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 Sun, 3/8/2010 - Sen. Harry Reid made his candidacy official Monday morning, filing to run for a fifth term in what experts say could be the most expensive and hard-fought race in the country.

The Senate majority leader is in a fight for his political life. He suffers from abysmal approval ratings and trails the two leading Republican candidates seeking the chance to take him on in November. The GOP has routinely hammered him on the state's unflagging jobless rate, arguing that he has failed to use his clout to help his home state.

LAS VEGAS – As a casino executive, Sue Lowden has proven that she will do anything to make a buck. As previously reported, she broke the law to deny her employees health insurance and even gave her CEO husband six-figure bonuses while slashing the jobs of hundreds of her workers.

Now, we learn that under Sue Lowden, casinos owned by Archon Corporation were dangerous places to work. In fact, during the years she was a casino executive, the Sahara, Hacienda, Santa Fe and Pioneer Hotels and Casinos were cited by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration at least 221 times.

Fifty-two of these violations were classified as serious. Four of the total 221 were repeat violations.

LAS VEGAS – Today, Nevada Senator Harry Reid filed for re-election to the U.S. Senate, stating there is more work to be done to create jobs and provide relief to Nevadans suffering during these difficult economic times.

Sen. Reid’s filing comes two days after his announcement that Nevada would receive more “Hardest Hit Fund” dollars than any other state per capita, monies that will help struggling families who are underwater in their homes. It also comes shortly after he led the Senate to pass a bipartisan Jobs Bill and broke a Republican filibuster to extend unemployment insurance benefits to those looking for work.

LAS VEGAS – This week, Sue Lowden launched a misleading attack ad on TV that relies on misinformation to distort the work Sen. Reid has done to make health insurance affordable for all Nevadans.

However, this desperate attack shouldn’t be surprising from someone so dead set on lining her pockets that as a businesswoman she broke the law to deny coverage to her employees and then tried to change Nevada law as a state senator to enshrine lower quality, cheaper coverage on the books.

LAS VEGAS – Last week, Archon Corporation’s annual report provided Nevadans their first glimpse at Sue Lowden’s real record as a businesswoman…and it isn’t something to be proud of. Busting the myth that job creation is her top priority, her company’s filing revealed that a $200,000 bonus to her husband was worth more to her than the jobs of nearly ¼ of her employees in 2009.

And that wasn’t the first time.

Reno, NV - The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) Action Fund, which works to elect candidates who will implement sound environmental policies, today announced its endorsement of Harry Reid for re-election to the U.S. Senate. In his 22 years in the U.S. Senate and four years in the House of Representatives, Sen. Reid has earned a 77% LCV lifetime environmental score and earned a 92% for the 110th Congress.*

“As Senate Majority Leader, Senator Reid has championed efforts to bring new clean energy jobs to Nevada and reduce our dangerous dependence on foreign oil,” said LCV Senior Vice President for Political Affairs Tony Massaro. “We are proud to endorse Senator Reid for re-election because he is working to ensure that America – and more importantly Nevada – leads in the creation of the 21st century’s clean energy economy.”

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 Sun, 3/8/2010 - Sen. Harry Reid made his candidacy official Monday morning, filing to run for a fifth term in what experts say could be the most expensive and hard-fought race in the country.

The Senate majority leader is in a fight for his political life. He suffers from abysmal approval ratings and trails the two leading Republican candidates seeking the chance to take him on in November. The GOP has routinely hammered him on the state's unflagging jobless rate, arguing that he has failed to use his clout to help his home state.

LAS VEGAS – As a casino executive, Sue Lowden has proven that she will do anything to make a buck. As previously reported, she broke the law to deny her employees health insurance and even gave her CEO husband six-figure bonuses while slashing the jobs of hundreds of her workers.

Now, we learn that under Sue Lowden, casinos owned by Archon Corporation were dangerous places to work. In fact, during the years she was a casino executive, the Sahara, Hacienda, Santa Fe and Pioneer Hotels and Casinos were cited by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration at least 221 times.

Fifty-two of these violations were classified as serious. Four of the total 221 were repeat violations.

LAS VEGAS – Today, Nevada Senator Harry Reid filed for re-election to the U.S. Senate, stating there is more work to be done to create jobs and provide relief to Nevadans suffering during these difficult economic times.

Sen. Reid’s filing comes two days after his announcement that Nevada would receive more “Hardest Hit Fund” dollars than any other state per capita, monies that will help struggling families who are underwater in their homes. It also comes shortly after he led the Senate to pass a bipartisan Jobs Bill and broke a Republican filibuster to extend unemployment insurance benefits to those looking for work.

LAS VEGAS – This week, Sue Lowden launched a misleading attack ad on TV that relies on misinformation to distort the work Sen. Reid has done to make health insurance affordable for all Nevadans.

However, this desperate attack shouldn’t be surprising from someone so dead set on lining her pockets that as a businesswoman she broke the law to deny coverage to her employees and then tried to change Nevada law as a state senator to enshrine lower quality, cheaper coverage on the books.

LAS VEGAS – Last week, Archon Corporation’s annual report provided Nevadans their first glimpse at Sue Lowden’s real record as a businesswoman…and it isn’t something to be proud of. Busting the myth that job creation is her top priority, her company’s filing revealed that a $200,000 bonus to her husband was worth more to her than the jobs of nearly ¼ of her employees in 2009.

And that wasn’t the first time.

Reno, NV - The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) Action Fund, which works to elect candidates who will implement sound environmental policies, today announced its endorsement of Harry Reid for re-election to the U.S. Senate. In his 22 years in the U.S. Senate and four years in the House of Representatives, Sen. Reid has earned a 77% LCV lifetime environmental score and earned a 92% for the 110th Congress.*

“As Senate Majority Leader, Senator Reid has championed efforts to bring new clean energy jobs to Nevada and reduce our dangerous dependence on foreign oil,” said LCV Senior Vice President for Political Affairs Tony Massaro. “We are proud to endorse Senator Reid for re-election because he is working to ensure that America – and more importantly Nevada – leads in the creation of the 21st century’s clean energy economy.”