Las Vegas Sun: Berkley draws stark contrasts with Heller over immigration

With her sights set on winning the Hispanic vote in her campaign for the Senate, Shelley Berkley is holding Dean Heller’s feet over the immigration fire. On her website, Berkley, a Democratic congresswoman, has outlined what distinguishes her from Heller, who was appointed last year to the Senate after John Ensign resigned. And her campaign is circulating a petition titled “Tell Dean Heller: Stop insulting Nevada Hispanics.”

• .@LVSun on how Shelley is holding Dean Heller accountable for extreme immigration views #NV Hispanics:

Sheboygan Press: Bill would give 3 Nevada colleges BLM land

Nevada’s U.S. House delegation has re-introduced a bipartisan measure to transfer some federal lands to three southern Nevada colleges for campus expansions. The Southern Nevada Higher Education Land Act would convey parcels owned by the Bureau of Land Management to Great Basin College, College of Southern Nevada and University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

• Shelley co-sponsors bipartisan bill that would help southern Nevada colleges with campus expansions:

Las Vegas Sun: Caucus turnout reveals Republicans have more work to do

Despite the dangling carrot of a Democratic president they want to oust, a competitive field of candidates to choose from and a stated desire to influence national politics, Nevada Republicans showed underwhelming enthusiasm to participate in their caucuses Saturday.

Over 10,000 fewer Republican voters made it to Saturday morning’s much-trumpeted caucuses than turned out for the underpublicized caucuses of 2008. To put it differently: about 8 percent of the party’s active voter base participated this time, compared with about 11 percent four years ago.

• Dean Heller and Mitt Romney drew a "lackluster" crowd to Saturday's GOP caucuses:

Review-Journal: Berkley renews criticism of Heller over immigration

Rep. Shelley Berkley’s campaign on Monday renewed immigration as a wedge in the Nevada Senate race, declaring Sen. Dean Heller to be against “sensible reform” while she is “a true champion” for Hispanics.

The Democrat’s campaign posted to its website new criticism of the Republican incumbent, seeking to reinforce her standing with the key voting community while raising questions about his.

• Dean Heller opposes the #DREAMAct and sensible immigration reform:

Review-Journal: Nevada representatives have own take on State of the Union address

Rep. Shelley Berkley, who is running for U.S. Senate on Obama’s ticket, rose regularly during the hourlong address to offer standing ovations as the president spoke of restoring “fair play” to the nation’s economy and outlined goals on taxes, job creation, immigration and housing.

• Review-Journal: Nevada representatives have own take on State of the Union address