The House in a party-line vote last week passed an amendment that roiled the debate over immigration. Lawmakers voted 224-201 to stop President Barack Obama’s policy that grants temporary legal status to young people who were brought into the country illegally as children.
Sam wrote in with a question about a fast-developing area out in Henderson: “Can you find out why there is no dedicated right turn lane at the southwest corner of Via Inspirada and Volunteer Boulevard?
WET ‘N’ WILD, THE WATER PARK THAT OPENED LATE LAST MONTH, invited reporters to tour the place before opening weekend. A reporter asked about rumors that the park had reached, or almost reached, the limit for season passes. Nonsense, the marketing people said.
Add mental health to the list of things for which students will be checked. New legislation means that students at two schools each in Clark and Washoe counties will undergo mental health screening next school year.
Jury selection in the trial of James “Whitey” Bulger began last week in Boston, with all the media attention you’d expect from the final legal comeuppance of an aging organized-crime monster suspected of having a bloody hand in 19 murders.
The 27th special session of the Nevada Legislature ended quickly after it began, with lawmakers endorsing a bill allowing the Clark County Commission to increase the sales tax to raise money for more police.
I knew from the start state Sen. Mark Hutchison, R-Las Vegas, was going to be a good lawmaker. You could tell from his campaign: earnest, respectful and policy-driven.
On Thursday, Showtime restores to its rightful glory the world-famous Plaza showroom, once the proud home of “Nudes on Ice,” “Natalie Needs a Nightie” and “Mind with the Dirty Man.”
