state’s rural counties hundreds of thousands of dollars each month.

At issue is the way the federal government divvies up royalty and lease payments from geothermal power companies that are using federal land.

The 2005 Energy Policy Act allocated a quarter of that revenue to counties where geothermal plants are located, half to those counties’ states and a quarter to the federal government.