45°F
weather icon Cloudy
NASCAR party coming to Vegas

Citing an aggressive pitch from Las Vegas officials that stressed plentiful rooms at reasonable rates and the opportunity to stage additional fan activities on the city’s famous Strip, NASCAR announced Thursday it will be moving its annual season-ending party to Las Vegas.

Undoing the will of the people

The same lawmakers who praise the people’s collective wisdom when they’re angling for our votes in November squawk that their plenary power to decide what’s good for us is being compromised, that their “hands are being tied,” if citizens go to the enormous trouble and expense of changing their own laws by writing an initiative and placing it on the ballot.

Anti-smoking law fine as it is

Senate Bill 372 would severely weaken the voter-approved Nevada Clean Indoor Air Act, which prohibits smoking in restaurants, supermarkets and bars that serve food. It should be defeated for at least four reasons.

THE LATEST Opinion
Limits on searches

The U.S. Supreme Court strengthened the Fourth Amendment and delivered a slap to the war on drugs Tuesday when it put new limits on the authority of police to search vehicles immediately following the arrest of a suspect.

Popularity contest

Nevada Democrats spent much of last year crowing about their influence in the national presidential sweepstakes.

‘Out of control’ salaries?

Some academics have always bristled at the money and attention lavished on college sports. But watching major universities pour tens of millions of dollars into coaching salaries while cutting core education has been too much for University of Nevada, Reno President Milton Glick to bear.

The poker lobby

At the end of 2006, Congress passed the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act. The law aims to curb online gambling by prohibiting financial institutions from accepting payments from credit cards, checks or electronic fund transfers to settle online wagers.

OUR BLOGGERS ARE SAYING…

If you’re not checking out the local blogs on reviewjournal.com, here’s just a sample of what you’ve been missing:

Color blind

Over the next two weeks, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider a series of cases that could confirm or sharply narrow the government’s use of race-based policies to supposedly promote “equal treatment before the law.”

Award winner

The most prestigious awards in print journalism were announced Monday, and for just the second time a Nevada broadsheet was among the recipients.

MOST READ
LISTEN TO THE TOP FIVE HERE