CARSON CITY — A room tax increase that could bring in $233 million in the next two years was approved by the state Senate Tuesday, but it will go forward without Gov. Jim Gibbons’ signature. Gibbons announced his decision not to sign the bill soon after the state Senate voted 16-5 to increase the room tax rate by 3 percentage points.
The judge will become the newest member of the top gaming regulatory board in May after Commissioner Ogonna Brown declined a reappointment.
The rule from the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management will allow public property to be leased for restoration in the same way that oil companies lease land for drilling.
State Supreme Court upholds $48 million judgment against the city of Las Vegas for its actions involving development proposed on the defunct Badlands golf course.
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department 911 Communications warned Wednesday of an outage affecting 911 and non-emergency calls in a social media post. Officials said they could see the numbers of those who called from cellphones.
Two companies hope to have their platforms live in the state within the next year.
The U.S. and U.K. on Thursday imposed a new round of sanctions on Iran as concern grows that Tehran’s attack on Israel could fuel a wider war in the Middle East.
President Joe Biden called it an “incredible honor” as he received endorsements from more than a dozen members of the Kennedy family.
“The world is on fire, and history will judge us for our action,” said Rep. Mike McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, during a news conference this week.
On Monday, Jews around the world will begin celebrating the weeklong Passover holiday, recounting the biblical story of their exodus from Egypt.
Henderson police said a man found dead after a multiday standoff that included a police shooting had five rifles and was facing kidnapping and other charges.
