Las Vegas’ budget has already taken a hit from one of the cases won by developer Yohan Lowie, whose stymied housing plans for a shuttered golf course led to extensive litigation.
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The Review-Journal reached out to all mayoral candidates on how the city should pay for Badlands-related court rulings, and whether they agreed with the city’s yearslong legal battle.
Senior U.S. District Judge Larry Hicks died after he was hit by a vehicle near the district courthouse in downtown Reno, the Reno Police Department said. He was 80.
Five-year projections, which the Bureau of Reclamation releases three times a year, are showing that snowpack may have boosted Lake Mead.
Police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, cast Donald Trump as a threat to democracy and threw their support behind Pres. Joe Biden during an event in Las Vegas Wednesday.
Las Vegas casinos weren’t inundated with gamblers when they reopened Thursday, but a flood of guests hadn’t been expected, according to Gov. Steve Sisolak.
Wynn Resorts CEO Matt Maddox, the author of a comprehensive plan to open Las Vegas, met with President Donald Trump Wednesday as a participant in a business roundtable.
Nevada’s stay-at-home order, which was set to expire Friday, will be extended, Gov. Steve Sisolak said in an interview with ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Wednesday.
The rule had denied small casinos access to $350 billion in funds allotted for small businesses shuttered by the coronavirus outbreak.
Nevada and states with small businesses that are ineligible for paycheck protection loans because they receive revenue from gaming pushed again for help.
A rule change that would allow more small gaming businesses to take advantage of the Paycheck Protection Program has not satisfied Nevada lawmakers in both parties, who say those businesses are still being treated unfairly.
As the economic impacts of dealing with the coronavirus spread, Nevada Sens. Jacky Rosen and Catherine Cortez Masto are working to ensure the gaming industry is included in any relief bill.
Many Democratic presidential hopefuls joined a Culinary union protest Wednesday. Workers want labor contracts with several Station Casinos properties.
The Nevada Resort Association has filed a lawsuit that seeks to invalidate a ballot initiative filed by the Clark County Education Association that would raise the gaming tax.