In a surprise hearing, Joe Milanowski, a former owner of USA Capital, which failed owing $962 million to investors, pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of wire fraud.
Las Vegas’ pro baseball team sold 3,000 full and miniplan season tickets this year and paid attendance has averaged about 4,700 a game, on par with last year. The team is on pace for attendance of 340,000 to 360,000.
Local natural gas utility Southwest Gas posted a loss in the second quarter, but that loss narrowed compared with the same quarter a year earlier.
A federal task force has been in town the past two weeks reviewing Nevada’s job safety and health plan as part of a special study in the wake of a series of construction accidents and deaths.
A hearing on an appeal of Clark County’s decision to pull the liquor licenses for two Strip nightclubs was delayed Tuesday for at least two weeks.
Following two months of moderate improvement, the Southern Nevada Index of Leading Economic Indicators slipped in July to 126.12 as seven of 10 series of data contributed negatively to the index.
Las Vegas firefighters have a new contract that includes benefit increases but eliminated a so-called cost-of-living increase in the current budget year.
City Council members unanimously approved the contract this morning. Members of the International Association of Fire Fighters Local 1285 overwhelmingly ratified the contract last week.
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