Developer proposes casino downtown

Plans have been filed for a 47-story hotel-casino in Union Park. If it’s built, it would be the first new casino downtown since 1979.

Elaine Wynn says ‘rumblings’ wrong

Elaine Wynn, addressing for the first time published accounts of a split with her husband, Wynn Resorts chairman and CEO Steve Wynn, denounced a report that appeared here Friday that referred to “rumblings” that he was planning to move his alleged girlfriend into one of his resorts.

State checking Las Vegas loan proposal

State regulators are scrutinizing an $80 million loan that the city of Las Vegas is seeking to make to itself as a way to keep downtown redevelopment projects going during the economic downturn.

Las Vegas hosting ‘Big Game’ events

An estimated 295,000 people are expected to pour into Las Vegas this Super Bowl weekend — about 1 percent fewer than in 2008.

Beating case shows fine line in law enforcement

The case involving two North Las Vegas police officers about alleged criminal misconduct highlights a fine line in law enforcement, where police chiefs have to decide how to police their own.

Child welfare advocates fear cuts

For years Nevada has been among the worst in the nation when it comes to caring for its most vulnerable residents, consistently ranking near the bottom in childhood immunizations, education funding, children with health insurance and other key measures.

Some injured bus crash tourists released from hospital

Seven people were killed and nine others suffered serious or critical injuries after a bus carrying Chinese tourists overturned Friday afternoon 27 miles south of Hoover Dam.

GOP plan could curb state’s unfunded liabilities

CARSON CITY — Assembly Republicans have issued a five-point state spending management plan that could reduce the state’s $10 billion unfunded retirement and health care liabilities and require the Legislature to set aside money to reduce the effect of future recessions, the party leader said Friday.

Yucca workers urged to fight for their jobs

WASHINGTON — Workers at the Department of Energy’s Yucca Mountain Project in Las Vegas are being urged to launch an e-mail campaign aimed at saving their jobs in light of dwindling budgets threatened by Sen. Harry Reid and the Obama administration.

Drug warriors still on the prowl

While on the campaign trail, Barack Obama expressed refreshing opposition to the Gestapo-like tactics the Bush Justice Department has used to undermine popular will on the issue of medical marijuana.

Lawsuit over plumbing settled for $90 million

District Court Judge Timothy Williams approved a joint motion Friday for a $90 million settlement of a class action lawsuit involving faulty Kitec plumbing fixtures manufactured by Canada-based IPEX.

Taxable sales fall across Las Vegas, state

A statewide sales tax report has revealed steep drops in economic activity inside Nevada’s restaurants, furniture stores, car dealerships and clothing boutiques.

Station Casinos said to be near brink of default

Station Casinos Inc., which operates Las Vegas-area properties including Red Rock Casino and the 2-month-old Aliante Station, may be on the brink of default, an analyst said Friday.

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