CARSON CITY — Wielding his bright-red “VETO” stamp in a public ceremony on the steps of the state Capitol, Gov. Jim Gibbons on Thursday rejected the $781 million tax increase and $6.8 billion in spending approved by the Legislature.
His action was destined to be short-lived. Hours later, the Senate undid three of the vetoes, with more veto overrides in the Senate and Assembly expected today.
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If you want to stay in the Caesars Palace penthouse that President Barack Obama slept in this week, all you need to be is a million-dollar high roller.
Music producer Jermaine Dupri is on a mission to bring back The Rat Pack vibe.
For almost a year, Laurinda Drake woke up every morning knowing she could spend the rest of her life behind bars.
CARSON CITY — A bill that saves the state millions of dollars by cutting public employee retirement and health care benefits won approval Thursday night on votes of 19-2 in the Senate and 41-0 in the Assembly.
Voters in other cities should be able to breeze through their tiny general election ballots, but Boulder City residents can expect to spend a bit more time in the voting booth on Tuesday.
Las Vegas is planning to increase fees paid by businesses as part of an ongoing effort to fix projected budget shortfalls, but protests from those affected have persuaded city officials to scale back the proposal.
The Las Vegas Monorail doesn’t come within 20 miles of Boulder City, but you’d never know it from the City Council campaign now being waged in the community of about 17,000 people.
Enough already. It’s past time to stop the misguided sobbing about whether President Barack Obama showed enough affection for Las Vegas during this week’s visit.
RENO — Animal rights activists have claimed responsibility for a fire that gutted the Reno business office of a company that ships monkeys from China for scientific research in the United States and elsewhere.
There ought to be a law: Las Vegas always should have at least one show like this one, which is the way most of them used to be.
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.
Giving birth is never easy — even when the offspring’s cinematic.
All bookings are tentative and subject to change or cancellation without notice. To make changes or additions to these listings, call 383-0306. Listing are subject to change without notice.
This Monday through Friday, Club Palms members can swipe their cards once a day to win prizes including a Nintendo Wii with a baseball game, an iPod Shuffle, up to $500 in free slot play, up to 8x point multipliers (not valid on full-pay and 100-percent machines), ballgame food favorites, baseball prizes and more. Cards must be swiped and prizes (except free play and point multipliers) must be redeemed from 8 a.m.-10 p.m.
Follow a frenzy of furious footwork producing a syncopated symphony of staccato rhythms.
Wolfgang Puck restaurants are offering special pricing this summer. Locals can get 25 percent off their checks from June 1 through Sept. 30 at Cut at Palazzo, Spago and Chinois at The Forum Shops at Caesars, Postrio at the Grand Canal Shoppes and Trattoria del Lupo at Mandalay Bay. Spago also has introduced a $135 six-course beer-pairing menu, Cut offers a $75 three-course pre-theater menu, Chinois has a $39 three-course prix fixe menu with wine and Postrio has added a $49 three-course prix fixe menu with wine. The restaurants also have rolled out summer cocktails. …
No one in the music business does self-deprecating humor better than Mark McGrath. The Sugar Ray singer is a self-mocking joker who always, always inserts himself into the butts of his own jokes.
Housing prices continue their big, splashy and painful cannonball, and job security is an oxymoron, but a hermit wouldn’t have known any of that if he’d come out of his hovel to observe Don Antonio’s on a recent weeknight.
If you’re looking for a lazy, relaxing pool party, don’t come to Rehab at the Hard Rock Hotel.
The struggle for civil rights and liberties is a dominant story line coursing through more than two centuries of U.S. history. The stories typically start with a minority group prevented from enjoying the same rights as the majority. The minority group complains about this discrimination, and if nothing changes, it seeks relief through the legislative process. But the majority controls the legislative branch, where public opinion and political expediency often take precedence over constitutional tenets.
