It is an understatement to say that states and the federal government have a strained relationship these days. Perhaps the biggest factor in this worsening relationship is the federal government’s obsession with bullying the states into doing what it wants them to do.
If you give a mouse a cookie, he’ll want a glass of milk. That wasn’t just the first in a long line of “If You Give …” books written by Laura Numeroff, but it’s an example of how proposed tax hikes and state addictions to tax revenue are self-repeating and circular. Gov. Brian Sandoval’s budget and state Senate Majority Leader Michael Roberson’s most recent amendments are good examples of this.
A pedestrian suffered life-threatening injuries after being struck by a vehicle Sunday near the intersection of Sahara Avenue and Valley View Boulevard, Las Vegas police said.
Montreux Golf and Country Club, site of this week’s Division I state boys golf tournament, is one of the longest on the PGA Tour at more than 7,400 yards.
There’s probably not a more confident team than Mojave as the boys volleyball state tournaments begin this week.
A 25-year-old man working his way through UNLV died one semester short of graduation. Police said an attacker blindsided him with a punch to the face that proved fatal.
After rolling an ankle, LeBron James overcame the pain. That was the easy part. His toughest challenge was to find a way to win the game while his supporting cast was collapsing and his coach was rendered clueless.
It’s all about momentum now. Promoters of the inaugural Rock in Rio festival have five days to address growing pains then do it all over again this weekend.
Thanks to a Henderson animal control officer and a woman’s sharp observation, a family of quail was reunited after a swift rescue at a southeast neighborhood Saturday.
There’s probably not a more confident team than Mojave as the boys volleyball state tournaments begin this week.
Montreux Golf and Country Club, site of this week’s Division I state boys golf tournament, is one of the longest on the PGA Tour at more than 7,400 yards.
Amy Ponce of North Las Vegas got a Mother’s Day surprise on Sunday — not breakfast in bed or a new pair of slippers — but a call from Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton who wished her “a happy day.”
On the same day investigative findings about the Patriots under-inflating footballs were disclosed and everybody went nuts, NASCAR, as only coincidence would dictate, rendered a final ruling about one of its top teams under-inflating tires. Exactly nobody went nuts.
In one corner are the Republicans in the Senate led by Majority Leader Michael Roberson. Then there are Senate Democrats, who for years have pushed for tax increases for education only to be thwarted by a GOP minority.
Swimmer’s ear is an infection of the outer ear canal, the portion of the ear canal that extends from the eardrum to the outside of the head. “We call it swimmer’s ear because a lot of swimmers get it from constant moisture in the ear,” says Helen Yang, a pediatrician with Sunshine Valley Pediatrics,. “If they swim all the time, it makes for an environment that bacteria like.”
Hsiu Hsiang Grant was visiting in Taiwan in 2012 when she suddenly felt dizzy and fell for no apparent reason. Upon returning home to Las Vegas, she had a physical exam and discovered that a nodule had developed on the right side of her thyroid.
Baltimore Mom becomes icon of our collective frustration regarding permissive and absent parents. She is a prototypical mother in whom terror, outrage and shame collide.
The Celebrate Israel Festival at the Venetian gave hundreds of the valley’s Jewish and Israeli residents a chance to celebrate their heritage and connect with local resources Sunday.
Two civilians and one Henderson firefighter suffered minor injuries during a Sunday fire near Boulder Highway and U.S Highway 95, according to a city spokeswoman.
Some 82,000 people attended the first two days of the inaugural Rock in Rio USA inside the sprawling 40-acre City of Rock venue at the corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Sahara Avenue.
A county prosecutor will announce on Tuesday whether a Madison, Wisconsin police officer will face charges in the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old man whose death has touched off protests in the state capital.
As cities continue to grow at a dizzying rate, commuters are constantly battling ever-increasing congestion on the roads and a lack of parking, just to get to work. But now a team of German engineers have come up with an ingenious solution.
It started as a traffic stop and ended in a hail of gunfire. Now two police officers in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, are dead, four suspects are facing charges and a community is mourning.
NBC has unveiled three new dramas — including the Las Vegas-based thriller “The Player, starring Wesley Snipes — and one comedy for its fall schedule.
Thanks to a new Regional Transportation Commission program that starts today, motorists will be armed with information that might ease the pain of a cone-filled commute.
The cause of the crash, which occurred on a highway in the state of Tamaulipas, wasn’t immediately clear, the government said.
Daring ‘Duck’ musical and classic-Vegas Scintas close within three days of each other, proving nothing in Vegas show business can be predicted.
A motorcyclist is dead and state Route 169 in Overton was shut down while troopers investigated a crash, the Nevada Highway Patrol said.
The fatal shooting of a man at an apartment complex near the Boulevard Mall Saturday followed an altercation with another man, Las Vegas police said Sunday.
