The Henderson City Council voted 4-0 with one abstention Tuesday to hire Josh Reid as the next city attorney. During a public comment period that lasted about an hour, Mayor Andy Hafen said the media made bad assumptions in recent weeks by speculating that Hafen and council members would elect Reid as a political favor to his father, U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev.
Rep. Barney Frank, whose long House career is coming to an end, said Tuesday he was optimistic Congress will allow people to gamble over the Internet. The Massachusetts Democrat said online gambling will remain an important matter in the year remaining in his final term.
A 47-year-old man who said he killed another man in self-defense in January 2010 was sentenced to eight to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter.
Herman Cain’s campaign on Tuesday paid the $10,000 filing fee to compete in the GOP presidential caucus in Nevada, insisting he’s staying in the race amid accusations he had an affair.
Education will play an important role in Nevada’s economic recovery, according to those in attendance Tuesday at a town hall meeting featuring U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and a host of state and local education leaders. “Jobs are going to go to where the knowledge workers are,” Duncan told a crowd of about 500 people at the College of Southern Nevada.
A legislative committee will undertake a $150,000 study to compare how Nevada and other states fund higher education. The Board of Regents by Sept. 1 are expected review the study and recommend changes in how higher education is funded for the Legislature to consider at its 2013 session.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Three Connecticut money managers awarded a $254 million Powerball jackpot say there’s no fourth participant despite a claim they’re covering for a winner who wants to stay anonymous.
Former Henderson City Councilman Steve Kirk has picked up the Senate Republican Caucus endorsement in what could be one of the most contested state Senate races of 2012. Kirk, 52, who lost a race for Henderson mayor to Andy Hafen in 2009 by 45 votes, will face incumbent Sen. Shirley Breeden, D-Henderson, in the Senate District 5 race.
