The Democrats who control the state Legislature, under pressure to come up with alternatives to the governor’s unpopular budget proposals, presented an agenda Thursday for the legislative session. Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley and Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford put forward plans to prevent home foreclosures, create “green” jobs and embark on an intensive budget-building process that includes long-term fiscal planning.
Thomas Mitchell’s blog
CARSON CITY — State government will locate a surgeon to operate on two daughters of an unemployed Las Vegas pharmacist who testified before lawmakers he cannot find physicians willing to treat them because state Medicaid benefits do not cover their costs.
As a movie critic, I see movies so you don’t have to. Thus, it’s my sacred duty to warn you off "New in Town" — assuming I have enough brain cells left to write this review.
Anthony Olheiser recalls that, when Tabu opened at the MGM Grand in early 2003, it was one of the first, if not the first, ultralounge in town.
Joël Robuchon at the MGM Grand, 3799 Las Vegas Blvd. South, and Alex at Wynn Las Vegas, 3131 Las Vegas Blvd. South, have received Mobil Five-Star Awards for 2009.
David Draiman was a cantor as a kid, a good boy, often leading his congregation in prayer.
Heidi’s Picks is a selection of restaurant suggestions from Review-Journal critic Heidi Knapp Rinella. Price symbols are based on the cost of an average entree: $ = entrees less than $10; $$ = entrees between $10 and $20; $$$ = entrees between $20 and $30; and $$$$ = entrees more than $30.
Fans and stars of Ultimate Fighting Championship think it has a shot at being bigger than boxing. But one thing missing from this weekend’s big UFC bout — which some sports writers call the biggest UFC fight ever — is the severe smack-talking of boxing.
Three shows, two weekends, one campus, no waiting. …
With many regional theaters across the country closing or severely cutting back, it’s no surprise that the Utah Shakespearean Festival — heavily attended by Las Vegans — is tightening its belt.
From 6 to 9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through Feb. 14, all eight Station Casinos and two Fiestas will award $1,000 every 10 minutes to a randomly selected player using his Boarding Pass (or Amigo Club) card. On those same nights, one $50,000 prize (among all 10 casinos) will be awarded. Entries can be earned every day at slots, tables, poker and bingo, and players must be present at the 9:15 p.m. drawings to win.
Every now and again, someone will ask me if I really feel comfortable reviewing a restaurant after just one visit. The fact that I do has many reasons, the foremost being that I’ve been a restaurant critic since 1982 (to paraphrase a friend, "You couldn’t possibly be that old"), and in the light-years since have developed a feel for when a restaurant is just having a bad night and when things have spiraled into a death dive toward hell.
You can see Neanderthal behavior any Las Vegas afternoon if you hover around the buffet, sports book or the blackjack table when there’s a bad beat.
The consensus is that Nevada isn’t a very good place to get a public education. Regardless of individual success stories, we are generally unhappy with what’s happening, or not happening, in the schools here.
In one of his first executive orders, on Jan. 21, President Barack Obama issued new staff guidelines for responding to Freedom of Information Act requests from journalists and others.
For all the disdain and derision they’ve hissed toward Gov. Jim Gibbons over the state budget, Nevada’s legislative Democrats have been woefully lacking when it comes to offering alternatives to his proposed spending plan.
The local economy will shed nearly 4 percent of its work force in 2009, a nationwide group of public officials predicts.
Safety consultant Myron Jones understands better safety training is needed for workers entering construction job sites, but he believes the basic OSHA training labor unions and politicians are pushing is the wrong way to go.
Monica Williams worked as an administrator at a California nuclear power plant, but she decided to try something different when she and her husband moved to Las Vegas.
To revitalize the economy and protect the environment, Americans need to save energy, cut dependence on foreign oil and reduce use of fossil fuels, many officials urge.
The flight from Los Angeles to New York’s JFK airport was nonstop, nearly six hours of solitude in what had become a hectic summer.
The Insight is back with more power, a more practical design and a new mission as the most-affordable gasoline-electric hybrid on the block.
Unless you were one of the few lucky baby boomers who had wealthy parents, you rarely, if ever, received the privilege of riding in an honest-to-goodness luxury car.