Senate bill reverses high court ruling

WASHINGTON — The Senate last week passed a wage discrimination bill that would make it easier for workers to sue their bosses after learning they were paid less than colleagues.

Water outlook called dim

RENO — Experts offered a grim water outlook for Nevada and California on Friday, saying farmers can again expect to receive less water than normal this year because of a drought.

Critics blast chancellor for comments in address

Conservatives on Friday lashed out at higher education system Chancellor Jim Rogers over comments he made during his State of the System address.

Miss Indiana takes Miss America crown

Wearing a white lacy gown that made her look more like a bride than a beauty pageant contestant, Miss Indiana Katie Stam, 22, was crowned Miss America in a two-hour finale at the Planet Hollywood Theatre for the Performing Arts Saturday night.

Obama urged to return jobs to whistle-blowers

A coalition of government watchdog organizations has asked President Barack Obama to restore the jobs of some federal employees who were fired or marginalized during the Bush administration.

In Brief

MAN IN HIS 40s OR 50s

TV anchor’s family suing Ford over fatal crash

Anchorwoman Polly Gonzalez was one of the most recognizable and beloved television personalities in Las Vegas. An award-winning veteran reporter, she was the community’s first Hispanic prime-time anchor. She was known for her volunteer work with Hispanic youths and for urging kids to stay out of gangs.

Automakers ready to make deals

If you’re in the position to buy a new car, now is a pretty good time.

Three seek to succeed NLV mayor

As term-limited North Las Vegas Mayor Michael Montandon prepares to pursue his dream of becoming Nevada’s next governor, City Council members Shari Buck, William Robinson and Stephanie Smith have announced plans to run for mayor.

Top Stories

People nationwide paused to watch Barack Obama take the presidential oath of office Tuesday, and valley residents were no exception.

Faux firefighters steal TVs from apartment complex

Two men posing as Clark County firefighters stole two flat-screen TVs from an apartment complex gym earlier this month and Las Vegas police want to know who they are.

Taxes fall with property values

Falling property values have generated almost a daily dose of depressing reports, but many people are finding one bright spot amid the gloom: lower taxes.

Gold mine ruling may come Monday

RENO — A federal judge intends to rule Monday on a complicated legal battle that pits religious and environmental concerns against the economic interests of hundreds of Nevada miners and the world’s biggest gold mining company.

Be happy, but do worryCommentary

Barack Obama faced an implausibly contradictory challenge in his inaugural address Tuesday. He needed to celebrate the historic magnificence of an African-American’s becoming president of a nation once of African slaves. But then he had to tell everyone sternly that, uplifting as that was, this same great country faced deep, ominous and largely self-inflicted trouble economically, not to mention diminishment in world reputation.

Transparency is the best of disinfectants

President Barack Obama hit the ground running on his first full day in office, issuing two memoranda ordering government openness and an executive order removing some obstacles to accessing the records of former presidents.

At the bottom of another ‘report card’

I see where the newspaper published without notable dissent (lead story, Page 2B, Jan. 16) another one of these cooked-up “report cards” on how Nevada is doing, this one from a Henderson-based outfit calling itself the Children’s Advocacy Alliance.

‘We wrote the bill’

With each passing day, the massive economic stimulus package being pushed by President Obama and congressional Democrats looks more like the vote-buying slop we’ve come to expect from Washington.

The ugly side of the inauguration

Ironic that on Inauguration Day, when President Barack Obama told Americans it was time to take personal responsibility and “grow up” as a country, some of his supporters behaved like spoiled children in booing George W. Bush.

Sorting budget basics from baloney

All the spin, all the exaggerations, all the shrieks and outright lies — it must be time for another session of the Nevada Legislature.

Culinary union shakedown

The politically potent Culinary Local 226 says it already has enough signatures to require a popular vote on the City Council’s current scheme to move Las Vegas City Hall to an abandoned casino site six blocks to the southwest — between the Clark County Government Center and the Regional Justice Center.

Out There

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Cerca Calendar

Though the shoulders of mountains be cloaked with ice in much of Cerca Country, there’ll be a hot time in its small towns all month. See if any of these events warm your imagination.

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