Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak’s proposals for more education funding drew support even from Republican lawmakers following his first state of the state address Wednesday, but that welcome from across the political aisle didn’t extend to the Democratic’s proposals for labor, housing and business.
As the partial government shutdown drags into its fourth week, the patience of security agents at the Las Vegas airport is growing thin.
A proposal to regulate short-term rentals in Las Vegas multi-family developments was criticized Wednesday by residents of a downtown high-rise who cast the measure as a reversal in the longstanding fight against illegal home-sharing.
Boyd Gaming’s new Las Vegas headquarters would be just a mile or so west of its current primary office building. Other casino operators, including MGM Resorts International and Caesars Entertainment Corp., also have office buildings in town, but locally, resort companies are known for housing most of their staff in the hotels, not in office parks.
Executives are studying ways to create more buzz on its segment of Las Vegas Boulevard to attract more pedestrians, said MGM Grand President and Chief Operating Officer Scott Sibella, who has been running the property the past seven years.
As head of the company, Dallas Tanner will earn an annual base salary of $700,000, and his target bonus this year will be 150 percent of his annual base pay, according to a securities filing .
Lawrence Weekly, the former board chairman of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, has agreed to pay nearly $2,400 in fines after violating the state ethics law for taking a personal trip with airline gift cards bought by the agency.
