Senator Dean Heller delivered a tough take down, of the Energy Departments plans to restart the licensing process for Yucca Mountain.

A joint hearing last night in the legislature centered around an ethics controversy over a conversation between the current Gaming Control Board chief and the Attorney General. The conversation between Attorney General Adam Laxalt and Gaming Control Board Chief A-G Burnett took place in March of last year and concerned a wrongful termination suit against Las Vegas gaming giant Sheldon Adelson and his Sands corporation. Burnett says he felt uneasy about the meeting, enough so that he secretly recorded it.

A secretly recorded conversation between Nevada attorney general Adam Laxalt and A.G. Burnett, chairman of the Nevada Gaming Control Board, has led to a yearlong investigation and a legislative inquiry. Nevada Democrats are accusing Laxalt of doing the bidding of GOP Mega-Donor Sheldon Aldelson, when he requested an urgent meeting with Burnett. Burnett says he recorded the meeting and was advised by Govorner Brian Sandoval's general counsel to send the tape the FBI. A couple weeks later, in mid-May, the FBI informed him that they found Laxalt committed no criminal wrongdoing. Laxalt says his own recorded words prove that he did not have ulterior motives

A joint hearing last night in the legislature centered around an ethics controversy over a conversation between the current Gaming Control Board chief and the Attorney General. The conversation between Attorney General Adam Laxalt and Gaming Control Board Chief A-G Burnett took place in March of last year and concerned a wrongful termination suit against Las Vegas gaming giant Sheldon Adelson and his Sands corporation. Burnett says he felt uneasy about the meeting, enough so that he secretly recorded it.

A secretly recorded conversation between Nevada attorney general Adam Laxalt and A.G. Burnett, chairman of the Nevada Gaming Control Board, has led to a yearlong investigation and a legislative inquiry. Nevada Democrats are accusing Laxalt of doing the bidding of GOP Mega-Donor Sheldon Aldelson, when he requested an urgent meeting with Burnett. Burnett says he recorded the meeting and was advised by Govorner Brian Sandoval's general counsel to send the tape the FBI. A couple weeks later, in mid-May, the FBI informed him that they found Laxalt committed no criminal wrongdoing. Laxalt says his own recorded words prove that he did not have ulterior motives

A joint hearing last night in the legislature centered around an ethics controversy over a conversation between the current Gaming Control Board chief and the Attorney General. The conversation between Attorney General Adam Laxalt and Gaming Control Board Chief A-G Burnett took place in March of last year and concerned a wrongful termination suit against Las Vegas gaming giant Sheldon Adelson and his Sands corporation. Burnett says he felt uneasy about the meeting, enough so that he secretly recorded it.

A joint hearing last night in the legislature centered around an ethics controversy over a secretly recorded conversation between the current Gaming Control Board chief and the Attorney General. The conversation between Attorney General Adam Laxalt and Gaming Control Board Chief A-G Burnett took place in March of last year and concerned a wrongful termination suit against Las Vegas gaming giant Sheldon Adelson and his Sands corporation. Burnett eventually took the recording to the FBI. They determined no crime had been committed. While some lawmakers say the situation is a conflict of interest, others say the controversy is a political witch hunt.