CARSON CITY — A Senate panel voted Tuesday for a bill directing state regulators to require that long-term planning by NV Energy, Nevada’s major utility, factor in future costs of carbon emissions.
For years, Nathaniel Baria lived under the strict authority of a father who demanded that he receive only top grades in school.
The worsening problem of child homelessness is hitting Nevada hard, according to a new report released Tuesday.
This week readers want to know if a motorist must pull over to the right if an emergency vehicle is approaching you on the other side of a divided road with lights and sirens on; and why are the street lights out on Craig Road in the northeast valley? Also, we find out what the holdup is on some traffic signals that are up but not working in the southeast valley. And the Road Warrior reflects on an accomplishment his predecessor failed to reach.
If you’re not checking out the local blogs on reviewjournal.com, here’s just a sample of what you’ve been missing:
After adding plenty of suspense to what many legislators considered a slam dunk, the state Senate voted 16-5 Tuesday to increase the hotel room tax by 3 percentage points.
Washington, D.C., has a news media strongly in favor of endless government growth and voters who lean strongly Democratic. So, with Democrats now in control of both Congress and the White House, it wasn’t hard to foresee the resurfacing of the old cry for “a vote in Congress for the District of Columbia.”
We are delighted that Las Vegas is serving as host to this year’s annual gathering of newspaper and marketing executives, sponsored by the Newspaper Association of America. And I’ve noticed that the newspaper industry and the city of Las Vegas have something in common lately — we’ve both generated national headlines about our “brands.”
Al Bianco is looking for large pasta shells and also pre-stuffed frozen shells, and fellow readers point out that he need look no farther than a neighborhood Italian deli.
Angelina’s Pizzeria, 5025 S. Eastern Ave., received 20 demerits Feb. 25. Violations included employee drinks stored on prep tables among customer food. GRADE: B
Hawaii seemingly has cornered the local market on island food, but the owners of True Island BBQ, 9550 S. Eastern Ave., want diners to know there’s more than one island in the Pacific.
We know the verse (“beans, beans, the musical fruit …”) is going through your mind right now, so just go ahead and complete the thought. We’ll wait.
The new year brought Nevada’s casino industry the same results as 2008.
Las Vegas home sales more than doubled in February from the same month a year ago, although median home prices continue to sink as foreclosures dominate the market, the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors reported Tuesday.
Former Las Vegas Sands Corp. President Bill Weidner quit before he could be formally fired.
Three Nevada lawmakers co-sponsored a key piece of federal labor legislation introduced Tuesday, as local unions and business groups lined up to take sides on the bill.
Herbst Gaming, which has spent the past year seeking a financial restructuring plan for its $847 million in debt, announced an agreement Tuesday with its bondholders in which the company will lose ownership of its 15 casinos in Nevada, Iowa and Missouri, but retain control of its Nevada slot routes.
