I don’t know whether Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer is known for his sense of humor, but he managed to get a laugh Tuesday.
North Las Vegas has reached a $3 million settlement in a federal lawsuit over a 2003 shooting by police that seriously injured a then-18-year-old man.
With government agencies consistently threatening to cut jobs and services, everyone is a little more sensitive about how their tax dollars are being spent. I get quite a few questions about whether government agencies are efficiently spending money on various projects and services.
The political future of Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons is in doubt after he reported raising just $165,250 in campaign contributions in 2009, the lowest total of any gubernatorial candidate.
FBI agents arrested 21 people in Las Vegas as part of a 21/2-year undercover investigation into a bribery scheme involving the international sale of weapons, ammunition and other military and police equipment, the Department of Justice announced Tuesday.
A retired police lieutenant who has lobbied on behalf of both the Metropolitan Police Department and a police managers union will temporarily fill the state Senate seat that Republican Warren Hardy vacated last year.
The FBI has begun to investigate allegations of wrongdoing in the scandal surrounding Sen. John Ensign’s extramarital affair and his efforts to find the woman’s husband work as a lobbyist, sources said Tuesday.
Calling Nevada’s tax system “a tragedy” for children and the poor, an activist group will ask voters to stake a bigger claim in mining, one of the state’s most politically entrenched industries.
About 200 firefighters wearing yellow T-shirts made a unified show of force Tuesday as Clark County commissioners received an advisory panel’s report that includes recommendations to reduce firefighters’ overtime pay and eliminate paramedic teams.
The Clark County Commission passed a resolution Tuesday that encourages the Nevada Athletic Commission to examine options for providing coverage for medical expenses in the case of catastrophic injuries sustained by participants in boxing or mixed martial arts matches.
WASHINGTON — Republican Danny Tarkanian said Tuesday he will not seek earmarks for Nevada if he is elected to the U.S. Senate, and will work to wean Congress from what he called wasteful pork-barrel spending.
Lori Sublette, the gym teacher accused of denying the Holocaust to students at Northwest Career and Technical Academy, was reassigned Tuesday to Johnston Middle School in North Las Vegas.
Citing personnel policies, Clark County School District spokesman Micha
A husband and wife who grabbed attention for disrupting a 2008 state Board of Education meeting with displays of affection have announced plans to run for political offices this year.
An intruder is dead and the resident who shot him is still shaken after a home invasion in the central valley early Tuesday morning.
Curtains soon will be pulled back for high school productions of “Rent” and “Alice in Wonderland,” but this year’s backstage drama rivals what will happen onstage.
Don’t cross Las Vegas lounge legend Shecky Greene. The angst-filled octogenarian apparently waited decades to get even with fellow funnyman Jerry Lewis.
Lobbyists for Nevada’s mining industry entered the 2009 Legislature wearing bull’s-eyes big enough to cover an open pit. Lawmakers were hunting for new revenues and many were convinced that profitable mining companies — especially those digging up gold — should have much bigger tax bills.
To the editor:
The next time members of the Review-Journal editorial board meet, they may want to have a discussion about what is best for the state of Nevada. If they are representative of the newspaper for the state of Nevada, they shouldn’t be pushing for the defeat of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
Good morning, Sen. Reid. This is your wake-up call.
With the Baby Boomers about to retire en masse, insolvency for the nation’s massive redistributionist entitlement schemes is no longer a distant threat.
Here’s something we’ll wager escaped your social calendar: Saturday is National Pie Day.
For Earl Hoy, who’s looking for Portuguese sausage, fellow readers have not only local sources but also a brand recommendation.
In the glass: Santa Cristina wine is a deep garnet-red color with a fairly dense core going out into a lightly tinged rim definition with high viscosity.
Carl’s Jr., 1440 W. Cheyenne Ave., North Las Vegas, received 18 demerits Jan. 6. Violations included uncovered salads in walk-in refrigerator. GRADE: B
Local hospitality operator Siegel Group acquired the Artisan Hotel on Friday, adding the troubled property to the company’s growing portfolio of local boutique hotels.
DES MOINES, Iowa — Millions of 401(k) accounts have made up lost ground over the last 10 months. Helped by a stock market surge and continued contributions, the question now is how to keep from backsliding when market momentum slows or reverses.
Pennsylvania authorities have wiped out a 4-year-old limitation that held an individual slot machine manufacturer to just 50 percent of the games on a casino’s gambling floor.