Legislative Democrats — who control both houses in Carson City — have for months exploited Nevada’s revenue woes to hammer away at Republican Gov. Jim Gibbons and his austere budget proposals.
The Stephen King ’80s horror novel “Pet Sematary” told the story of a supernatural Indian burial ground behind the town’s pet cemetery. Generations of children learned that if they buried their pets in the rocky soil, overnight they would return alive.
Public service is a high calling, and we should be grateful to our fellow citizens who toil in state and local governments to ensure a high quality of service for us all. Certainly, we want to compensate them fairly for their dedication and hard work on our behalf.
Some moderate Republicans, the few still existing, long for Tom Ridge to save them in Pennsylvania, indeed to rescue their very party.
For months we’ve heard legislators, lobbyists and union officials decrying the impact that the economic downturn might have on their wallets and not ours.
It is time to take a firm stand in support of one of the most oppressed, most discriminated against, most despised and reviled minorities in this country.
How long since you’ve been to Vegas, Alan Greenspan? Have I got some irrational exuberance for you!
Some say that when a person gets stage fright, he or she should look out into the audience and imagine people sitting in their underwear.
NEW YORK — Some travelers are sticking with planned trips to Mexico despite the swine flu scare, but others are postponing vacations or switching to the Caribbean or sunny beaches elsewhere.
When the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park reopens May 15 for the summer season, the first visitors may see spring wildflowers struggling up through remnant snowdrifts. Situated 1,000 feet higher than the South Rim, the North Rim’s heavy winters force the shutdown of visitor facilities annually from Oct. 15 until mid-May. Only a few intrepid snowshoe trekkers or cross country skiers with backcountry permits reach the North Rim in the dead of winter.
James Hartley, 46, draws his gun and slowly approaches the sliding glass door. A tug to the right confirms his suspicion: It’s not locked.
Not to sound Pollyannaish, but ever notice how the universe sometimes offers up an unexpected yang for a nasty yin it dumps on us?
The Las Vegas chapter of the Mule Deer Foundation will have its annual banquet and auction Saturday at the Gold Coast.
With the possible exceptions of whoever gets to eat the leftovers on Bravo’s “Top Chef” and anyone who comes into contact with Eliza Dushku and her leather pants on Fox’s “Dollhouse,” the best job on TV has to belong to T.J. Lavin.
NEW YORK — Here are some questions and answers for travelers regarding swine flu, flights and cruises to Mexico, travel insurance, and how to protect yourself while traveling.
Pretend it is late fall and you are driving around on a lazy Indian summer afternoon. Out of the clear blue, you see a yard ablaze with color. Chances are, it’s a patch of blooming chrysanthemums. Do you know that, with a little planning and planting, you can have that show of mums in your yard?
She calls long-distance to ask if I would “write a column for her,” and I feel a familiar anxiety. See, when folks “assign” ideas to me about columns or songs I might write, I always feel awkward and helpless. Because it just doesn’t work that way for my Muse. Either something engages The Boys In The Boiler Room or it doesn’t. And I never know what will or what won’t.
Here are a few things in news, entertainment and popular culture that we’ve been talking about lately.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first of two excerpts from Jack Sheehan’s “Quiet Kingmaker of Las Vegas” about E. Parry Thomas. Sheehan interviewed Thomas as well as casino industry executives for this book about the life of a Las Vegas pioneer.
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Saks Fifth Avenue hosted the “Vegas Dozen 2009: The Men We Love and Why We Love Them” on April 22 at their Fashion Island store.
It’s time to check in on the three cheapest video game systems — the Nintendo DS, the PlayStation 2 and the PlayStation Portable. Interesting little things are happening with each.
Longtime Clark County Parks employees Ralph Johnson and Russ Cassedy came up with the perfect way to educate the public about the county’s history: Gather a bunch of trinkets, put them into 10 canisters and hide them in the desert.
For more than three decades, Las Vegas casino owners have gone to Gerald Gordon for advice on how to avoid bankruptcy and how to emerge from it as viable businesses.
Chances are you or someone with you has jumped to the Internet to find an answer to a question that just had to be answered NOW.
MGM Mirage Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jim Murren spent months negotiating a multibillion-dollar financial rescue plan for the troubled CityCenter.