COMING IN THIS WEEK’S BUSINESS PRESS

ECONOMY OF GIVING: With many of the industries that dominate the Las Vegas economy wobbling, many nonprofit agencies have suffered. A broad spectrum of nonprofits has already laid off staff or cut programs.

ROLLING ROCKS: When demand for its crushed landscaping rock began to plummet two years ago, the owners of Las Vegas Rock moved aggressively into the architectural market that had previously been a sideshow.

THIS WEEK’S BUSINESS PRESS POLL QUESTION

Log onto the Las Vegas Business PressWeb site and let us hear your opinion on this week’s question.

Gov. Jim Gibbons has questioned whether Nevada should accept a controversial $77 million portion of the unemployment money being made available to the state in the federal economic stimulus package. Gibbons called the strings the federal government has placed on the money a “usurpation of state rights” and an “unfunded mandate.” Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley, D-Las Vegas, said the $77 million would allow about 4,100 laid-off Nevadans who do not qualify for payments under law to start to receive unemployment checks. She also argued that the money would help stimulate the state’s struggling economy.

Do you think Gov. Jim Gibbons should accept the full amount of the stimulus money despite his concerns?

answer at www.lvbusinesspress.com/poll