El Cortez astir in new mix downtown Even Mike Nolan, the El Cortez's biggest cheerleader, will admit that time hasn't always been kind to the 66-year-old hotel-casino and surrounding neighborhood.
Lawmaker seeks secret recordings of abusive phone tactics CARSON CITY -- More collection agencies are using abusive phone tactics, and consumers should be allowed to secretly record those phone calls to defend themselves if a debt dispute winds up in court, lawmakers were told Wednesday.
DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGNING: Edwards says no to debate in Reno Former vice presidential nominee John Edwards will not participate in a Democratic presidential debate scheduled to be held in August in Reno and co-sponsored by the Fox News cable channel, his campaign said.
Medicaid forecast bleak CARSON CITY -- Plans to increase the amount paid to doctors and health care providers for serving state Medicaid patients could be in jeopardy because of slowing tax revenue growth, a lawmaker said Wednesday.
Measure takes aim at grade inflation CARSON CITY -- Eligibility for the Millennium Scholarship should be determined by some objective test or performance standard instead of high school grade-point averages that can be subject to grade inflation, Sen. Bob Beers told a legislative panel Wednesday.
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT: Ensign voices ire at agency WASHINGTON -- Sen. John Ensign on Wednesday charged that the Justice Department botched the dismissals of U.S. attorneys and suggested he was misled as to why the Nevada chief federal prosecutor, Daniel Bogden, was removed from office.
Gibbons quizzed on 'gifts' Secretary of State Ross Miller on Wednesday asked Gov. Jim Gibbons why he didn't initially disclose donors to a fund set up to pay his legal fees associated with scandals, including an accusation currently being investigated by the FBI that he took payments from a friend for secret federal contracts.
EMPOWERMENT SCHOOLS: Gibbons sees plan in action A day after Gov. Jim Gibbons unveiled the details of his cornerstone program for statewide education reform, he visited Culley Elementary School where a similar model has been up and running since fall.
NORTH LAS VEGAS CITY COUNCIL: Plans for park debated North Las Vegas has big plans to turn its 132-acre Craig Ranch Golf Course into one of the city's crown jewels: a sprawling regional park where families can stroll, picnic and play together.
AFL-CIO pursuing united push in 2008 With help from Nevada unions, the nation's largest labor group said in Las Vegas on Wednesday it hopes to get its chosen candidate elected president next year and avoid the mistakes of the past.
Vacant seat spurs outcry A brief brouhaha broke out at Wednesday's Las Vegas City Council meeting as community members of Ward 5 complained that they have no representative on the council.
Federal grand jury indicts Jeffs, leader of polygamous sect SALT LAKE CITY -- A federal grand jury indicted the leader of a polygamous sect Wednesday, accusing him of fleeing to avoid prosecution on Utah sex charges during a manhunt that ended with his arrest near Las Vegas.
Judge's friend ordered held without bail The felonious friend of a Family Court judge, who was a fugitive last month after he failed to turn himself in at jail, was back in court Wednesday.
Meth bill decried by public defenders CARSON CITY -- A bill aimed at getting meth addicts into treatment might instead lead to them being thrown into prison, public defenders testified Wednesday in an Assembly subcommittee.
EMT, others ready for race Blood seeped from her father's mouth as she worked frantically to breathe air into his lungs.
State's Republicans approve moving up caucus to February Nevada Republicans on Wednesday agreed to hold a presidential nominating caucus on Feb. 7, moving the party's contest up more than two months to counter the move to January by the state's Democrats.
Atomic vets advocate seeks quick resolution Tens of thousands of U.S. military personnel who witnessed nuclear bomb explosions at the Nevada Test Site and tens of thousands more who observed them in the South Pacific should not be required to have their exposures reconstructed in order to receive compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs, an atomic vets advocate said Wednesday.
Official urges rapid-response tactics to curb invasive species WASHINGTON -- One of the government's top environmental officials on Wednesday called for greater coordination among government agencies to combat the spread of invasive species such as the quagga mussels that have migrated to the Southwest.
Council extends Neonopolis subsidy Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman called the latest plans for Neonopolis "gobbledy-gook" and said serious questions have come up about the current frontman for the building's new owners, he said on Wednesday.
Woes at Walter Reed a surprise to Nevadans WASHINGTON -- Republican Sen. John Ensign of Nevada serves on the Armed Services and Veterans Affairs committees and visited Walter Reed Army Medical Center last year.
Workers subdue man on stabbing spree in store A 39-year-old man went on a stabbing spree in a Food 4 Less grocery store in North Las Vegas on Tuesday night, leaving two people hospitalized and two others suffering from minor wounds, North Las Vegas police said.
Justice says crowded prisons, courts should be priorities CARSON CITY -- Chief Justice Bill Maupin told legislators Wednesday that cooperation among branches of government must continue as Nevada copes with overcrowded prisons, jammed court dockets, endangered foster children and "malignant" growth of methamphetamine use.
Beers flags pay proposal for courts CARSON CITY -- State Sen. Bob Beers complained Wednesday that Nevada's Supreme Court and District Court judges would become the highest paid in the country if the Legislature approved the pay increases recommended in the court system's $178 million two-year budget.
El Cortez astir in new mix downtown Even Mike Nolan, the El Cortez's biggest cheerleader, will admit that time hasn't always been kind to the 66-year-old hotel-casino and surrounding neighborhood.
