Miscommunication in the world of politics is pretty common, whether deliberate or accidental. Name calling isn’t exactly unknown either. When Democrats say Republican Gov. Jim Gibbons deceived them, it’s duly noted.
CARSON CITY — Gov. Jim Gibbons told a crowd of about 250 anti-tax protesters Friday afternoon that he was proud to have stood up to the “liberal legislative leaders” by vetoing the bill raising taxes by $781 million.
Las Vegas is softening some of its proposed business license fee increases after facing opposition from the business community, which has been particularly critical of a provision that they say could devastate the owners of commercial properties.
High school seniors will listen to speeches about “today being the first day of the rest of your life” and grin for photos as graduation season starts on Thursday for the Clark County School District.
State officials confirmed Friday that they will replace Clark County Commissioner Lawrence Weekly who quit a part-time “green initiatives” job to dispel concerns of conflicting interests.
Shortly before he was sentenced for videotaping himself sexually assaulting a 2-year-old, convicted child molester Chester Stiles launched into a diatribe against Nevada’s justice system.
Just before sunrise on a June morning six years ago, Brian Pye arrived at a Las Vegas storage facility to retrieve his landscaping truck and begin his work day.
The woman who ran Clark County’s dissolved redevelopment program will be placed in a new job as a liaison, earning her same $123,000 yearly salary.
CARSON CITY — A bill to provide funds for $336 million in state construction projects and building repairs over the next two years was quickly introduced and then passed 36-6 Friday in the Assembly.
CARSON CITY — A bill that could keep as many as 17,700 Nevadans from losing their homes to foreclosure was signed into law Friday by Gov. Jim Gibbons.
Las Vegas is a world-class city, and it has been for nearly two decades. But there’s always room for big ideas and big improvements, particularly in areas that upgrade the quality of life for this county’s roughly 2 million residents.
Station Casinos on Friday was able to put off a bankruptcy filing until another day after getting a fourth extension so it can continue negotiating a restructuring plan, the company said.
Taxable sales across Nevada nosedived again in March, posting a 16.5 percent decline compared with March 2008, the state’s Department of Taxation said Friday.
Construction crews were dismantling wood and metal framing Friday for the $50 million Mercer condo project on Tropicana Avenue west of the Las Vegas Beltway.
Gaming stocks rose by double digits for the second straight month during May, fueled partly by MGM Mirage’s resolution of the financial issues plaguing its $8.5 billion CityCenter development and some of its corporate financial concerns.
The former Mandalay Resort Group executive who was brought in to oversee development and bring executive gaming experience to the Fontainebleau Las Vegas project has left the company.
Curtis Clark, the 70-year-old Boulder City retiree who thought the First Amendment allowed him to compare bankruptcy court to a brothel in court papers, on Friday avoided potential jail time and fines.
