Like a parent forcing squabbling siblings to sit down and talk things out, Gov. Brian Sandoval came to Las Vegas on Thursday to broker an agreement between Clark County School District officials and teachers union leaders, who refused the district’s requests to collaborate on a $40 million federal grant and then blocked the district’s application.
Clark County and North Las Vegas officials will vote Wednesday on a proposed agreement to build a pipeline that would ultimately stop the city’s discharge of treated wastewater into a county storm channel.
Prestige Travel Inc. lost a U.S. Bankruptcy Court bid on Thursday to have certain funds applied to customer hotel stays in the future, potentially leading to an unhappy start to hundreds of vacations.
Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan led a crowd of more than 500 Thursday afternoon in shouting “five more days” and pledged that he and Mitt Romney can “do better than an 11.8 percent unemployment rate” in Nevada.
Nevada Democrats have shown up to vote early in far greater numbers than Republicans, but their advantage has started to decline, a report released Thursday indicates.
Dropping into Las Vegas the day before early voting ends in Nevada, President Barack Obama on Thursday made a plea for less political fighting and more cooperation to fix the nation’s problems, using the example of him working with leaders of East Coast states to deal with Hurricane Sandy.
Longtime Family Court Judge Steven Jones pleaded not guilty Thursday to a slew of felony charges in what federal prosecutors are calling a $3 million investment fraud scheme.
Las Vegas police said a male victim was discovered dead early Thursday morning near Swenson Street and Paradise Road.