More than 13,000 jobs would be at risk in Nevada, and 1.8 million nationwide, if Congress doesn’t extend a highway and mass transit law before it expires Sept. 30, Senate Democrats said Thursday.
Democratic congressional candidate Kate Marshall on Thursday criticized the Obama administration’s $787 billion stimulus package and its continuation of bank bailouts, saying the measures didn’t create enough jobs or hold companies and other recipients accountable for the funds received.
The Regional Transportation Commission voted Thursday to oppose a lawsuit filed by First Transit last month, sending the case directly to District Court, where a hearing has been set for Sept. 16. First Transit takes issue with the board rescinding a $600 million contract awarded to the company.
A North Las Vegas home and car were destroyed and a second home was damaged in a Thursday afternoon blaze.
A federal judge said he needs more information before deciding whether to unseal documents in a case filed by a security team that protects the family of Las Vegas Sands Corp. Chairman Sheldon Adelson.
MADISON, Wis. — The score was already lopsided, the chance to win nearly nil, but UNLV at least appeared to be building something positive late in the second quarter.
Can the Hooters Hotel on Tropicana Avenue be considered a failure? If you ask the resort’s main creditor, the answer is yes. Canpartners Realty Holding Co. IV filed a complaint late Wednesday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Las Vegas opposing plans by Hooters casino to spend more money looking for new investors, a sale, or a merger.
State Sen. Ruben Kihuen on Thursday launched a campaign for Congress, hoping his Hispanic community ties carry him to victory as the state’s first Latino representative. The 31-year-old senator was long expected to run for one of three districts in Southern Nevada, home to most of the state’s Hispanics, who make up 26 percent of Nevada’s population.
Culinary Local 226 wants the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Las Vegas-based Ultimate Fighting Championship, claiming the world’s largest promoter of mixed martial arts events is violating U.S. antitrust laws.
Zuffa LLC, which operates the UFC, is majority-owned by Frank Fertitta III and Lorenzo Fertitta, the principals in Fertitta Gaming and operators of Station Casinos. The Culinary is trying to organize many of the company’s 13,000 employees.
Marching bands and politicians celebrated the completion of two express bus routes Thursday that will link downtown Henderson to the core of Las Vegas starting Sept. 18. The Regional Transportation Commission spent $40 million on the Boulder Highway and Henderson express lines, $22 million of which came from federal stimulus funding.
LANCASTER, Ohio — Authorities in central Ohio are trying to solve a panties puzzle: why hundreds of pairs of mostly women’s underwear were dumped along the side of a road.
FAIRBAULT, Minn. — A Minnesota boy who made an incredible hockey shot during a charity event won’t collect the $50,000 prize because his twin brother should have taken the shot.
SAN JOSE, Calif. — San Jose, Calif., police are looking for pedestrians and motorists who grabbed bags of marijuana that spilled onto the road from a truck that crashed.
Nancy Quon and William Ronald Webb pleaded not guilty Thursday to conspiracy and insurance fraud charges.
They were charged in a nine-count indictment stemming from a suspicious fire at Quon’s Rhodes Ranch home and from what authorities alleged was another suicide plot, obtaining an illegal drug the couple thought was undetectable.
JUNEAU, Alaska — A Juneau woman says she knows it was stupid to punch a black bear in the snout to save her dog.
Macau’s booming casino market shows no signs of slowing. The Chinese special administrative region’s 34 casinos shattered single-month gaming revenue figures in August, collecting $3.09 billion from gamblers during the month. The figure was a 57 percent increase over August 2010 and 2 percent higher than July.
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