Former Nevada Senator Bill Raggio was remembered as the Lion of the Legislature, an icon of Nevada history and a respected statesman who valued compromise above partisan politics.

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FORMER NEVADA SENATOR BILL RAGGIO WAS REMEMBERED as the Lion of the Legislature, an icon of Nevada history and a respected statesman who valued compromise above partisan politics. Raggio served in the Nevada Senate for 38 years--28 of them as Republican leader--before he resigned in 2011. He died in February while on a vacation in Australia. He was 85. The Nevada Senate honored Raggio in 2011 by electing him to the Senate Hall of Fame. Raggio had recently published "A Man of His Word," a book about his life. "Besides his brilliant intellect and remarkable political skills, the thing I've thought about is the remarkable humanity...