Las Vegas City Attorney Rebecca Wolfson has raised more than $340,000 in a race for Municipal Court, out fundraising all other judicial candidates in the upcoming primary elections.
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Speakers at a Board of Regents meeting expressed disappointment in a lack of response from the board and UNLV leadership on a recent commencement speech.
The lawsuit was being brought with 30 state and district attorneys general and seeks to break up the monopoly they say is squeezing out smaller promoters and hurting artists.
With the campaign season in full swing, 10 hopefuls pitched their vision for the city’s future to at the “Meet the Candidates” forum in the west valley.
Clark County will likely challenge a district court judge’s decision in the ongoing litigation with Gypsum Resources to the state Supreme Court.
The Conference Board reported Wednesday that its consumer confidence index rose to 108.3 in December, up from 101.4 in November.
Nevada’s employment office announced a $72 million plan to modernize its unemployment insurance system, a move that some say is “long overdue.”
The Justice Department said the defendants showcased their “extravagant lifestyles” to fool others into thinking they were skilled stock traders.
On a month-to-month basis, the consumer price index rose just 0.1% in November, down from 0.4% in October.
Two on state’s list of excluded persons from casinos are expected to be removed because they’ve died, but Leonard Morgan Hairston may be added on Thursday.
Some of Nevada’s hourly workers will be taking home a larger check after a ballot measure to raise the state’s minimum wage to $12 an hour is poised to pass.
The year-over-year increase, down from 8.2 percent in September, was the smallest rise since January.
The Federal Reserve pumped up its benchmark interest rate Wednesday by three-quarters of a point for a fourth straight time but hinted that it could soon reduce the size of its rate hikes.
Clark County commissioners gave the green light for a 43-story, 2,420-room project at the southeast corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Harmon Avenue.
Atlanta-based restaurant chain Chick-fil-A has given $48,431 in political donations so far this year for the 2022 election cycle, according to OpenSecrets.