Weather slick, snowy

At Mount Charleston, Fred Mendoza pulled his 4-year-old son on a sled and, with a slight shove, sent the smiling youngster shooting downhill and into a snowdrift.

Roundup plan draws opposition

SPARKS — One of most stirring symbols of the American West — wild horses thundering freely across the range — could be heading east.

Lawmakers pondering finances

CARSON CITY — State officials briefed legislative leaders Monday on the budget outlook, as Gov. Jim Gibbons eyed the possibility of calling a special session to deal with a projected shortfall.

Tax on employers stays same

CARSON CITY — Nevada’s unemployment tax rate will be kept at 1.33 percent in 2010, although the state probably will pay out nearly $1 billion more in benefits than it receives in taxes during the year, a top state jobs official said Monday.

CLARIFICATIONS

• Longtime Las Vegas attorney Howard Douglas Clark is not Douglas H. Clark, an attorney mentioned in a report published last week regarding lawyers who face disciplinary proceedings.

CORRECTIONS

• A story in the Nevada section of Monday’s Las Vegas Review-Journal incorrectly identified a new school opening in 2010 to serve students with learning disorders. The correct name is Lexis Preparatory School Las Vegas.

Center helps those who wish to help themselves

People want their day in court, and more than ever they want to represent themselves in a judicial system that can be expensive, intimidating and confusing.

IN BRIEF

ACCIDENT ALLEGED

Democrats pursue trade-off

WASHINGTON — With time growing short, Senate Democratic liberals are seeking expansion of two federal programs, Medicare and Medicaid, as part of a compromise that drops a government insurance option from health care legislation sought by President Barack Obama, several lawmakers said Monday.

Nonprofit seeks family sponsors

A local nonprofit is seeking help with its annual program aimed at making sure hundreds of needy families have a happy holiday this year.

Krolicki felony charges dropped

Felony charges against Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki — criticized as a political prosecution by his defenders — were dismissed Monday after a District Court judge ruled prosecutors failed to show specific evidence that a crime was committed.

UMC under scrutiny

If Roshunda Abney is telling the truth about being ignored for hours at University Medical Center’s emergency room before she gave birth prematurely last week, Clark County Commissioner Lawrence Weekly wants to know why it happened.

Wallace altruism: No kidding around

George Wallace once again is running a toy drive at his Flamingo shows, collecting gifts for the children of HELP of Southern Nevada.

Time capsule to be buried to mark county’s centennial

A time capsule filled with dozens of what someday will be considered historical items will be buried at 11 a.m. today as the final tribute to Clark County’s centennial.

Some county employees to face layoffs in new year

Some Clark County managers will get pink slips stuffed in their holiday stockings and some rank-and-file workers probably will be laid off sometime after New Year’s Day to help offset plummeting tax revenue, county officials said Monday.

A clumsy, amateurish effort

Whether the indictment against Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki was indeed a “partisan witch hunt” is a matter of debate, but there can be little doubt that the legal action was strange and ill-conceived.

Official: Dubai won’t aid investor

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Dubai World, MGM Mirage’s cash-strapped partner for CityCenter, appears to be set for an period of retrenchment after the emirate’s top finance official said Monday the company may need to change course and unload assets to pay lenders.

IN BRIEF

Analysis: City Hall project would generate jobs, activity

MGM’s high-rise hopes

CityCenter residential officials believe last week’s opening of the $8.5 billion project, coupled with a 30 percent price reduction implemented in October, will be enough of a catalyst to spur sales in the project’s remaining high-rise condominiums.

Supreme Court weighs anti-fraud legislation

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court cast doubt Monday on the validity of part of the anti-fraud law enacted in response to Enron and other corporate scandals early this decade.

New-home sales still stalled

While the Las Vegas housing market is showing signs of recovery, it’s still feeling the effects of a lingering headache from “irrational exuberance” created by the housing boom from 2004 to 2006, a local housing analyst said.

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