It turns out not all the mobsters were in display cases Tuesday morning at the grand opening of the sparkling National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement. The Mob Museum does a spectacular job of hauling into custody the major elements of the violent American criminal subculture, but it appears one tough customer slipped the dragnet.
The Boulder City Council has agreed to lease the last 884 acres out of about 8,000 acres set aside for solar energy development. Korean Western Power, or KOWEPO, prevailed over five other companies to get the lease.
Las Vegas City Councilman Bob Coffin wants city leaders to back off plans to to authorize more than $8.5 million to reopen F Street, which was closed in 2008 for upgrades to Interstate 15 near downtown.
A former Colorado lawyer has admitted his involvement in a scheme to help people hide their assets from the Internal Revenue Service and has agreed to pay more than $40 million in restitution.
William S. Reed, 61, of Santa Barbara, Calif., was indicted in July with Wendell L. Waite and Richard Neiswonger, who are awaiting trial.
Some Laughlin residents are tired of losing business and growth because of Clark County, one of the biggest bureaucracies in the state. So they want to create their own city. If they get their way today before a legislative panel, or Tuesday before the County Commission, they could vote as early as June 12 to incorporate.
Federal grand jury subpoenas served on Harvey Whittemore’s employees and family members seek documents related to campaign contributions they made, as well as copies of checks to and from the politically connected lobbyist, the Las Vegas Review-Journal has learned. The records date to January 2007, and those subpoenaed have been instructed to bring them to a federal grand jury convening Feb. 29 in Reno.
A child welfare reform group has asked a federal appeals court to reinstate a lawsuit intended to overhaul Clark County’s child welfare system.
The state is losing tens of millions of dollars a year in tax revenue because of an inefficient computer system that prevents department auditors from reviewing the tax records of companies in a timely manner, according to two former Nevada Taxation Department employees. The department’s annual report, released Jan. 15, shows just 1.24 percent of businesses in the state were audited during the last fiscal year.
A Tax Foundation study released Tuesday found Nevadans pay the 13th highest rate for state and local sales taxes in the country. The typical Nevadan pays 7.93 percent in sales taxes. Nevada charges a 6.85 percent state sales tax, but allows counties and cities to impose their own sales taxes. The overall sales tax rate in Clark County is 8.15 percent.
If Adam Cegavske wins the Assembly District 35 seat this fall, and his mother, Sen. Barbara Cegavske, loses the race for the 4th Congressional District seat, then it would be the first time in state history that a mother and her child served together in the state Legislature.
Detectives continue to investigate the slaying of a 53-year-old woman found dead Monday inside her southeast valley business. Las Vegas police said Tuesday the woman, who was not identified, was the owner of Peru Post Etc., at 3430 E. Tropicana Ave., at Tropicana Plaza Center near Pecos Road.
FORT WORTH, Texas — Hank Thorns, a Valley High School product, scored 32 points and led a stunning comeback as Texas Christian came from 18 down in the second half to defeat No. 11 UNLV 102-97 in overtime at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum.
Henderson City Manager Mark Calhoun will step down in May, three years after he was appointed to the top administrative position and nearly three decades after he went to work for the city.
