Lem Banker’s phone rang. It was friend Frankie Masterana, calling long distance to inquire about the betting line of the Stanford-San Jose State football game.
Las Vegans are out-of-shape, lazy smoke-a-holics who love drive-thru lanes and pizza by the slice, can’t find the park and don’t realize they can do more with fruits and vegetables than decorate the buffet table.
FALLON — A Navy officer killed along with three of his daughters in a May 22 small plane crash in Fallon was remembered as a gentleman and a role model at a military funeral Saturday.
BEFORE A REVIEW-JOURNAL EDITORIAL BOARD MEETING LAST WEEK, guest Gov. Jim Gibbons noticed that political reporter Molly Ball was busy messaging on her Blackberry.
CARSON CITY — Just five days after Clark County Commissioner Lawrence Weekly resigned a temporary state consulting job, the Assembly on a 41-0 vote Saturday overrode a veto by Gov. Jim Gibbons of a bill that gives the Legislature control over hiring of temporary and other executive branch employees.
About $112 billion of the $787 billion federal stimulus fund has been allocated across the country, and the impacts of that planned spending should start being felt in the next three months, Clark County Commission Chairman Rory Reid said this week.
Even in the middle of a recession, private schools with annual tuition of $9,000 to $20,000 seem more enticing than ever.
Two Las Vegas officers and a 54-year-old woman were injured while the officers were responding to a robbery in the southwest valley Saturday, the fourth department-involved accident this month.
CARSON CITY — After an emotional debate that brought tears to the eyes of some lawmakers, state senators voted 14-7 Saturday evening to override Gov. Jim Gibbons’ veto of the domestic partnership bill.
A story in Saturday’s Review-Journal on Chester Stiles’ sentencing misstated his age. He is 38.
CARSON CITY — A plan to roll back a voter-approved ban on smoking in public places died weeks ago in the Nevada Legislature, but lobbyists for the gambling and tourism industries are using the last few days of the 2009 session to try to bring it back to life.
A couple of years ago, Bonnie and Clyde Petersen were pulling down $150,000 in interest payments yearly on $1 million invested with hard-money lender OneCap Mortgage. Today, the Petersens, retirees who are now divorced but remain friends, expect to lose their separate homes. They are among many local retirees who are struggling to cope with personal financial problems after Southern Nevada and the nation slipped into recession.
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CARSON CITY — Gov. Jim Gibbons’ veto-mania has given the Legislature an unusual slate of end-of-session business.
I’ve always suspected the reason most people aren’t smiling in their driver’s license photo is because their facial muscles are numb from having to wait a couple hours at the DMV.
While most investments involve risk, investment professionals say retirees and those nearing retirement can avoid some land mines by following simple advice.
No, no and no. That’s the response from Garth Brooks’ publicist to three questions I asked after reporting here that the country icon was spotted at dinner Thursday with hotel developer Steve Wynn.
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — An American Indian reservation deep in the Grand Canyon has long been known for its towering blue-green waterfalls, but returning tourists will be greeted by an altered landscape.
“My opponent won’t rule out raising taxes. But I will. And the Congress will push me to raise taxes and I’ll say no. And they’ll push, and I’ll say no, and they’ll push again, and I’ll say, to them, ‘Read my lips: no new taxes.’ “
If Republicans are poised to score a handful of campaign victories in Nevada, then it must be a nonpartisan election.
First of all, congratulations to the 17 legislative Republicans who stuck by Gov. Jim Gibbons and refused to go along with the biggest government cash grab in Nevada history.
Newt Gingrich is not content to let Rush Limbaugh and Dick Cheney dominate the final evolutionary phase of the Republican Party into a club of mean, angry and absurd old white men.
I’ve had some requests for follow-up on the group of local residents who met for lunch in North Las Vegas on Sunday, May 17, and then proceeded to a downtown park — adjacent to the North Las Vegas police station — to pick up trash. (See http://www.lvrj.com/blogs/vin/Gun_owners_announce_plan_to_open_carry_in_North_Las_Vegas_this_Sunday.html)
As usual, the annual Scripps National Spelling Bee held last week in Washington was dominated by home-schoolers.