“Highly irregular” is how the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada is describing the secret process whereby court documents have piled up for six weeks, but are viewable only by a federal judge and federal prosecutors, in a civil case involving freedom of expression for online readers of the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
As the eastern part of the country bundles through an unseasonably cool summer, Las Vegas blazed into the record books by having the fifth warmest July ever.
Remember the collective relief of the political and public-sector classes when the Legislature wrapped up its $6.9 billion, two-year spending plan just over two months ago? That relative comfort is history, along with any prospects of the state budget remaining balanced, for either the nearly concluded biennium or the one to come.
New Jersey or Macau? That’s a question MGM Mirage might have to answer soon.
NV Energy reported slumping earnings in a wide-ranging Friday conference call that also brought talk of a possible rate drop in 2010 and word that the power company’s next general rate case will come around sooner than consumers expect.
Pop star Beyonce Knowles has danced into Las Vegas with a custom, four-night run at the Encore Theater, which ends Sunday night. Entertainment writer Mike Weatherford attended Friday’s show and reveals the multitalented singer may have a Vegas-style divahood in her future.
When: 8 p.m. today, Sunday
Where: Encore Theater, 3131 Las Vegas Blvd. South
Tickets: $279.40-$1,104.40 (770-3482)
Grade: B+
