A relatively new incumbent will battle a candidate running on a platform to remove the inefficiencies of the courts in the District Court Department 6 race.
She’s my girl. She arrives on Thursday, and ends up spending the long weekend at my house. Being a gentleman, I offer her my bed. My 6-year-old offers her his bed. Ooh, a little rivalry here?
As in the primary, the economy has been the main topic of conversation in the contest for Nevada’s 1st Congressional District, which has an entrenched incumbent facing off against three challengers.
Here are some of the things in news, entertainment and popular culture that we’ve been talking about lately.
Six-year-old Michael Arevalo lobs the beach ball. It bounces out of his father’s hands and into the pool at Turnberry Tower East, where both share a two-bedroom apartment.
When it comes to long-serving politicians, there are those in the Legislature who have served longer than Harvey Munford, who is seeking his third term in Assembly District 6 this year.
Two school administrators with more than 60 years experience between them are competing to replace Shirley Barber as the District C representative on the Clark County School Board.
The challenge for Station Casinos in opening Aliante Station is to not scare away the customers. In other words, the $662 million North Las Vegas hotel-casino may resemble Red Rock Resort in Summerlin, but it better not have Red Rock prices.
Amid collapsing credit markets and sinking stock prices, gaming industry leaders are looking for any piece of positive news. They hope voters in five states will give them a reason to smile come Nov. 4.
Voters in Senate District 3 have a choice between two Democrats on Election Day, longtime incumbent Valerie Wiener, who is seeking her final term in the Legislature, and political newcomer Anthony Wernicke.
CLOSED ENCOUNTERS: Local businesses see shortened business hours as a Band-Aid they can use to stop the financial bleeding as the economy continues to struggle.
About a year and half ago, many industry observers saw private-equity ownership of casino companies as the wave of the future.
Lifelong Nevadan John Oceguera would like to get elected to his fifth term in the state Assembly, but his opponent, Republican Bob Irwin, thinks it’s time for a change.
Major business events and economic events scheduled for the coming week (some dates are tentative):
Voters in Assembly District 9 will choose between an incumbent Democrat, a self-described traditional, conservative Republican, and a third-party candidate.
The race to be District Court Judge for Department 17 has pitted District Judge Michael Villani against local attorney Bruce L. Gale.
A retired day care operator who owes the state hundreds of thousands of dollars and a candidate who served on a California school board face each other in the District 3 race for the Nevada Board of Education.
First elected to the Assembly District 14 seat in 1996, Democrat Ellen Koivisto has her sights set on returning to the Legislature one last time before term limits set in.
Tackling the budget crisis appears to be the focus of both candidates in the Assembly District 10 race.
The unusual race for the new Family Court Department P judgeship pits a sitting midterm judge against a longtime local attorney who accuses the judge of “manipulating the system.”
Republican Sen. Bob Beers, R-Las Vegas, is locked in a tough battle with a well-funded Democratic challenger in the Senate District 6 race as Democrats try to gain control of the upper house, a feat they have not accomplished in 17 years.
Republican Kevin Child finds himself playing the role of the longest of long shots in the Assembly District 8 race against Democrat Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley.
Both incumbent District 28 Assemblyman Mo Denis and his Republican opponent Tino Mendoza realize that the 2009 Legislature will be a grim session with probable major budget cuts.
Every two years the Review-Journal asks lawyers in Clark County to evaluate sitting justices and judges on job-related attributes. In addition, the lawyers are asked whether the judge should be retained in office.
Two attorneys are vying for the newly created Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Department 12 seat.
Las Vegas attorney Kenneth Pollock described himself as an outsider who can bring new ideas to Family Court if voters choose him rather than incumbent Lisa Kent.
A veteran judge and an attorney who promises to hold himself to high ethical standards are the candidates vying for a seat in the District Court Department 8 race.
Three Supreme Court candidates were on edge the night of the primary elections. As results trickled in, each contender looked to have a chance at making it to the general election; the race wasn’t decided until all ballots were counted.