Remember the thousands-strong crowd that took to the Strip a few years ago to push for immigration reform that would provide a path to legalization for illegal immigrants?
An initial court decision in the fight between the city of Las Vegas and the Culinary union is expected today, setting the stage for an almost guaranteed appeal while an April 22 election deadline looms ever closer.
CARSON CITY — A bill that sets up procedures that state government must follow before establishing toll roads won approval 15-6 Thursday in the state Senate.
A video of two Miss USA 2009 contestants ranting about a high-maintenance fellow contestant has mysteriously shown up on YouTube.com.
Per the proverb: The geeks shall inherit the Earth.
Oh, how you’ll miss us when we’re gone.
And I’m not (just) talking about the fate of the republic — and how much bad stuff bad guys will get away with when newspapers aren’t around to report it.
I met Paul McCartney in 1984. I was 19 and, shall we say, not a winner in the game of life. (Even McCartney knew enough to ditch his mullet haircut by then.)
Business isn’t just tough for public shows in Las Vegas. Our swanky town has hosted unfathomably elaborate and secretive private concerts. But such corporate gigs have waned during the recession.
Ben & Jerry’s will celebrate its 31st annual Free Cone Day from noon to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Galleria at Sunset mall, 1300 W. Sunset Road, and at The District at Green Valley Ranch, 2240 Village Walk Drive, both in Henderson. Small cones are free with no purchase necessary, but guests will be invited to donate to the Lied Discovery Children’s Museum (Galleria) or the Nevada Community Learning Centers, formerly Classroom on Wheels (District). …
When Paul McCartney thinks of Las Vegas these days, his mind’s eye becomes filled with mental images of teenage runaways, a sex trade so gritty and foul it’s like snorkeling in sweat and some kid in New Mexico who he fears he may have inadvertently corrupted about a year ago.
U2 brings its “360 Tour” to Sam Boyd Stadium on Oct. 23, with the Black Eyed Peas. Tickets are $33, $58, $98 and $253 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Thomas & Mack box office, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, www.unlvtickets.com and www.livenation.com.
We paid $12.99 for a bottle of wine when we had dinner at Marche Bacchus. Heck, we’ve paid more than that for one glass of wine on the Strip.
Heidi’s Picks is a weekly 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.
Amidst the strobelike flash of dozens of chattering cameras, Carlos Santa wielded a pair of giant, 3-foot scissors and the floating-on-air Zen of a monk on Percoset.
It’s true that Body English at the Hard Rock Hotel appeals to local club hoppers because of its off-Strip location, says Cory
Twice every day (2 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.), the Sahara draws five must-be-present names to spin the wheel and win prizes including a three-day cruise, a 42-inch plasma TV, $5-$100 cash, show tickets, dinners and much more. Entry tickets can be earned at the machines, in the pit and in the poker room. Winners of the cruise and the plasma TV will be offered a cash option in lieu of the prize. This promotion runs through Aug. 31.
Not even three months into his presidency, Barack Obama already has developed a nasty habit of making grandiose promises and proposals, doing precisely the opposite of what he says and celebrating his hypocrisy and insincerity as a policy triumph.
From his first day in office, President Obama has been in charge. Agree or disagree with his policies, nobody can suggest that he is standing on the sidelines or letting his vice president take the lead. Faced with a daunting array of crises, from the economic collapse to Somali piracy, Obama has been bold and decisive during his first 100 days in Washington.
Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford, D-Las Vegas, told Finance Committee members Monday that Senate Bill 398 could reduce the state’s prison population and save millions of dollars by creating a two-year “intermediate sanction” pilot program for low-risk probation violators as well as people whose crimes are linked to alcohol or drug addiction.
While big banks that got government assistance are making fewer loans, the two Nevada banks that received federal financial support did increase their lending in the last three months of 2008 by small percentages.
Wall Street investment house Deutsche Bank dropped its research coverage of the gaming industry’s equity side this week and its Las Vegas-based analysts formed an independent research and advisory firm.
The former owner of the Stratosphere and a large investor in Cannery Casinos are reportedly trying to force MGM Mirage into bankruptcy.
Teetering retail real estate giant General Growth Properties finally collapsed under nearly $27.3 billion in debt, much of it heaped on during a Las Vegas buying spree.