WASHINGTON — A few weeks after Sen. Harry Reid declared that the Yucca Mountain project was going to “bleed real hard” in the coming year, he said Monday that the already reduced budget for the controversial nuclear waste plan will be cut “significantly” for the remainder of 2009, and that a 2010 White House spending request will contain “little if anything at all.”
Defense attorneys Monday alleged more government misconduct as an evidentiary hearing explored whether federal agents acted inappropriately in a 15-month sting operation designed to catch Las Vegas’ most violent criminals.
Two families that contend their properties lost value because of height limits imposed near McCarran International Airport won settlements totaling $31 million from Clark County.
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats struggled to avert a showdown steeped in race and corruption Monday as Roland Burris declared “I’m a United States senator” and flew to the capital to claim President-elect Barack Obama’s old seat in Congress.
The sudden reversal of this city’s economic fortunes was supposed to bring fundamental change to the way Nevada governments pay public employees. Elected officials were supposed to realize that the only way to balance their budgets and stabilize future services was to break free from the choke hold of unsustainable labor costs.
Management at McCarran International Airport is making about $30 million in budget cuts in response to a sharp decline in commercial air traffic to and from Las Vegas.
Glenn Christenson plans to approach his new job as chairman of the National Center for Responsible Gaming by completely researching and understanding problem gambling.
