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Despite Strip tragedy, no long-term effects seen on Las Vegas visitation

Tourism experts say Sunday night’s Strip crash that killed an Arizona woman and injured 35 people won’t have long-term repercussions on visitation, but may come up as transportation leaders consider making Las Vegas Boulevard safer for pedestrians.

Judge in Adelson lawsuit subject to unusual scrutiny amid Review-Journal sale

Just over a month before Sheldon Adelson’s family was revealed as the new owner of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, three reporters at the newspaper received an unusual assignment passed down from the newspaper’s corporate management: Drop everything and spend two weeks monitoring all activity of three Clark County judges.

Legislation inching forward on tax abatements, incentives for Faraday Future

A package of bills that will bring electric car maker Faraday Future to Apex in Southern Nevada crawled toward approval Friday in the Nevada Legislature, but the special session to get the $1 billion auto plant deal finalized will continue at least one more day.

Drivers step closer to leasing taxis from Clark County cab companies

Nevada Taxicab Authority administrators got a little closer Friday to producing a final draft of regulations that would permit drivers to lease taxis from Clark County cab companies and operate on their own schedules.

Sheldon Adelson’s newspaper buy has Nevadans talking, and some fretting

As a Republican mega-donor who pours millions into campaigns and political action committees, Las Vegas billionaire Sheldon Adelson is already courted by elected officials. Add to that his new status as owner of Nevada’s largest newspaper.

Bellagio craps scammers plead guilty

A former Bellagio craps dealer and a man who placed phantom bets at the casino pleaded guilty Thursday in what prosecutors called a million-dollar swindle.