Parents of more than two-dozen children who depend on the state to fulfill their medical needs showed up at the Sawyer Building on Wednesday to explain how proposed Medicaid cuts would impact their lives. They didn’t get the chance. The 45 minutes allocated for public comment evaporated before Sara King, the mother of a child with cerebral palsy, and others made it to the microphone.
Nevada business and political leaders like some aspects of President Barack Obama’s $75 billion home loan plan although some question whether the administration is spending enough to help right the housing market.
Las Vegas lawyer Darren Walker has received a 40-month suspension for engaging in the unauthorized practice of law and for not responding to a formal complaint filed against him by the State Bar of Nevada.
A cemetery planned for the southwest valley was approved Wednesday by Clark County commissioners despite some neighbors’ objections.
CARSON CITY — Assembly Republican leaders said Wednesday that Sen. Harry Reid should have secured more funds for Nevada in the $787 billion economic stimulus package signed into law Tuesday by President Barack Obama.
A joint resolution proposed by state Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford and Assemblywoman Marilyn Kirkpatrick seeks to ban experimental aircraft flights out of North Las Vegas Airport.
Two conservation groups are seeking federal protection for 42 species of spring snail, including several varieties found in rural areas targeted for groundwater development by the Southern Nevada Water Authority.
WASHINGTON — Energy Secretary Steven Chu told a group of state officials Wednesday he favors moving toward licensing a nuclear waste repository in Nevada, although whether it would ever be built is another thing altogether.
Never thought gizmos could be comforting, but after spending time at the Southern Nevada Counter Terrorism Center, I feel a stronger sense of security.
We feel that denim out-rocks leather at all levels. Leather is for empty, little people. Denim is for us big guys,” says Turbonegro bassist Happy-Tom.
Riddle: What do you get when you cross a living statue from The Venetian with the animatronic fountains at Caesars?
Punk, country and rockabilly are all bonded by blood, with a shared lineage that can be traced back to the same towering family tree. You don’t have to explain this to Jaxy and the Three .57s, a high steppin’, hard swingin’ coed quartet whose sound encapsulates all three. We’ll let them take it from here …
The seventh annual Taste & Sounds of Soul festival will offer something in addition to the food, vendors, music and other entertainment that are its usual hallmarks.
“Gandhi-King-Ikeda: A Leg-acy of Building Peace,” an exhibit that celebrates global peace, continues at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas through Saturday, with a smaller version on display at the College of Southern Nevada through Feb. 28. Admission is free.
“Bite” replaced its lord vampire, but the former one will “Ignite” the Greek Isles with a new revue.
With today’s textspeak and Internet shorthand, it almost seems as if language is becoming a dying art. Over at savethewords.org, there is a list of outstanding, though rarely used, words. You adopt one and promise to use it in conversation and correspondence to keep the beauty of language flowing.
A Black History Month exhibit at Madame Tussauds Las Vegas continues through February.
Simon Doonan has a brilliant idea. In town for the Women’s Philanthropy United Luncheon, the Barneys New York creative director has a system figured out that would undoubtedly wake the retail industry from its near-dead state.
The big news last week at WSA, the World Shoes and Accessories trade show at Mandalay Bay, was the demise of patent leather. The shiny trend caught hold of the shoe industry a good three years ago and has had a tight grip ever since. No color was off limits, nor was any style — pumpkin patent ballet flats, anyone? Fall ’09 trends, however, show the party slowly but surely coming to an end.
Jessica Barajas broke down in a Ross dressing room recently. The 25-year-old couldn’t believe the size she’d become and began “crying hysterically” at the realization. They were tears of joy.
Barack Obama has one word for those who didn’t get in over their heads during the recent housing boom and have paid their mortgages on time: Suckers!
