Fights over tribal payday lenders show challenges of financial reform

By Michael Hudson and David Heath

High-interest payday lenders are teaming up with Native Americans to shield their online businesses from lawsuits and consumer-lending regul

Excerpts from this story referencing "Nevada":

"… ames such as Ameriloan and One Click Cash.After months of silence from the Nevada-based companies, state officials were surprised when two Indian tribes, th …"

"… with additional fees.The Better Business Bureau, which lists addresses in Nevada, Kansas, Colorado and Oklahoma for Ameriloan, reports that the lender has …"

Green bundler with the golden touch

By Ronnie Greene and Matthew Mosk

Investor Steve Westly straddles the worlds of venture capital, presidential fundraising and government advising

Excerpts from this story referencing "Nevada":

"… $9.5 million in stimulus funding in January 2010 for manufacturing work in Nevada and Arizona. Three months later, Amonix announced a $129.4 million round o …"

"… ama spoke alongside Amonix executives during a speech at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas, using the setting to press Congress to pass a $5 billion ext …"

Campaign cash: The independent fundraising gold rush since 'Citizens United' ruling

By Peter H. Stone

For many powerful GOP operatives and allied fundraisers, the luncheon last April felt like one part reunion and one part strategy summit for

Excerpts from this story referencing "Nevada":

"… s of GOP Congressional candidates in battleground states such as Colorado, Nevada, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Some have likened their effort to a shadow GOP.Fo …"

"… d hitting ads with a major focus on Senate contests in Colorado, Missouri, Nevada, and Ohio, Law says. Further, both groups will also run ads to assist a do …"

"… candidates to their liking, he adds. At least one of the group’s ads in Nevada attacking Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has been criticized on factual …"

"… ation will focus on 26 states, among them Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Nevada, and will be aimed at reaching more than 17 million voters including activ …"

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Saints and sinners

By Peter H. Stone

Gingrich balances support of a casino owner with courtship of evangelicals

Excerpts from this story referencing "Nevada":

"… the matter from the SEC. Similar investigations are being conducted by the Nevada Gaming Control Board and Hong Kong regulators.The federal probe, according …"

"… ng to Sands’ statements, is an outgrowth of the private lawsuit filed in Nevada last year by Jacobs, the executive who ran its Macau operations for over a …"

Is Congress failing on Homeland Security oversight?

By Sarah Laskow

Boston Marathon bombing raises new questions.

Excerpts from this story referencing "Nevada":

"… slices of the department, and neither Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, nor House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat from California, has …"

The ‘clean coal’ lobbying blitz

By Marianne Lavelle

They’ve brought coal above ground. They’ve put the black rock on billboards in the swing states, and they’ve splashed it on full-page ads i

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"… dio spots began to appear amid the primary blitz of candidate ads in Iowa, Nevada, and South Carolina. The group sponsored CNN’s coverage of the primary d …"

"… alists might applaud its past campaigns to encourage water conservation in Nevada. But throughout its 35-year history, R&R also has worked for Nevada’ …"

"… in Nevada. But throughout its 35-year history, R&R also has worked for Nevada’s massive gold and metals mining industry — most recently helping fend …"

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The climate lobby's nonstop growth

By Marianne Lavelle

Makers of sneakers, blue jeans, and computer network servers joined forces late last fall and vowed a bigger push in Congress on climate cha

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"… fficient to win support in the Senate, where Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada views the politics as brutal enough to make health care reform look easy i …"

Cigarette smuggler arrested, released in Paraguay

By Marcelo Soares

Roque Fabiano da Silveira, profiled in the 2009 ICIJ series Tobacco Underground, has another encounter with the cops and courts....

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"… 2005, Paul and Silveira were arrested before they could meet in Las Vegas, Nevada. They were indicted on a total of 50 counts of conspiracy, smuggling, traf …"

Broken elections, stolen votes

By Susan Q. Stranahan

Were the chaotic presidential elections of 2000 and 2004 an anomaly or a harbinger of things to come this November? Is democracy, as Karl Ro

Excerpts from this story referencing "Nevada":

"… states he listed: Florida, Colorado, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, Arkansas, and New Mexico. Some went quietly; some, like Iglesias, did not …"

Harry Reid’s new chief of staff is his top career individual donor

By Josh Israel and Aaron Mehta

Fresh off his unanimous re-election by Senate Democrats to be Majority Leader for the 112th Congress, Nevada’s Harry Reid has promoted aide

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"… election by Senate Democrats to be Majority Leader for the 112th Congress, Nevada’s Harry Reid has promoted aide and long-time financial supporter David B …"

"… h included an earmark for a geothermal energy project at the University of Nevada-Reno, and the other bill sought to establish a national commission on ener …"

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