ST. PAUL, Minn. — Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., was asked Tuesday about a decade-old remark that seems freshly apropos: He once said unmarried women who have children “need to be somewhat stigmatized.”
WASHINGTON — As Republicans are gathered this week in Minnesota for their national convention, Rep. Jon Porter is heading in another direction.
The pilot who was killed Thursday when the twin-engine airplane he was flying crashed into a North Las Vegas home had a clean record with the Federal Aviation Administration and the aircraft had never been involved in an accident, an FAA spokesman said Tuesday.
The former president of the teachers union has been hired by the Clark County School District to investigate working conditions, but one critic said the hiring of Mary Ella Holloway was further evidence of collusion between top union officials and district administrators.
RENO — A jet engine fire engulfed the wing of an air tanker moments after takeoff, sending the plane rolling into the ground and killing all three members of the aerial firefighting crew, a federal investigator said Tuesday.
O.J. Simpson’s lawyer declared the former football star was ready for jury selection to begin next Monday in his trial stemming from allegations he robbed two sports memorabilia dealers at gunpoint almost a year ago.
A motorcyclist in his mid-20s wanted for a morning robbery in Henderson died after falling off an offramp into southbound Interstate 15 traffic Tuesday morning.
In a world gone dizzy with celebrity, there isn’t much interest these days in small lives.
Back in 2005, state Sen. Terry Care, D-Las Vegas, sponsored a new law that requires the public evaluation of top county employees, as well as city officials, schools superintendents, university presidents and the university system chancellor. Those who serve at the pleasure of an elected body ought to have their performance reviews conducted in a public forum, Sen. Care figured.
When Nevada voters finally get around to punching their choices on November’s ticket, they might very well believe the bottom of the ballot has been cut off. Two years ago, the electorate decided 11 statewide questions; in two months, voters could have but a single issue before them.
Aurelio’s Pizza, 7660 W. Cheyenne Ave., received 19 demerits Aug. 19. Violations included dirty knives stored with clean in knife rack. GRADE: B
I finally have good news for all of the readers out there — and believe me, there are lots of you — who are looking for whole-belly clams.
Classically trained French chef Laurent Tourondel, who did a stint at a three-star restaurant in New York and at Caesars Palace, gives the traditional American sandwich gourmet treatment at the BLT Burger in The Mirage, 3400 Las Vegas Blvd. South.
Unlike hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Hurricane Gustav caused more disruption than destruction to the Gulf Coast casino industry.
Most of the claims in a lawsuit over the proposed Sullivan Square mixed-use development in the southwestern Las Vegas Valley have been dismissed, including the claim for breach of fiduciary duty, attorneys for defendant Harcourt Nevada said.
Trevi Architectural, which closed Friday because of what its founder said was a “multitude of issues,” is under investigation by local, state and federal agencies for possible environmental violations, the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection said late last week.