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Busts called part of safety push

The arrests of six Planet Hollywood Resort employees in the past two months are part of a cooperative effort with law enforcement agencies to rid the resort of workers who could jeopardize the casino licensee’s standing with casino regulators, resort officials insist.

Dozers hit Strip in fight for funds

Construction equipment workers and business leaders are calling on the federal government to reauthorize transportation funding for road construction, including critical improvements to Interstate 15 in Las Vegas, and to spur a jobs recovery.

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PR firms adapt to economic downturn

Public relations man George McCabe admits he’s a little loath these days to pass even the smallest potential clients along to someone else. He performed that courtesy plenty in the past, as did other professionals in the valley’s tight-knit community of public relations and marketing professionals, where spreading the work and the wealth is usually a matter of routine. But these days, McCabe, PR director at B&P, a spinoff of the state’s largest advertising firm R&R Partners, is looking out for his media agency first. A lack of clients to go around has made for a tougher market for flacks all over.

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