ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Five years ago, when Carlon Brown was close to committing to UNLV, a skinny shooting guard from Mesa, Ariz., changed his plans.
At a Wednesday hearing over whether to raze the unfinished Harmon Hotel, Perini Building Co. unveiled a temporary $2 million fix to keep it standing in the event of a serious earthquake.
Colorado basketball coach Tad Boyle couldn’t say no to the itch that draws all sorts of men, commodity traders included, to coach basketball. He sort of liked the idea of waking up to a sweatsuit rather than a three-piece suit.
Dismissing arguments by the Nevada Mining Association, a judge ruled a proposed constitutional amendment to raise the cap on mining taxes can proceed as written. Nevadans United for Fair Mining Taxes wants to raise the tax cap to 9 percent of net proceeds, up from the current 5 percent.
The Senate voted Wednesday to overhaul transportation programs and keep aid flowing to thousands of construction projects while strengthening highway and auto safety. The vote stepped up pressure for quick House action, because the government’s power to collect about $110 million a day in federal gasoline and diesel taxes is set to expire March 31.
The catalogue listing next semester’s College of Southern Nevada classes is coming out this week. Early registration starts May 1, and your payment’s due on June 1. That deadline is 2½ months earlier than it used to be for good reason, the college’s adminstrators say.
Senate Republican and Democratic leaders have ended their standoff over President Barack Obama’s judicial nominations and agreed to debate a small-business bill that both parties favor.
Democratic U.S. Rep. Shelley Berkley on Wednesday challenged Republican U.S. Sen. Dean Heller to sign a pact to prevent outside groups from running TV and radio ads in their Senate race, arguing the candidates shouldn’t let third parties influence the 2012 election.
Prosecutors have extended the cloud of secrecy over a grand jury investigating the campaign contribution practices of longtime lobbyist Harvey Whittemore. Security officers even refused Wednesday to allow reporters to stay on the second floor of the courthouse where the grand jury was meeting.
CARSON CITY — A federal appeals court Wednesday upheld a Nevada law requiring sponsors of citizen initiatives to collect a percentage of voter signatures from each congressional district to qualify for the ballot.
