On Tuesday, lawmakers will debate erasing a limitation on mining taxes that’s been in the state constitution since Nevada became a state in 1864. They’ll debate erasing the discriminatory ban on gay marriage inserted by voters in the early part of the last decade. And they’ll hold a hearing on whether wayward Assemblyman Steven Brooks should be expelled from office.
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“God of War: Ascension” is a pretentious title for a video game, so I’m going to call it “God of War: Movin’ On Up!”
After strutting down the hall with Lady Gaga blasting through his earbuds and his hair fluffed up and colored just the way he likes it, Vencent Pallozzi walks into art class ready to put his imagination to work.
They say hope springs eternal. But when adversity pounces on it for 22 months straight, hope gets cautious. It ducks for cover, and shoots back at hardship until it’s no longer hope at all. It’s full-blown cynicism.
Many Jewish households are busy preparing for Passover, which this year begins at sunset Monday. The seven- or eight-day holiday commemorates the Israelites’ liberation from slavery in Egypt.
Julie Meddows and Claire Barone have embarked on the adventure of a lifetime. They just hope their friendship is still intact when they return.
LEDYARD, Conn. — Once the envy of Indian Country for its billion-dollar casino empire, the tribe that owns the Foxwoods Resort Casino has been struggling through a financial crisis and pursuing more revenue from an unlikely source: U.S. government grants.
Memo to Las Vegas Review-Journal readers: Please stop calling, emailing and leaving me nasty messages about the planned Gansevoort Las Vegas.
The government has thrown hundreds of millions of dollars at fixing Nevada’s beleaguered housing market, though very little of the money has trickled into the hands of people who need it most. Nevada remains one of the states with the highest rate of foreclosure filings, homes with negative equity and people living in their homes without making mortgage payments.
In a matter of days, Terence Crawford went from being just another fighter on the early portion of an undercard to preparing for a bout on HBO that means more exposure and a lot more money.
Nate Stepna appreciates his role as leadoff hitter for the Arbor View baseball team.
Brandon Bayardi hit an RBI double and solo home run to help the UNLV baseball team even its series with San Diego State with a 4-2 victory Saturday at San Diego.
PHILADELPHIA — Build a state university in the south Florida swamplands. Move the athletic program to the highest level in college sports and hire a self-made millionaire coach. When his team makes the NCAA Tournament, say in Year 2 of its eligibility, beat a tradition-rich opponent like a Georgetown.
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Watching film of Louisville demolishing Colorado State will be scary enough for anyone who has to face the Cardinals in the next two weeks.
Auto Club 400, Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, Calif.
FONTANA, Calif. — Another Nationwide Series race at Fontana, another victory for Kyle Busch and Joe Gibbs Racing.
One of the most prolific fighters in ECHL history, Wranglers enforcer Adam Huxley knows all about “the code,” an unwritten set of rules that professional hockey’s tough guys are expected to adhere to.
When I heard UCLA’s Shabazz Muhammad is a year older than his old man has been telling people, it didn’t come as a surprise: The first time I saw him play for Bishop Gorman, he looked like Grady from “Sanford and Son.”
It is March 24, and from mid-November until now, Mountain West basketball teams have played nearly 300 games. They have been ranked, defeated quality opponents, earned good enough results to have entered the NCAA Tournament with the nation’s No. 1 Ratings Percentage Index of all conferences.
WASHINGTON — Congress approved legislation last week to fund the federal government for another six months, averting a shutdown and softening the impact of automatic across-the-board spending cuts required under sequestration.
ELKO — A 23-year-old man has been convicted of a lesser charge of involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of an Elko woman last year.
When Nevada Assemblyman Joe Hogan introduced a bill last week to legalize and tax marijuana for recreational use, he passed up a golden opportunity to score some cheap style points with the cannabis community.