CARSON CITY — Nevada’s two biggest counties are fighting a proposal to redirect property taxes from the county to the state. The measure is one of several on an "ugly list" that lawmakers are considering to help fill the state’s budget hole.
CARSON CITY — A Nevada Senate panel voted unanimously Tuesday for an Assembly-approved plan imposing fines that could add up to $1 million, besides any criminal penalties, on sex traffickers who lure or force children into prostitution.
“Homeless” is a word that covers a broad range of people. Some are mentally ill. Some are addicted to alcohol, drugs or gambling. Some found themselves on the streets after losing a job or a house, or were victims of domestic violence. Some will say they simply like being outside.
She says it’s happened so many nights — fear pulls Josephine Washington out of her sleep so she can see whether her husband is still breathing.
Police say officers shot and killed a stray dog after it attacked three people at a northwest Las Vegas convenience store about 8 a.m. Tuesday.
CARSON CITY — The Nevada Senate has passed an Assembly-approved bill that would tighten state laws to ensure that people convicted of drunken driving in urban areas attend meetings with victims or family or close friends of DUI victims.
The recent KTNV-TV 13 Action News investigative stories on questionable business practices at Tire Works Total Car Care seemed like pretty traditional stuff.
This week readers want to know if you still need to stop at a stop sign if there is also a yield sign (Confused? Don’t worry I’ll explain.) and is there any way to avoid getting a temporary permit if you buy a car from a friend?
The legal battle over a controversial 2,900-acre shooting park appears to be over, meaning gun enthusiasts will likely pack up their weapons and head to the public facility when it opens late this year.
A 22-year-old woman was arrested on Mother’s Day on murder charges in connection with the death of her son, according to a police report.
RENO — Nevada dodged a fire assault last year, but after three years of drought, officials are bracing for what they say could be a severe summer of smoke and flames.
Brad Flamm was the kind of man who always gave his grandmother a Christmas present, a birthday present and called her on Mother’s Day.
U.S. Sen. Harry Reid’s fundraiser later this month is to be a star-studded affair at Caesars Palace.
ATLANTA — Pregnant women should take prescription flu medicines if they are diagnosed with the new swine flu, health officials said Tuesday.
Teachers, firefighters and police employees are using the radio airwaves to challenge Nevada’s business community to do more to plug gaping holes in state and local government budgets.
MIAMI — The top Veterans Affairs official in Miami said Tuesday that she has taken steps to prevent the kind of problems that exposed patients to contaminated medical equipment at VA hospitals in three states.
Employees at Ashley Furniture Homestore were devastated when store manager Robert Bills was gunned down in front of the store in 2007 during a robbery attempt.
The current administration’s spending spree — $1 trillion deficits for as far as the eye can see — certainly present a long-term challenge to the future generations who will be responsible for paying it all back.
Carson City Democrats and their stenographers among the pundit brigade first ridiculed Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons for showing some reluctance about accepting strings-attached federal “stimulus” funds this winter — and then ridiculed him again when he finally agreed to take the handouts to ease the state’s budget woes (just as they had wanted him to), implying there hadn’t been any reason for his hesitancy in the first place.
China Joe’s, 7231 S. Eastern Ave., received 20 demerits April 28. Violations included ice machine in need of repairs. GRADE: B
Taste of the Town has fielded some pretty offbeat requests from readers over the years, and this one ranked right up there: Anne McConnell e-mailed in search of English muffins that are not fork-split — that she has to cut herself — and have a dense texture without so many nooks and crannies. And lo and behold, readers delivered:
Let other departments at the Review-Journal concern themselves with beefcake and buns as they refer to the attributes of male exotic dancers wearing as little as possible. Here at Taste, the words bring to mind the glories of the all-American hamburger, juicy and flavorful and dressed to the hilt.
Serendipity, a New York eatery famous for frozen hot chocolate and a whimsical and varied menu, opened Serendipity 3 in Caesars Palace last month.
A $231.2 million budget for Las Vegas’ official boosters envisions 12 months of spending cuts, a hiring freeze and a ban on overtime.
Tourism workers in more than 40 cities rallied Tuesday to encourage Americans to travel more and boost local economies that depend on visitors.
Fontainebleau Las Vegas on Tuesday filed an amendment to its $3 billion lawsuit against a group of banks, accusing Deutsche Bank of a conflict of interest because of the bank’s ownership of the nearby Cosmopolitan project.
MIAMI — The number of U.S. households faced with losing their homes to foreclosure jumped 32 percent in April compared with the same month last year, with Nevada, Florida and California showing the highest rates, data being released today show.