Many high school basketball teams would panic with their leading scorer in foul trouble.
The Clark County School District, Medicaid, state government, food stamp aid and transportation programs would benefit under the economic stimulus bill passed by the House of Representatives this week.
Be honest. You watch the Super Bowl for the commercials, right?
Tuition at Nevada’s colleges and universities will probably go up next year. There’s wide agreement on that.
But will it rise 8 percent? Ten percent? Twenty five percent?
Could it possibly go up 225 percent?
“Oh no,” said Jim Rogers, the higher education system’s chancellor. “We wouldn’t have any students left.”
North Las Vegas police on Thursday released a sketch of a person of interest in last week’s slaying of a Pizza Hut deliveryman, an act that Chief Joseph Forti described as “tragic” and “senseless.”
So far, the biggest Super Bowl bet someone has placed at an MGM Mirage casino is nearly a half-million bucks, says Jay Rood, MGM’s race and sports director.
ELKO — A mining reform bill similar to one that passed the U.S. House last year but failed to get out of the Senate has been reintroduced in the House.
Las Vegas police earlier this month recovered hundreds of thousands of dollars in jewelry belonging to Ben Nighthorse Campbell, a former U.S. senator from Colorado.
Petitions challenging the city of Las Vegas’ redevelopment plan and a proposed new city hall have enough signatures to proceed, the Clark County Election Department said Thursday.
There are rumblings that a villa being renovated at Wynn Las Vegas is the future home of Steve Wynn and his British girlfriend.
Term limits will keep Henderson City Councilman Jack Clark from defending the Ward 3 seat he has held since 1993. Now the race is on to replace him.
An ailing real estate market could cause property tax revenue to stay flat or even dip in Clark County, a prospect that longtime officials say is unheard of and troubling.
• A story in Thursday’s Review-Journal on the Yucca Mountain Project misstated the expiration date for a stopgap bill funding the project. The bill expires on March 6.
A legislative subcommittee will support having business court judges publish decisions instead of pushing to establish a Chancery or business court, a report issued Wednesday by the Legislative Counsel Bureau shows.
There was no escaping the harsh realities of the nation’s deepest recession since the 1980s at Preview 2009, the annual economic outlook presented Thursday by the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce.
When Frederick and Mary Vonseydewitz were arrested earlier this week on multiple charges of sexual abuse of minors, it wasn’t the couple’s first encounter with police regarding those kinds of accusations.
WASHINGTON — Nevada’s senators staked out opposing sides Thursday as the Senate began positioning for the big debate next week over President Barack Obama’s economic stimulus plan.
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.