Speaking of the school district: If a recent study is any indication, supporters of the November school construction bond may want to reconsider the traditional “Support Question 1” campaign in favor of an effort to discourage absentee balloting and early voting.
As Gov. Jim Gibbons and state lawmakers prepare to address a budget deficit approaching $1.2 billion, the country’s fifth-largest public school system is so determined to do the bidding of teacher unions that it’s ignoring the realities of a slumping economy and all principles of good governance and public accountability.
Call it chauvinism, patriotism, elitism — or any of a crop of other -isms — but it’s not unusual for states, cities or regions to affix their names to their produce. Most of the time, the names don’t mean all that much to the average consumer beyond indicating the area of origin. But when it comes to California avocados, you might want to pay attention.
El Rodeo Bar, 1815 E. Charleston Blvd., received 18 demerits June 13. Violations included ice machines and soda nozzles soiled. GRADE: B
Imagine a drug that could whittle your waistline, control your blood pressure, protect your heart, strengthen your bones, cut the risk of stroke and possibly help you sidestep some types of cancer. And what if this drug was also easy to obtain, pleasurable to swallow and inexpensive?
Serious wines are being produced in Washington state these days, challenging the position of California as a leader in the domestic wine market. Perhaps it won’t happen in volume, but in quality there’s a contest, especially when it comes to syrah-based wines. This Stonecap is a good example.
I always knew my readers were wise — they show me all the time — but I didn’t know so many were fans of Wise Potato Chips, being sought by Patt Almaraz, who said she used to find them at Albertsons.
NEW YORK — U.S. home prices, led by sharp declines in Las Vegas and Miami, tumbled in April at the fastest rate since a widely followed index was begun in 2000, with all 20 metropolitan areas surveyed posting annual declines for the first time.
A man accused of impersonating a notary public for members of an “imaginary” Indian tribe avoided jail time Tuesday, but a federal judge warned him that he would receive time if he continued to notarize documents.
California, Maryland and Massachusetts rate as superstars of the high-tech world, the whiz kids who sit in the front row and solve all the complex math problems.
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., met Tuesday with the heads of several major airlines to discuss how to bring down fuel costs to avoid spiraling ticket prices and reduced service to Las Vegas and elsewhere.
Herbst Gaming appointed two independent directors to oversee any potential restructuring opportunities for the financially troubled casino operator.
Winning a World Series of Poker event for the first time was a monumental achievement in the career of David Singer. But if his pregnant fiancee, Erin Warner, had gone into labor during the final table, Singer was ready to pick up his chips and walk away from the game.
