May 25, 2013

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Republicans Ramp Up Efforts To Erase Stinging Losses

Posted 02.06.2013 | Politics

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI, The Associated Press -- Republicans are ramping up their recruitment of minority candidates in an effort to combat the demog...

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GOP Gov. Jack Dalrymple Backs North Dakota Medicaid Expansion

Jeffrey Young | Posted 03.17.2013 | Business

North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple makes four Republican governors who've decided to back an expansion of Medicaid to their poor residents under Preside...

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Nevada Gov. Seeks Merit Pay, Wyoming Drama: Ed Today

Joy Resmovits | Posted 03.16.2013 | Home

Read More: Missouri Schools, Joy Resmovits on Education, Merit Pay, Jay Nixon, Wyoming Schools, Education Reform, Joy Resmovits, Nevada Schools, Brian Sandoval, Home News

Ed Reform In Nevada? Gov. Brian Sandoval is putting the final touches on his Wednesday State of the State speech, and according to the Las Vegas Review Journal, education will factor high. Merit pay -- a plan in which teachers are paid partially in accordance with their students' test scores -- is looking good to him. "There is money in the budget to ensure we have a fair system by which we're going to measure the performance of teachers," Sandoval said. "Education will be a big priority for me, and you're going to hear a lot about it in the State of the State. K-12 as well as higher ed." (It should be noted that merit pay hasn't been found to work most anywhere -- except in special cases).

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GOP Governor Bucks Trend On Health Care Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeffrey Young | Posted 01.10.2013 | Business

A second Republican governor has agreed to carry out an expansion of Medicaid under President Barack Obama's health care reform law. New Mexico Gov. S...

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Second Republican Governor Backs Key Obamacare Provision

Jeffrey Young | Posted 03.11.2013 | Business

Read More: Health Care Reform, Jeffrey Young, Health Care, Obamacare, Obama Health Care, New Mexico Medicaid, Susana Martinez, Susana Martinez Obamacare, Brian Sandoval, Butch Otter, Business News

New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez is the second Republican state chief executive so far to embrace the Medicaid expansion that is central to President B...

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Another GOP Governor Rejects Obamacare For Poor People

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeffrey Young | Posted 01.08.2013 | Business

Idaho won't expand Medicaid to cover more poor people under President Barack Obama's health care reform law, Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter (R) told legislat...

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Pennsylvania's Republican Governor Issues Key Obamacare Pronouncement

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeffrey Young | Posted 12.12.2012 | Business

Read More: Health Insurance Exchange, Brian Sandoval, Tom Corbett, Health Insurance, Business, Obama Health Care, Barack Obama, Politics News, Politics, Video, Uninsured, Butch Otter, Obamacare, Health Care Reform, Business News, Medicaid, Health Care, Business News

Pennsylvania will allow the federal government to implement a major part of President Barack Obama's health care reform law without state input, Gov. ...

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Betting On Obamacare: GOP Governor Makes Medicaid Expansion For Poor Nevadans

The Huffington Post | Jeffrey Young | Posted 12.13.2012 | Business

Read More: Medicaid Expansion, Gary Herbert, Brian Sandoval, Health Insurance, Business, Obama Health Care, Barack Obama, Politics News, Politics, Video, Uninsured, Obamacare, Butch Otter, Health Care Reform, Business News, Dennis Daugaard, Medicaid, Health Care, Business News

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval is the first Republican state leader to embrace a Medicaid expansion under President Barack Obama's health care reform law....

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Idaho's GOP Governor Makes Key Obamacare Move

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeffrey Young | Posted 12.11.2012 | Business

Idaho will be the fifth Republican-led state to participate in a key element of President Barack Obama's health care reform law, Gov. C.L. "Butch" Ott...

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Republican Backs Driver's Licenses For DREAMers

The Huffington Post | Elise Foley | Posted 11.29.2012 | Politics

Nevada is the latest state to confirm it will allow undocumented young people granted deferred deportation by the federal government to get driver's l...

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Another Republican-Led State Rebuffs Obamacare

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeffrey Young | Posted 11.13.2012 | Business

WASHINGTON -- Ohio won't go along with a key component of President Barack Obama's health care reform law and plans to let federal authorities run the...

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Romney, Ryan, GOP Demand Obama Stop Strengthening Welfare Work Mandate

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 11.17.2012 | Politics

Read More: Welfare, President Obama, Gary Herbert, Brian Sandoval, Welfare-to-Work, Mitt Romney, Tanf, Welfare Reform, Paul Ryan, Health and Human Services, Barack Obama, Obama Administration, Politics News

Republicans don't want the Obama administration to help states get welfare recipients off the dole and into jobs.

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Latino VP Might Not Be Key To Hispanic Voters For Romney

The Huffington Post | Elise Foley | Posted 04.19.2012 | Politics

Read More: Latinos, Vice President, Marco Rubio, Latino Voters, Latino Vote 2012, Election 2012 Blog, 2012 Election, Mitt Romney 2012, Brian Sandoval, Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Susana Martinez, Politics News

Picking a Latino running mate would not help Mitt Romney much with Hispanic voters, according to a poll released on Thursday. That could throw a k...

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Mitt Romney Gets Key Endorsements Long After It Matters, So, Thanks For Nothing, Guys!

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.11.2012 | Politics

Read More: 2012 Speculation, 2012 Speculatron, Lindsay Graham, 2012 Election, Bobby Jindal, Mitt Romney 2012, Brian Sandoval, Mitt Romney Endorsements, Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Pat Toomey, Slidepollajax, Dean Heller, 2012, Politics News

From early on in the campaign, one of the key advantages that Mitt Romney claimed in his march to the nomination was the portfolio of endorsements he ...

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Who Might Be The First Latino President Of The U.S?

HuffingtonPost.com | Carlos Harrison | Posted 02.20.2012 | Latino Voices

With all the attention being placed on the Latino vote, possible Hispanic vice-president candidates, and the support of influential Latino leaders in ...

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Key Republican Keeping His Powder Dry

AP | By SANDRA CHEREB | Posted 02.03.2012 | Politics

CARSON CITY, Nev. -- Don't mistake Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval's invitations to the Republican presidential contenders as anything more than a hospitab...

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Reno Wildfire Forces 10,000 To Evacuate

AP | SCOTT SONNER and MARTIN GRIFFITH | Posted 03.20.2012 | Green

Read More: Video, Washoe County, Nevada Wildfire, Michael Hernandez, Brian Sandoval, Armando Avina, Wildfires, Reno Wildfire, Green News

RENO, Nev. — Fire officials say they have stopped the forward progress of a fast-moving brush fire south of Reno, Nev., that burned several stru...

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Hispanic Stars Of The GOP

AP | By JERI CLAUSING | Posted 12.17.2011 | Latino Voices

Read More: Governor Susana Martinez, Marco Rubio, Gop Hispanics, Latino Politics, Susana Martinez, Brian Sandoval, Senator Marco Rubio, Latino Voices News

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez, Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio are popular, relative political newcomer...

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Rick Perry Picks Up 2012 Endorsement

AP | By KASIE HUNT | Posted 11.13.2011 | Politics

Read More: Gop Primary, Republican Primary, Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval, Brian Sandoval Endorses Rick Perry, 2012 Election, Brian Sandoval, Elections 2012, Gop, Jobs, Nevada, Elections-2012, Rick Perry, Republicans, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval is backing Texas Gov. Rick Perry's presidential bid. Sandoval cites Perry's "strong record on jobs" and says...

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Republicans Considering Hispanics For VP Role In 2012

U.S. News & World Report | Posted 10.12.2011 | Latino Voices

Read More: Latino-Politics, Republican VP, Republican VP Short List, Susana Martinez, Brian Sandoval, Latino Voices News

Hispanics and women top the list of most buzzed about 2012 Republican vice presidential candidates as the party seeks to build on its shrinking base o...

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For Latino Voters, A Choice Between Disappointment And Menace

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 10.10.2011 | Latino Voices

Kevin Solis, a third-generation Mexican-American from Los Angeles, describes himself as a "poster child for the Democratic Party." One of his uncles w...

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States Take Different Approaches To Education Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 08.02.2011 | Home

Nevada could soon join Tennessee in becoming the latest in a long line of states to pass laws that drastically alter the teaching profession. In N...

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Nevada Governor To Make Appointment To Fill Ensign Senate Seat

AP | By SANDRA CHEREB | Posted 06.27.2011 | Politics

CARSON CITY, Nev. -- Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval has named Republican Rep. Dean Heller to replace John Ensign in the U.S. Senate. The appointment anno...

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Harry Reid's Son Caught Up In Campaign Contribution Scandal

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

CARSON CITY, Nev. -- Nevada's secretary of state says his office is looking into whether former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rory Reid formed nu...

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