A federal grand jury indicted a Nevada man on Wednesday for allegedly obtaining nearly $2 million in COVID-19 relief aid and spending it on luxury cars and Strip condos.
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The unemployment rate in the Las Vegas metropolitan area remained the highest in the state last month at 10.4 percent, even as the local economy adds more jobs, a new report shows.
Nevada’s jobless rate dropped to single digits last month for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began, but labor force participation also fell dramatically in December.
“It’s a sad day for Las Vegas,” said Larry Ruvo, remembering Tower of Jewels founder Jack Weinstein, who died earlier this week at age 93.
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