Making history

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.

Bookmark: Signings and events

Here is a listing of events designed for book lovers. Information is subject to change or cancellation without notice. Additions or changes to this listing must be submitted at least 10 days in advance of Sunday publication to Bookmark, Las Vegas Review-Journal, P.O. Box 70, Las Vegas, NV 89125. For more information, call 383-0306.

In walks wonder to change everything

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.

Local Jewish families prepare for Passover celebration

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.

Pequots seek more government grants

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.

LAS VEGAS CONVENTIONS

Conventions scheduled for the Las Vegas area this week:

These new hotel-casino names weren’t my idea

Memo to Las Vegas Review-Journal readers: Please stop calling, emailing and leaving me nasty messages about the planned Gansevoort Las Vegas.

Southern Nevada homeowners starving for state, federal aid

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.

Crawford welcomes increased exposure

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.

Florida Gulf Coast primed for tourney encore vs. Aztecs

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.

Cardinals put on clinic, rout Rams

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.

Kyle Busch uses late surge to nab Nationwide win

FONTANA, Calif. — Another Nationwide Series race at Fontana, another victory for Kyle Busch and Joe Gibbs Racing.

Wranglers’ Huxley follows ‘code’ when fists are flying

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.

Shabazz not first kid to be ‘redshirted’

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.”

March flop diminishes solid season by Mountain West

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 Digest: Bill to fund U.S. through end of September OK’d

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.

Man convicted of lesser charge in Elko slaying

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.

WEEK IN REVIEW: Reporters’ notebook

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.

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