WASHINGTON DIGEST: Senate approves tax credits for companies that hire vets

WASHINGTON — The Senate voted last week to offer up to $9,600 in tax credits to companies that hire unemployed veterans. It was the first piece of President Barack Obama’s jobs plan to win bi­partisan support.

This week

Judicial bias alleged in poker star Ivey’s divorce

The ex-wife of poker standout Phil Ivey has upped the ante in their divorce case by asking the Nevada Supreme Court to disqualify the judge assigned to the matter.

WEEK IN REVIEW: Top news

Police are recommending charges, and the families of the victims are calling for forgiveness for a 78-year-old woman who hit three young girls in a North Las Vegas crosswalk last month.

WEEK IN REVIEW: Reporters’ notebook

For the first time in its 42-year history, the World Series of Poker had seven nations represented at the Main Event’s final table.

Group prepared for long fight over pipeline plan

A San Francisco-based group of forward thinkers could one day build a giant clock in the mountains of eastern Nevada that will mark time for the next 10 millennia.

Pageant coaches teach poise, polish for stage and beyond

Elizabeth Mueller is a 5-year-old ball of barely contained energy wrapped up in a bubblegum-colored dress. Whether she’s strutting across the rehearsal room floor to a rock ‘n’ roll number or ambling and sashaying to a country beat, Elizabeth demands the attention of everyone in the room.

Good news and bad news on I-15 work

Crews are about seven months from completing the widening of Interstate 15 and the addition of access roads that will flank the highway between Tropicana Avenue and Blue Diamond Road.

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