It may be deadline week for Nevada legislative committees to act on bills, but that isn’t stopping lawmakers from loading up the calendar with hearings on dozens of measures introduced last month.
Nevada lawmakers talked about a range of issues in the ninth week of the legislative session that included juvenile justice reforms, stronger oversight of higher education, fracking and bestiality.
Imagine someone from another country trying to find their way around a Las Vegas convention attended by more than 170,000 people. It happens every year when CES comes to town.
UNLV’s Boyd Law School students addressed gaming regulators in their bid to craft a new law on pari-mutuel bets.
A Chinese real estate scion charged with orchestrating the murder of her children’s father was released from a San Francisco Bay Area jail after posting $35 million bail, a highly unusual financial transaction that startled and angered the victim’s family and friends.
Confusion turned into boos inside KeyBank Center after an odd series of events at UFC 210 on Saturday, and when the dust settled, Chris Weidman had suffered his third straight loss.
California Gov. Jerry Brown employed all the tricks he’s accumulated over a lifetime in politics to pass one of the largest state tax increases in recent memory in one frenzied week.
Desert Oasis used a short-handed pitching staff and clutch hitting to defeat the Jordan Beetdiggers of Utah 6-3 on Saturday in the championship game of the Bishop Gorman Desert Classic.
“Around four in five Americans … see taxpaying as a moral responsibility and tax evasion as morally wrong,” she writes of the various surveys.
Only months after raising valet parking fees from free to $13, greedy MGM executives have decided to dramatically raise them again.
I’ve read more reasons justifying outrageous and outlandish spending of corporate monies than I care to remember.
He just might ruffle the feathers of many “civil servants,” but at the same time he might gain the respect of the people. You can’t put a price tag on honesty and trust.
There is nothing sensitive about Assembly Bill 277. It is pure, unadulterated brute force by government to take away property rights.
The fact that Southern Nevada remains one of the world’s most popular tourist and convention destinations doesn’t give the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority a blank check with taxpayer funds.
Nevada lawmakers tempted to support Senate Joint Resolution 2 should explain why they favor giving federal authorities the power to jail book publishers or others simply seeking to express their political opinions.
We have come to a crossroads. Without action, we risk the continued decline of health among our minority and other impactedpopulations statewide.
Is there anyone left in America who doesn’t think that Russia’s hacking and interference with the 2016 election don’t deserve a thorough investigation?
A major reason these fights over Supreme Court nominations have become so bitter and unseemly is the stakes — the political stakes. The Supreme Court has become more than ever a superlegislature.
What if they held an election and nobody came?
If more capitalists like him were willing to stand up publicly and defend capitalism, the defense might be less necessary, because eventually the message would get through.
After three rounds, a wine champ is crowned: Luis de Santos of Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits beat Sarah Pollock of Jasmine in the finale of the contest at Wolfgang Puck Bar & Grill in Downtown Summerlin.
Justin Rose is the 5-2 favorite to win the Masters at adjusted odds at the Westgate. Jordan Spieth is 3-1, Rickie Fowler 4-1 and Sergio Garcia 9-2.
Las Vegas’ original celebrity chef, Andre Rochat, inadvertently embarked on a trip into the history books when he opened his eponymous restaurant in downtown Las Vegas in 1980.
Ann-Margret, 76, and her husband-manager, Roger Smith, are about to celebrate something big that began in Las Vegas.
Coronado’s girls track and field team won two relays, and the Cougars went on to capture the team title at the Valley Relays on Saturday at Valley High.
Aaron Johnson and Marlon Harrison each won an individual event and finished second in another to lead Las Vegas’ boys track and field team to the title at the Valley Relays on Saturday at Valley High.
More than 30 professional football players competed in the first-ever Pro Football Arm Wrestling Championship that was filmed Friday and Saturday at MGM Grand for a later television broadcast.
One lane is open on the 215 Beltway westbound near Buffalo Drive after a car caught fire Saturday night.
Following a stumble at the Masters, Charley Hoffman is now looking up at a formidable foursome heading into the final round. He is 2 strokes off the lead, behind Justin Rose, Sergio Garcia, Rickie Fowler and Jordan Spieth.
Federal prosecutors have asked for a start date of June 5 or later in the trial against cattle rancher Cliven Bundy and four other men accused of leading an armed assault on law enforcement officers in 2014.