Alexandra Berzon

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Road, water, transport projects are ready to go: If stimulus money flows, Nevada agencies say they can put people to work fast; Monday, Dec. 1, 2008; As President-elect Barack Obama and the Democratic Congress signal that they want a new economic stimulus package to include federal money for public works projects, officials at agencies across Nevada are imagining the possibilities.
Six Questions for Chris Giunchigliani: Clark County Commissioner, District E; Monday, Dec. 1, 2008; Clark County Commissioner Chris Giunchigliani convened a task force in June to brainstorm ways to improve worker safety on construction sites. Local officials concerned about the rash of worker deaths on the Las Vegas Strip heard a wide range of policy concerns and suggestions.
Work cut out for next OSHA chief: Even with optimism that comes with new president, many battles to be fought; Monday, Nov. 24, 2008; Frustration permeated a Washington hearing room in June as a House labor committee took testimony on construction safety that focused on fatalities in Las Vegas and other places.
Reports: Perini’s safety wanting: Analyses fault resort contractor for hazards, congestion, lax follow-up after accidents; Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008; Two stinging reports say there’s more the Perini Building Co., the general contractor of the CityCenter and Cosmopolitan construction sites, can and should do to create safe work sites.
Pols debate future of rural voter influence: Monday, Nov. 10, 2008; Barack Obama’s campaign in Nevada put unprecedented effort into courting rural voters.
Historic victory no win for some: In Elko, residents fear effects on jobs, taxes, gun laws; Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008; As it turned out, there was no dancing in the streets of Elko on Tuesday night.
Black and passionately for Obama in red Elko: Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008; Among Elko voters at the Convention Center on Tuesday, there was no way around it. Julie Embry stuck out.
Where the economy isn’t No. 1: In prosperous mining town, voters can afford to take the Iraq war, social issues into account; Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008; Obama or McCain? The conservative mining town of Battle Mountain, insulated from the economic downturn by high gold prices, provides a glimpse of what this election might have looked like had Wall Street not melted down.
Palin energizes Elko crowd on final campaign stop: Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008; "God bless America. God bless Nevada." With those words Monday night, the whirlwind two-month journey that sent a nearly unknown figure from the governor's mansion of Alaska to the set of "Saturday Night Live" and every swing state in between made its final stop before Election Day.
Democratic wave felt even in staunchly Republican Elko: Sunday, Nov. 2, 2008; As Alberia Sanders and her sister, Cristina Martinez, stepped out of their car Saturday morning to canvass in the heart of Nevada Republican country, clipboard and Barack Obama paraphernalia in hand, a man raking leaves looked up and laughed.