What’s worse than a government agency wasting your money? Two government agencies working together to waste your money.
The nation faces a dangerously seductive form of gambling, as cross-border, high tech telecommunications networks threaten to siphon money out of homes across the country. The problem is getting worse, and the states, with the constitutional mandate to regulate gambling within their borders, are indifferent or worse. The only solution is for Congress to act now.
Political pundits say that when Hillary Clinton runs for president, it would be unwise for Republicans to make a big deal about the sexual woes of Bill Clinton.
The margins tax was a terrible idea from the moment the state teachers union put it on paper and began collecting signatures to qualify it for the 2014 ballot. But we now know the initiative is even worse than previously thought: In addition to killing jobs, the plan, if passed, creates a huge disincentive for small business growth.
A lot of hard work went into Leo Santa Cruz’s ascent to the world super bantamweight title. But Santa Cruz said he’s finding he has to work even harder to stay on top.
The predominant attitude of readers this week centered around one question: Do I ask forgiveness or permission?
In a country that can’t find many prison cells for Wall Street swindlers, rapacious bankers, and corporate hoodlums, this past week we learned there was just enough federal penitentiary space for a dove of peace.
Ronda Rousey retained the Ultimate Fighting Championship women’s bantamweight title with a first-round TKO of Sara McMann in the main event of UFC 170 at Mandalay Bay on Saturday night.
It was almost a year to the day since Desert Pines’ boys basketball team used a furious rally to defeat Clark in the Division I-A state title game.
Boulder City’s girls basketball team probably didn’t expect to see Desert Pines in Saturday’s Division I-A Southern Region championship.
Deville Smith’s 3-pointer at the buzzer was wiped off after a replay review and UNLV suffered a 91-90 overtime loss to Boise State in a thriller at Taco Bell Arena.
It was almost a year to the day since Desert Pines’ boys basketball team used a furious rally to defeat Clark in the Division I-A state title game.
Boulder City’s girls basketball team probably didn’t expect to see Desert Pines in Saturday’s Division I-A Southern Region championship.
Xerox is under fire for its troubles building Nevada’s online health insurance exchange.
Clark County has launched a $30,000 marketing plan to stop the bleeding at its top-rated shooting complex that has cost taxpayers $2.85 million in the past four fiscal years.
Michael Neal scored at the 1:28 mark to give Bakersfield a 1-0 lead, and the Condors never trailed en route to a 3-1 ECHL victory over the Wranglers at Rabobank Arena in Bakersfield, Calif.
Justin Brecht, Clark County’s educator of the month, is the mind behind an extended-day fifth-grade class that teaches students life and academic skills with the goal of preparing them for middle school, high school and one day, college.
Follow the link for the schedule and results (when available) for the girls basketball region tournaments in Southern Nevada.
After seeing an increase in traffic in the neighborhood, the Southern Hills community is debating whether to erect a barrier that would block access to cars that cut through the streets.
Lincoln County’s girls basketball team lost only two league games all season, both to Needles by a combined seven points.
One person was shot dead in the 2300 block of Sunrise Avenue, near North Eastern Avenue and Fremont Street, on Saturday night.
The Nevada Mining Association Association is so convinced voters will defeat a mining tax question in November that it does not plan even to wage a TV and media campaign this fall to induce them to vote no.
Walking a mile in Richard Hudgins shoes can be a painful experience in one of the harshest Southern winters in years.
The UNLV women’s basketball team fell to Boise State 75-72 on Saturday in a Mountain West game at Cox Pavilion.
A two-out error in the bottom of the ninth inning by UNLV shortstop Matt McCallister allowed the winning run to score and give Tennessee a 5-4 baseball victory over the Rebels on Saturday at Knoxville, Tenn.
Anne Frank’s “The Diary of a Young Girl” and scores of books about the young Holocaust victim have been vandalized in Tokyo public libraries since earlier this year.