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Audit calls for Taxicab Authority be dissolved or replaced

State auditors released a scathing report Tuesday on the Taxicab Authority that regulates the industry in Southern Nevada, faulting the agency for excessive fees that cost riders tens of millions of dollars and an overbearing board that exceeds its statutory role and could expose the state to liabilities.

 
Las Vegas rooftop solar financing plan proposed despite PUC decision

Las Vegas Mayor Pro Tem Steve Ross proposed a financing plan Tuesday that he hopes will encourage residents to continue to install rooftop solar despite the state Public Utilities Commission’s recent net metering decision that makes it more expensive.

IKEA begins hiring for 300 jobs at new Las Vegas store

If you’re looking for work in home furnishing sales, interior design, customer service, safety and security, cashier, facility management, receiving, and stock replenishment and warehouse, IKEA Las Vegas may have a job for you.

Texas AG says daily fantasy sports operators not legal in state

Daily fantasy sports games that charge players to compete cannot operate legally in Texas, the state’s attorney general said on Tuesday, making it the latest U.S. state to challenge the legality of such online contests.Online operators’ claims that they can “operate as an unregulated house” do not “square with existing Texas law,” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a statement on his office’s website.

MGM Resorts’ plan to charge for parking draws swift, emotional response

Corey Sanders and Gordon Absher drew the short straws. Sanders, MGM Resorts International’s chief operating officer, and Absher, the casino company’s veteran public affairs spokesman, took the brunt of Friday’s firestorm.

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