Yolande Walker, who lost her job as a commercial loan processor last March as the economy soured, stands on the third floor of the Henderson townhouse she purchased for $256,000 and talks about how she fights becoming homeless.
CARSON CITY — The head of Nevada’s Republican Party says four new Democratic legislators are being targeted in a “guerrilla” effort to head off any higher taxes by chipping away at the Democrats’ veto-proof 28-14 majority in the Assembly.
A team of students from Reed High School in Sparks will represent Nevada in a national competition based on their knowledge of American rights and responsibilities.
CARSON CITY — Nevada lawmakers start their second week of the 2009 session on Monday with a review of Republican Gov. Jim Gibbons’ plan to save money by abolishing the state’s Consumer Health Assistance Office.
The state’s budget mess took center stage in Carson City as the 75th session of the Nevada Legislature got under way Monday.
A tour bus driver had tried to fix a problem door and was blinded by the sun’s glare just before the bus crashed south of Hoover Dam last month, killing seven passengers, an investigator said Saturday.
Donny Osmond was on the telephone, hoping to clear up some confusion about the “Dancing With the Stars” story that caused him some grief.
The proposed transformation of a rocky, weed-strewn piece of dirt into a cemetery with a mausoleum and funeral chapel inspires both hope and dread.
The Nevada Judicial Selection Commission will interview 15 candidates Monday and Tuesday who are vying for two open Family Court judgeships.
A raucous crowd of more than 600 teachers and parents blasted potential state budget cuts for K-12 education during a rally Saturday at Chaparral High School organized by the Clark County Education Association, the teachers’ union.
CARSON CITY — State Housing Division officials said last week they received $24.3 million in federal money to help revitalize neighborhoods affected by foreclosure.
ELKO — The Fire Science Academy in Elko County has won a reprieve, at least for now.
In the end, disgraced Metro detective Eric Washington received the equivalent of a good scolding for conning an 87-year-old man out of $1,411.50, betraying his community’s trust, and committing three felonies along the way.
A Pahrump man who triggered an Amber Alert across 11 Western states after kidnapping his 6-month-old son in November turned himself in Thursday.
We write to express our alarm at the proposed budget cuts to K-12 schools and higher education and to affirm our support of Chancellor Jim Rogers’ leadership in finding solutions.
There is an old saying that goes, “The game isn’t over until the fat lady sings.” In the race for chairman of the Republican National Committee late last month, the old girl was humming.
I’ve always thought “1984” was the most prophetic novel ever written. It was just a few years ahead of its time.
On Friday morning, Las Vegas resident Molly Orr was completing plans to shut down her children’s clothing company. An untold number of proprietors around the country were going through similar motions. All thought they had been regulated out of business.
Fresh off the Tom Daschle fiasco, the Obama administration now has a potential labor secretary dogged by the issue of unpaid taxes.
Let’s stop using the word “stimulus” to describe the overflowing septic tank that’s seeping through the hallways of Congress. Its sole purpose isn’t to stimulate the economy, but to beef up government budgets, purchase the loyalty of dependent constituencies and leverage even more spending by the drunken sailors who’ve run their state operations ashore.
“Everything is on the table. That is code that any tax that can be raised to balance this budget will be raised or considered — mining, gaming, all industries are vulnerable to the necessities, the urgencies of balancing this budget. … We don’t hold back on this committee.”
In his Jan. 23 State of Education address, Nevada System of Higher Education Chancellor Jim Rogers questioned Nevada’s education system, asking, “What then has made the Nevada education system go from good to average to less than average since the 1960s, when Nevada’s high schools won multiple awards for being among the best in the nation?”
Last month, Los Angeles Times columnist Tim Rutten penned a column on the recent tumble of the nation’s 401(k) tax-deferred retirement accounts.