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A state Supreme Court ruling issued Thursday could seriously delay or halt a multibillion-dollar plan to supply Las Vegas with groundwater from across eastern Nevada. In a stunning reversal of a District Court decision, the Supreme Court ruled that the groundwater applications underpinning the pipeline project might not be valid, raising the possibility that the Southern Nevada Water Authority will have to start the state permitting process all over again.

It ranks among the toughest breakups in a city with its fair share of seamy divorces. Like plenty of splits, it had everything to do with money. But with the economy in the tank and the state’s revenue plummeting, MGM Mirage and the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce have called an end to their seven-year separation. Nevada’s biggest hotel-casino operator said Thursday that it is rejoining the state’s largest trade association to create a unified front against a looming state legislative session that promises pitched battles over budgets and taxes.

Politics were put aside for a few hours Wednesday night. Sue Lowden was back in the friendly swirl of the Miss America realm.

Rock star cliches being what they are, you don’t expect a famous singer to talk about Jesus and Christianity. But politically active Art Alexakis is proudly a liberal Christian.