Southern Nevada’s casino industry is well-represented on this year’s Forbes 400, a list of America’s richest people, with Las Vegas Sands Chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson holding the top position from Nevada — No. 14 in the U.S. — with a net worth of $31.8 billion.
The EPA says TIMET failed to immediately notify authorities of the leak, which continued for several hours and drew odor complaints from residents up to 7 miles away.
Majestic Realty, one of the partners that has been developing plans for a $1.9 billion, 65,000-seat domed football stadium that could house the Oakland Raiders, has removed itself from the development team.
Gov. Brian Sandoval abruptly abandoned plans Thursday to seek an even larger tax increase in an upcoming special session of the Legislature to plug a projected budget hole as conservative Republicans dug in their heels for a school choice program.
W Las Vegas, a 289-room tower of the SLS Las Vegas, is now taking reservations for a Dec. 1 soft opening.
The state Gaming Control Board will refer a proposal to strengthen money-laundering regulations for Nevada sports books to its staff to determine if it would create additional burdens on its tax and audit divisions.
The data storage company Switch has filed what is commonly called an “exit” application with state regulators so it can obtain wholesale electricity for its Northern Nevada Tahoe-Reno SUPERNAP project.
A personal-injury law firm is building a new headquarters in downtown Las Vegas, part of a growing tally of construction projects in the area.
