While the Congress is in recess, important work goes on. The National Clean Energy Summit 2.0, which will be held in Las Vegas on Monday, will build on the two previous summits which were held in Las Vegas and in Washington, D.C. This year we will focus on how natural gas, wind, solar and other renewable sources of energy will positively impact jobs as we begin to emerge from the worst recession in decades.
This month will bring a little good economic news and tax relief to struggling American families: sales tax holidays are coming to rescue retailers and back-to-school shoppers in more than a dozen states.
For a shrinking, suicidal minority supposedly relegated to irrelevance, Republicans sure are getting a lot of attention from Democrats these days.
On Aug. 20, Pat Mulroy, general manager of the Southern Nevada Water Authority, will ask her newly constituted board of directors to again voice support for the outfit’s proposed central Nevada pipeline project, designed to supplement the drought-stricken Colorado River by delivering 50,000 acre-feet of water per year as a secondary source for Las Vegas.
There are thrift shops in town with signs up, seeking to buy Michael Jackson LPs and other “related material.”
As I consider all the hysteria that’s blowing in the political air nowadays, I can’t help but think back to 1995, when Republicans controlled Congress and were working with President Bill Clinton in the White House.
What kind of tea-sipping, lace-doily, pinky-finger-pointing kind of politics are we going to be left with if every failed candidate can run crying to the courts and get a $150,000 tort jackpot just because his opponent said something mean about him?
He’s 48, but everything about his countenance and energy cries out 7 or 8 years old. His face is a train wreck of rage, shame and humiliation. A melting candle wax of self-loathing drips down his body language. His lip trembles and tears fill his eyes, like a boy will do when his mother or father shames and criticizes him for breaking a dish on the kitchen floor.
It’s pretty much like attending any other church service. Worshippers can meet one another in the lobby. They can sing along to an upbeat worship band. They can hear a powerful sermon. They can drop a few dollars into the collection plate and submit prayer requests, and first-timers can get information about the next step in their spiritual walk.
Here are a few things in news, entertainment, sports and popular culture that we’ve been talking about lately.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is part of an occasional series of stories highlighting performers who played an interesting role in the history of entertainment in Las Vegas.
Here is a listing of events designed for book lovers. Information is subject to change or cancellation without notice. Additions or changes to this listing must be submitted at least 10 days in advance of Sunday publication to Bookmark, Las Vegas Review-Journal, P.O. Box 70, Las Vegas, NV 89125. For more information, call 383-0306.
Wii Sports Resort” presents a win-lose scenario for Nintendo. The win: Since “Sports Resort” is a top-notch game that people can play at parties, it’s earning many millions of dollars.
Sales of recreational vehicles continue to skid — an expected 40 percent this year, according to the Recreational Vehicle Industry Association. And that’s after a 33 percent decline from 2007. A perfect storm of tight credit, high unemployment and still-pricey gasoline is to blame.
Here are some gardening concerns I encountered recently at the Springs Preserve.
The three couples at the England House Bed and Breakfast in Flagstaff, Ariz., were in town for the same reason my husband and I were — to get out of the heat. The couples all were from Phoenix, where temperatures that July weekend were around 113 degrees, about five degrees warmer than Las Vegas. In Flagstaff, where the elevation is 7,000 feet, temperatures were in the mid-80s.
The media event to launch the Sapphire Pool was not to be missed, but proved entirely unrevealing. Literally and figuratively.
The cable landscape can be confusing for even the savviest of viewers.
Designated a scenic route along much of its length, U.S. 395 skirts the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada Range west of the Nevada border, providing year-round access to outdoor adventures and unparalleled scenery. It runs through historic towns, paces tumbling streams, overlooks lakes, traverses ranch lands and climbs foothill summits. Alpine resorts, winter sports areas, fishing areas, campgrounds and trailheads lie along a network of connecting side roads.
One Nevada gaming company will benefit from Delaware’s move into legalized sports wagering.
Bing just may be the thing. The thing to give Google some serious competition in the search engine business, that is.
Sure, your standard workday brings the typical corporate rush of meetings, conference calls, proposal presentations and a never-ending stream of e-mails.
ROAD TO CHAOS: The economic slowdown has reduced revenue from gasoline and sales taxes, leaving less money for road expansion and maintenance in Nevada. The Nevada Department of Transportation expects a $100 million reduction in its 2010-11 capital improvement program, from $350 million to $300 million.