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.
Two companies hope to have their platforms live in the state within the next year.
NV Energy says the rate increases, which received state regulatory approval, are designed to recoup the costs of improving its grid infrastructure.
The state is looking to crack down on contractors who require large payments up front but don’t complete the work.
Nevada’s unemployment rate fell to 5.3 percent, but the state had the highest job growth rate in the country. Plus, a state economist weighs in on the possibility of a recession.
Nevadas employment office reported on Thursday that the state added thousands of jobs last month, after setting an all-time employment record in June.
Three companies are projected to add up to 229 jobs in Southern Nevada over the next five years using tax incentives provided by the Governor’s Office of Economic Development.
Sandra Douglass Morgan, the state’s first African American chair of the Nevada Gaming Control Board, was appointed to the board of directors of Allegiant Travel Co. on Monday.
Although gambling has been around much longer, brought to the Silver State by prospectors seeking their mining fortunes, legal gaming got its official start in 1931.
A leading proponent of skill-based video game slot machines and video game gambling in the state will need to regroup after the Nevada Gaming Commission on Thursday denied him a gaming license.
Nevada has new leaders tasked with managing the state’s unemployment crisis, and they’re focused on the road ahead rather than the rearview mirror.