Gov. Jim Gibbons would consider reducing the number of tax deductions available to the mining industry to help close a state budget shortfall estimated at $871 million, a spokesman said Monday.
Supplemental pay added $155 million to Clark County’s labor costs last year while the economy sank into a deeper recession, according to a new report ordered by county commissioners.
CARSON CITY — A four-day work week and cutting state agency spending by 10 percent are some of the ways that Gov. Jim Gibbons wants to use to reduce spending by $871 million and balance state government’s budget.
President Barack Obama will hold a public “town hall” meeting at a high school, tout job creation in a speech at CityCenter and attend a $1 million Democratic fundraiser in a visit this week that comes after he twice singled out Las Vegas as a place not to spend money during economic hard times.
The Complete Las Vegan: A personal invitation to President Obama
Text messaging: Is there anything it can’t do? Local trial attorney Ed Bernstein sees texting as a way to attract younger consumers. Hmm … hiring a lawyer becomes: “SLIP ANDFELL ON STAREZ. LOLZ!!!!!! NEED U 2 SUE 4 ME!!!!!!!!!!!! :-D”
WASHINGTON — South Carolina’s governor is protesting the Obama administration’s planned termination of the Yucca Mountain Project, including asking the state’s attorney general to “pursue every legal action possible” to stop the shutdown.
Las Vegas Little Theatre’s “Bug” is one boring little critter. And what’s so frustrating is that it doesn’t deserve to be.
NEW YORK — Celine Dion’s upcoming movie, “Celine: Through the Eyes of the World,” does more than highlight her performances during her recent world tour; it also allows fans rare glimpses of her offstage life.
When times get tough, even veteran basketball coaches can blow up under pressure. After a rough week for UNLV that included a pair of 10-point losses, coach Lon Kruger shows no signs of getting rattled.
Sierra Vista’s last two Sunset Region girls basketball playoff games weren’t exactly memorable.
World Extreme Cagefighting wants to put its best foot forward in its pay-per-view debut on April 24.
INDIANAPOLIS — It has been a long day and everyone’s tired.
SALT LAKE CITY — A polygamous church led by Warren Jeffs before he was jailed in 2007 has named a new president who is facing bigamy charges.
The Clark County School District shouldn’t rely on pesticides to eliminate cockroaches, which produce feces that are a leading environmental trigger for asthma, a federal official said.
I have to be honest with you. I never imagined there would come a day the late Los Angeles gangster Mickey Cohen would need someone to vouch for his character.
A 28-year-old man accused of slaying a woman in September 2008 pleaded not guilty to murder charges last week, according to District Court records.
CARSON CITY — The Personhood Nevada organization has filed a state Supreme Court appeal of a district judge’s decision prohibiting the circulation of a petition aimed at ending abortion.
Years back, some people called me “metrosexual,” a lame descriptor that meant, “I can dress myself.” I felt like saying, “Sorry, I’m wearing new Kenneth Cole pants instead of those scrubs you’ve got on that you bought four sizes ago and that are stained with nacho cheese.”
Ever since reading Nancy York’s Sunday letter, “The horror of cuts,” I have been consumed with the horrific vision of tens of thousands of men, women and children running into the streets in search of a nicotine fix as soon as the funding for the “Nevada tobacco prevention and cessation program” is eliminated.
The Clark County School District is the latest entity to prove that going green doesn’t necessarily save you green.
A joint venture casino project between Penn National Gaming and the owners of the Kansas Speedway has won final approval from the Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission.
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