Soon after beginning his vocal performance with the Las Vegas Philharmonic on Saturday, Brent Barrett told the audience, “It’s good to be out of the mask.” It was good for everyone.
The inherent conflict between the First Amendment and “campaign finance reform” will again be on full display Tuesday, as the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in a case involving a film that is highly critical of Hillary Clinton.
As he bounced around the minor leagues for parts of four seasons, former Wranglers goaltender Mike McKenna always kept an even keel, never getting too high or too low emotionally, as he kept alive his lifelong quest of playing in the NHL. McKenna, who went 46-6-8 for the Wranglers, has appeared in 10 games this season for the Tampa Bay Lightning and he’s one of six former Las Vegas players to make their NHL debuts this season.
One problem after another ambushed coach Lon Kruger this past season, and the losses started piling up on UNLV as a result.
Without a postseason or even a league title to play for, the Laughlin baseball team easily could have entered the season in a dispirited mood.
Voter turnout for municipal elections tends toward the dismally low, and this year so far has been no exception.
CARSON CITY — State Sen. Mike Schneider, D-Las Vegas, wants to spend $1.6 billion for education, besides the lawmakers’ usual allocation for schools, to help improve Nevada’s ranking near the bottom among states in educational dollars spent per student.
Survival of the $9.1 billion CityCenter development was questioned Monday when the investment arm of the Persian Gulf state of Dubai sued its partner, MGM Mirage, over concerns with the project’s viability.
A court ruling setting aside several Las Vegas ordinances that sought to limit activities such as handbilling and business solicitation at the Fremont Street Experience could be appealed, but Mayor Oscar Goodman said Monday that it might be time to let the 12-year-old lawsuit go.
I dropped by the Grant Sawyer Building on Monday just to make sure local AFL-CIO officials hadn’t missed their latest opportunity to whack Gov. Jim Gibbons like a piñata on a low branch.
WASHINGTON — A meeting at which Sen. Harry Reid and Energy Secretary Steven Chu were expected to reconcile competing plans for a nuclear waste commission has been rescheduled for Friday, according to the Senate majority leader’s office.
The hepatitis C crisis that continues to unfold in Southern Nevada played a critical role in the introduction Monday of an Assembly bill that would remove the key element of the 2004 medical malpractice reform initiative: a $350,000 cap on pain and suffering damages.
CARSON CITY — Lawmakers are continuing to challenge Gov. Jim Gibbons over proposed salary increases for his staff, calling the raises “bizarre” and “cavalier” because most state workers are in line for pay cuts.
CARSON CITY — The Assembly Ways and Means Committee voted unanimously Monday for two measures that allow lawmakers to accept federal stimulus funds for jobless benefits — despite earlier concerns by Gov. Jim Gibbons.
Want to know what it sounds like when a swarm of teenage girls gets to take over a fancy salon and spa so they can get their hair done like magazine models and have their nails painted with Charged Up Cherry polish and get all made up by professionals and it costs, like, no money or anything?
The Las Vegas teen fatally shot in a garage Sunday night was killed by his own gun, according to a police report.
KINGMAN, Ariz. — A Lake Havasu City woman was arrested on second-degree murder and assault charges Monday in connection with a crash last week that killed a 9-year-old boy.
RENO — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to wade into a decade-old dispute between Elko County and the federal government over protection of a threatened fish and public access to a remote road on national forest land.
Foothill High School 2006 graduate Brittany McComb, who is studying Islam and the works of author C.S. Lewis at Oxford University in England, had her intellectual pursuits disrupted by some disappointing news from home.
WASHINGTON — Sen. Harry Reid on Monday pushed for creating a housing reserve fund in the congressional budget, saying President Barack Obama’s plan to rescue home-owners “will leave out too many Nevadans.”
Nevada financial officials Monday welcomed news that the federal government will help private firms buy toxic assets from banks although many remain leery of what details are hidden in a mountain of documents.
WASHINGTON — Sales of previously occupied homes jumped unexpectedly in February by the largest amount in nearly six years as first-time buyers took advantage of deep discounts on foreclosures and other distressed properties.
Representatives from Wynn Las Vegas and the dealers union will be facing the issue of “just cause” when they return to the bargaining table today.
TRENTON, N.J. — From March Madness brackets to Super Bowl pools to illicit back room wagers, people bet on professional sports every day. But they can do it legally only in four states, and only two states offer state-sanctioned sports wagering.