A dose of reality

Many progressives believe that efforts to control public-sector pay and benefits derive from a nefarious right-wing plot to destroy the middle class and cripple organized labor.

Opportunistic Chiefs keep finding ways to win

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It’s no secret how the Kansas City Chiefs are winning these days. Even Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers has noticed it.

Let games begin with Rhodes’ Blue Diamond waiver request

Less than three months after winning approval of a concept plan for a city atop Blue Diamond hill, developer Jim Rhodes is asking for a game change. He wants waivers of two of the 26 conditions the Clark County Commission placed on his project Aug. 17.

In Brief

Brady, QBs snooze on ugly day for bettors

On paper, it looked like a Sunday to catch up on sleep and not get involved with many NFL games. Unfortunately for some, Tom Brady and the New England Patriots did just that.

Valley retailers getting head start on Christmas season

Cost Plus World Market’s winter wonderland is only slightly hidden behind its harvest section. It comprises a large portion of the store’s inventory, about 30 percent, and it’s just Halloween. This year, the store received its Christmas items the first week of October.

Lawyers have week left to evaluate performance of judges

Lawyers practicing in Clark County have one week left to rate sitting judges in the 2011 Judicial Performance Evaluation sponsored by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

POLITICAL NOTEBOOK: Wynn’s wrath doesn’t spare Berkley

It’s no secret Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn is not a fan of President Barack Obama and the Congress of the past few years, repeatedly denouncing the stimulus and health care policies that have come out of Washington as the wrong medicine for the economy.

Officials are satisfied Henderson stadium deal won’t hurt taxpayers

Sports teams with a winning tradition do well in large part because they are able to change game plans when something isn’t working. For Chris Milam, the developer of the proposed Las Vegas National Sports Center in Henderson, three failed attempts to build a similar project in Las Vegas clearly illustrated something was not working.

Military base expansion may hurt some Indian Springs businesses

A proposed plan by the Air Force to take over the 17-acre swath of land where Auntie Moe’s Trading Post is located could dramatically change the face of Indian Springs and might put some out of business.

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