If you hang around Las Vegas sports books enough, you will hear a whole lot of crazy betting theories and mantras. Some of the most entertaining, though perhaps not the most effective, will come from the mouths of guys who look like they haven’t left their seat since before Jameis Winston learned how to sign his name.
A couple of bad bounces put the Indianapolis Colts in an 0-2 hole, but it has not taken long for Andrew Luck to change the team’s fortunes.
There may be a good reason the elites of the Nevada business community are so vehemently campaigning against The Education Initiative.
With early voting underway, Nevadans have a chance to make our state more prosperous by giving our children a better future denied to them for too long.
Between now and Nov. 4, Nevada voters will decide where they stand on Question 3, the margins tax initiative. Proponents of the tax measure are running television ads that make false and misleading claims about this tax measure.
The argument for passage of Question 3 holds that increased school spending translates to improved student achievement. Nevada’s schools perform poorly because they’re poorly funded, Question 3 backers claim. Therefore, pouring more money into the state’s K-12 system is the only way to guarantee better outcomes.
The next John Bonaventura is on this fall’s ballot, hoping you aren’t paying attention, hoping you won’t do your homework. There are a great many down-ticket offices on this fall’s ballot that have great powers and important responsibilities. If voters fail to make informed choices in those races, an especially unqualified office holder can cause great harm to the public — just like John Bonaventura.
Among the many people on this fall’s ballot who have no business running for office are a handful of candidates who already hold office. We elect people with the hope that they’ll do a good job. If they don’t deliver, we can fire them — because they almost always seek re-election. Absent term limits, incumbents — especially bad ones — dig in like ticks.
Once upon a time, I spent some quality time with Las Vegas icon Bill Bennett. For those new to Las Vegas, he was “arguably the most successful gaming executive of the 1960s and 1970s.”
Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton gave the keynote address during the 20th annual UNLV Foundation dinner Monday at Bellagio. The event also honored Sheldon G. Adelson and the late Kitty Rodman for their generous contributions to the university.
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Ben Martin finished with a remarkable 9-under-par 62, equaling the tournament’s best round, and is at 17-under 196 entering today’s final round.
Calling their conduct “constitutionally abhorrent,” a federal judge recently chided government prosecutors for working in secret to keep millions of dollars in cash and assets seized from a Las Vegas gambler and his family in a decade-long bookmaking investigation.
Scott Piercy still has a shot to win the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. But in some ways, the former Bonanza High School star is already a winner at TPC Summerlin.
A meeting next week in Fort Collins about the greater sage grouse has drawn fire from several western representatives who want to know why public attendance is limited while regulators focus on possible land use issues.
A year ago, Las Vegas Sands Corp. was looking to sell its Pennsylvania hotel-casino complex, housed on the historic site of the long-closed Bethlehem Steel Mill. Now, the company is prepared to invest $800 million into the development.
Ranchers are offering a $20,600 reward after the shootings of some 60 head of cattle across Northern Nevada since mid-summer.
Who needs Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy when you have Hideki Matsuyama and Ryo Ishikawa?
A steady stream of people cast their votes for local, statewide and legislative races at Galleria at Sunset mall in Henderson on Saturday, the first day of early voting. While some cited convenience, others talked about how the importance of the election.
Giantmicrobes Inc., which makes a line of plush toys based on viruses and other microscopic organisms, has sold out its entire Ebola stock, including the small Ebola doll for $9.95, a Gigantic Ebola doll for $29.95 and an Ebola Petri Dish toy for $14.95, according to the company’s website.
Bonanza’s girls volleyball team has three key league matches in the next two weeks that will determine its seeding for the Sunset Region playoffs.
Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a pink-clad man connected to an Oct. 6 robbery in the southeast valley.
Skeletal remains of two bodies were found at different locations at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area on Saturday.
The Northern Nevada Correctional Center in Carson City was on lockdown Saturday while officials investigated a homicide, according to the Nevada Department of Corrections.
Human remains were found on Saturday in the search for missing University of Virginia student Hannah Graham, but the remains have not been identified, police said.
