New owners promising big changes for Tropicana

The Tropicana’s new ownership group plans to spend more than $100 million in the next year for a transformation of the property, the group’s chief executive officer told gaming regulators Wednesday.

Film crews boost state revenue

Nevada’s tourist volume slumped in 2008, but a select group of visitors kept on coming — and they even spent more money here than they dropped statewide before the recession began.

Chrysler, GM aim to shed car lots; local dealers upset

The chiefs of General Motors and Chrysler in Congress on Wednesday told a congressional committee that must eliminate hundreds of dealerships to be competitive, but two dealers in Nevada who are losing their franchises don’t buy the executives’ arguments.

IN BRIEF

Hard Rock Hotel will hire 800 more workers

Class 4A All-State Baseball Teams

Follow the link for the full list of the Review-Journal’s Class 4A All-State baseball team.

AREA MUSLIMS FIND OBAMA’S WORDS ENCOURAGING

Mohammed Shafi remembers taking his children to Ground Zero in New York and reading the names of those killed during the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Slideshow

Topless/Taxi War: Here’s a copy of the new lawsuit

The battle for control of a multimillion-dollar cash-for-customers program at some local strip clubs took a sharp turn earlier this week when Chicago attorney Jay Edelson on behalf of California tourist Theodore Trapp filed a bruising class action complaint against a lengthy list of clubs and cab companies.

Companies praise new law on construction safety

One year to the day after construction unions and building contractors agreed to mandatory safety training on the CityCenter job site, Gov. Jim Gibbons today signed into law a bill that requires all construction workers and supervisors to attend health and safety courses within 15 days of being hired.

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