Lawmakers made good progress in the first week of the Legislature analyzing his proposed budget, Gov. Brian Sandoval said in an interview Friday.
Las Vegas police shot and killed a man, and wounded another near Clark High School around 3:30 p.m. Friday. Police said they were searching for a man suspected of shooting his girlfriend in the head earlier this week.
Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval is using the low-grade rivalry between Las Vegas and Atlantic City to encourage lawmakers to pass a bill that could expand the state’s online gambling market nationwide.
A Kingman resident accused of second-degree murder in the death of his neighbor will not be prosecuted, authorities said.
High-rolling Las Vegas businessman Ramon DeSage pleaded not guilty in federal court Friday to a scheme to defraud investors of roughly $190 million.
Rather than punishing drug users, state Sen. James Settelmeyer said this week he wants to “get them some help” through a bill to require people receiving public assistance to submit to random drug tests.
A 55-year-old woman was killed after a head-on collision with a semitrailer on Interstate 15 outside Mesquite on Thursday, Nevada Highway Patrol said.
Las Vegas, we didn’t quite make it to 40 million visitors in 2012, but we came close.
When all was said and done, 39.7 million people came to the city in 2012, up 2.1 percent from 2011’s final total of
38.9 million visitors, according to the monthly Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority count released Friday. And even though it’s not quite 40 million, 2012 still was a record year for Las Vegas — the previous high was 39.2 million visitors in 2007.
Nevada’s casino industry posted its third straight annual gaming revenue increase in 2012 as the industry continues its modest recovery amid a sluggish economy.
Home prices in Las Vegas jumped 27.1 percent in January compared with January 2012, picking up where they left off last year as the inventory of homes available for sale remains tight, the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors reported Friday.