Political issues are a hot topic in this election year, and businesspeople responding to a recent Review-Journal poll have plenty to say about today’s biggest issues.
CARSON CITY — Hordes of noncitizens have not caused the state’s $881 million shortfall by securing welfare, food stamps and other public assistance, a key state official said Tuesday.
In what is the strongest indication to date that it will abandon the Yucca Mountain Project, the Department of Energy on Tuesday withdrew 116 water applications it had filed with the State Engineer for building a rail line to haul nuclear waste to the mountain from Caliente.
Sun West Bank, a struggling $381 million-asset community bank, is seeking to raise capital from new investors and to shrink in size, Chief Executive Officer Jackie DeLaney said Tuesday.
A 51-year-old woman alleged to have operated an illegal and unlicensed surgical center has been sentenced to an 18-month to 4-year prison term.
Some 200 union workers rallied in a light rain Tuesday to protest planned reduced health care benefits for NV Energy retirees and cutbacks in the utility company’s work force.
CARSON CITY — Poor people eligible for free Medicaid health care no longer would receive eyeglasses, dentures, hearing aids or as many adult diapers under the $109 million in social service spending reductions proposed by Gov. Jim Gibbons.
Realtors sold 2,608 single-family homes in Las Vegas during January, a 17.3 percent increase from the same month a year ago, the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors reported Tuesday.
Ignoring the rain and their classes, hundreds of college students screamed at the governor, pleaded with legislators and did their best Tuesday to make the case that higher education has seen enough budget cuts.
More people have visited Las Vegas for four months in a row, spreading optimism through the offices of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.
The man who fired at a Nye County sheriff’s deputy killed himself during a standoff with authorities on Tuesday.
LOS ANGELES — There’s no bloody glove this time, no smoking gun, no faded music icon showing up in court wearing a wig that made it look like he plugged his finger into an electrical socket.
With nine seniors on the boys basketball roster, Senior Night was quite a production at Rancho High on Tuesday.
On the field, where Drew Brees led the New Orleans Saints to an upset victory, the Super Bowl featured a surprising finish. At Nevada sports books, the results were more predictable.
If there’s an interesting story behind why Darington Hobson left Las Vegas, and what led him on a winding road to New Mexico, he’s not going to tell it. Not this week, at least.
The popular John Madden NFL video game is becoming known for something more than jinxing the players who appear on the box cover.
Short-track speedskating has been recognized as an Olympic sport only since 1992. But it has quickly become one of the most popular events in the Winter Games, thanks largely to the prowess of two-time U.S. gold medalist Apolo Anton Ohno.
A story on Page 1A of Tuesday’s Review-Journal contained incorrect information. The Golf Club at SouthShore remains open at Lake Las Vegas.
A legal process server who has been charged with murder robbed and shot a Las Vegas couple at their residence, where he tried to serve papers four hours earlier, according to an arrest report.
No charges will be pursued against St. Louis Rams running back Steven Jackson, who was accused of assaulting his pregnant one-time girlfriend, Las Vegas police said Tuesday.
North Las Vegas finally might have resolved its pesky pigeon (guy) problem.
The trade association for Nevada’s mining industry filed a lawsuit Tuesday to block a petition that would allow the state’s voters to raise taxes on mining.
Last week we mentioned the Department of Motor Vehicle’s new law that requires motorists registering their vehicle or renewing their registration to show a proof of insurance card at the counter. The new law, dubbed Nevada Liability Insurance Validated Electronically (LIVE), is designed to reduce the number of uninsured drivers on our roads. It has generated a few excellent questions from several readers.
The pungent smell of rotting flesh still hangs heavily over the streets of Haiti’s capital city.
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Family owners of beloved Vegas restaurant involved in mysterious lawsuit
Fiery wrong-way crash kills 2, shuts down 215 in northwest Las Vegas
Woman arrested after police say she climbed on Reno craps table, threw chips at people
Las Vegas family suing to get son an extra year of high school
Asian grocery store looks to add new location near Summerlin