The consultant for the UNLV stadium board on Thursday offered a three-prong funding approach to help build a 50,000-seat campus stadium. Bill Rhoda of Plano, Texas-based CSL identified three “buckets” of money to help build the stadium — a sales tax increment zone that could potentially be a resort corridor; the stadium’s net income; and UNLV philanthropy.
A conservation group sued the Obama administration Thursday over a new federal rule that allows wind-energy companies to seek approval to kill or injure eagles for 30 years. The American Bird Conservancy argues that the rule is illegal because the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service failed to evaluate the consequences.
President Barack Obama on Thursday said he was dispatching up to 300 military advisers to Iraq to help quell the rising insurgency in the crumbling state. He called on Iraqi leaders to govern with a more “inclusive agenda” to ensure the country does not descend into civil war.
After spending nearly two weeks underground, an injured German caver was hauled out of the country’s deepest cavern Thursday by a multinational rescue operation that involved more than 700 people.
