Mining tax increase touted

RENO — Taxes on mining in Nevada should be increased as a way to avoid future cuts in state spending, at least five speakers told a legislator Monday night.

Agencies asked to cut budgets

Department heads in Henderson have been asked to slash their budgets by 10 percent or more as the nation’s financial crisis comes crashing down on Nevada’s second-largest city.

Simpson case is far from finished

You “can expect the notice of appeal to be filed five minutes after sentencing,” O.J. Simpson defense attorney Yale Galanter said Sunday, demonstrating that a Clark County jury’s unanimous Friday guilty verdict against the former NFL star and movie actor — who now stands convicted of kidnapping and armed robbery — is not likely to mark the end of the case.

‘Prolonged’ crisis

Congressional passage Friday of a $700 billion bailout for the financial sector has yet to impress Wall Street.

BofA deal will help Nevadans

Some 11,000 Nevadans will keep their homes and avoid foreclosure under a tentative agreement between state officials and Bank of America Corp. announced Monday.

INSIDE BUSINESS

Architecture company moves to new location

IN BRIEF

Sun Country will seek bankruptcy protection

Jury OKs pair of Plazas

There’s room for two Plaza hotels in Las Vegas.

Casino security consultant indicted

Renowned casino security consultant Steve Forte has been indicted in New Jersey in a high-tech poker scam nearly 16 months after his arrest.

Most CityCenter financing secured

MGM Mirage told investors Monday morning it had secured most of the remaining $3 billion in financing for its massive CityCenter development.

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