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Analyst Lerner named to board at cancer institute

February 3, 2010 - 10:00 pm

Casino analyst Bill Lerner has joined the board of directors at the Nevada Cancer Institute, a nonprofit that provides research and care toward reducing the condition.

Lerner is a partner in Union Gaming Group, a casino research and advisory firm based in Las Vegas. Before starting the firm, Lerner was a Wall Street analyst for 14 years.

The Las Vegas-based institute was co-founded by husband and wife Jim and Heather Murren. Heather Murren was the group's first chairwoman, while Jim Murren is the chief executive of casino operator MGM Mirage.

Assemblymember Steve Yeager, D-Las Vegas, speaks with former NBA player Michael Kidd-Gilchrist. ...

Nevada teams up with ex-NBA star to help kids who stutter

By Isaiah Steinberg / RJ

August 4, 2025 - 7:02 am

The former Charlotte Bobcats player hopes to pass similar laws in all 50 states.

Food vendors are pictured at the Broadacres Marketplace swap meet on Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025, in N ...

‘It’s my second home’: Broadacres Marketplace reopens weeks after unexpected closure

By Ricardo Torres-Cortez / RJ

August 4, 2025 - 12:04 pm

Broadacres, the North Las Vegas swap meet popular with the valley’s Latino community, was back in business over the weekend after unexpectedly shuttering its doors on June 21.

Gatski Commercial's offices are seen in 2013 in Las Vegas. (Las Vegas Review-Journal file)

Las Vegas real estate firm acquired by Dallas company

By Eli Segall / RJ

August 4, 2025 - 7:00 am

The deal adds around 13 million square feet of managed real estate to the portfolio of the buyer, which now has more than 20 million square feet in Nevada.

Former Nevada Governor and U.S. Senator Richard Bryan in his home office has a varied collectio ...

Q&A with former Nevada Gov. and U.S. Sen. Richard Bryan

By Jessica Hill / RJ

August 4, 2025 - 10:12 am

Former Nevada Gov. and U.S. Sen. Richard Bryan, 88, keeps busy. Here’s his thoughts on current events.

The corridor for potential light rail by the RTC along West Charleston Boulevard on Saturday, A ...

Could light rail be added to a 17-mile stretch of Charleston?

By Mick Akers / RJ

August 4, 2025 - 8:23 am

Transit officials are looking at the future of mobility along a long stretch of Charleston Boulevard between Summerlin and the east Las Vegas Valley.

Deon Pace and Jamaine Patton from the City of Las Vegas install a new light and signal pole at ...

‘You have to solve it’: Emails show school zone traffic safety worries community

By Megan Howard / RJ

August 4, 2025 - 6:00 am

Emails obtained by the Las Vegas Review-Journal show 120 complaints sent to a CCSD account from Aug. 1, 2024, to June 20, 2025, about things like speeding and drivers ignoring crosswalks.

For four years, Nevada’s staffing agencies were content with the status quo: a court order pr ...

Nevada’s staffing agencies are embroiled in an existential struggle. Could that help the state’s workers?

By Isaiah Steinberg / RJ

August 4, 2025 - 10:14 am

For four years, Nevada’s staffing agencies were content with the status quo: a court order preventing the state from enforcing a 2021 labor law. On July 2, their dreams were dashed.

The site of the proposed Southern Nevada supplemental airport in the Ivanpah Valley, left, is s ...

Long wait ahead for next action on new planned Vegas airport

By Richard N. Velotta / RJ

August 2, 2025 - 7:00 am

With three public scoping meetings completed, the Federal Aviation Administration, the Bureau of Land Management and a consultant must next work on the EIS report.

SAUNDERS: You’ve seen the NYT image. You haven’t seen the correction it requires.

By Debra J. Saunders / RJ

August 1, 2025 - 4:28 pm

The fog of war and the political agenda of the country’s newspaper of record envelops an 18-month-old Gaza boy and the nature of his suffering.

French President Emmanuel Macron looks on at The Elysee Palace in Paris in this AP file photo. ...

SAUNDERS: Memo to all demanding Palestinian statehood: Hamas still has hostages

By Debra J. Saunders / RJ

August 1, 2025 - 6:58 am

France, the U.K. and Canada have proved themselves suckers and enablers for the Hamas terrorists who started war by murdering Israeli civilians.