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Virginia City, which once had a dozen competing newspapers, will be down to one again with the merger of the Comstock Chronicle and Virginia City News. The Chronicle, which has been in business 30 years, and the News, started nine years ago, are joining forces with the March 3 edition. …

A bill from the Attorney General’s Office, AB42, seeks to bring some clarity and organization to the Nevada public-records act, but instead it seemed to create confusion and raise doubts among Assembly Government Affairs committee members. I testified in support, but with my own reservations. The bill came out of …

Already this session I’ve testified in opposition to three bills in front of Nevada legislators that propose to reduce public notices. On a fourth, we’re taking a neutral stance. First up was SB10 from the Treasurer’s Office, which was heard a couple of weeks ago. It would change how unclaimed …

The first public-notice bill to be heard in the 2017 legislative session came up Monday — on short notice, interestingly enough — in the Senate Judiciary Committee. Senate Bill 10 is proposed by the state Treasurer’s Office to change how unclaimed property is listed in newspapers around the state. I …

We had a good time hosting Erik Holland and his artwork during Saturday’s downtown wine walk, when dozens of people came through the Rinckel Mansion to see Erik’s ‘Iconic Nevada’ show. If you missed the receptions, the art is still hanging on the walls here through February, so feel free …

Am I the only one  who believes the traditional print version of our community newspaper still provides the best economic future? Peter W, Wagner, Founder, The N’West Iowa REVIEW I don’t understand the logic of moving local news coverage from the long-established and highly respected printed newspapers to the internet. …

By Jim Stasiowski It took 12 tries by an equal number of people before someone finally succeeded in explaining to me how tax-increment financing (known as TIF) works. Maybe 15 tries. Even before I fully understood TIF, I knew it was a way that a government uses tax money to …

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We’re looking forward to hosting ‘Iconic Nevada,’ an art show by Erik Holland, with receptions Feb. 4 and 8 in the Rinckel Mansion, which is also home to the Nevada Press Association here in Carson City. Erik is a plein air artist, meaning he stands outside and paints, and most …

Nevada’s Public Employee Retirement System has again lost in its attempts to hide information about government pensions from the public. This time, it was Nevada Policy Research Institute that sued to find out how much former Nevada employees were being paid from the retirement fund. The Reno Gazette-Journal had already …