Changes to a health care reform bill in the U.S. Senate increased to $2.3 billion the extra money that would assist low-income residents in Nevada.
CARSON CITY — U.S. Sen. Harry Reid is seeking funding to study the environmental impact that a proposed landfill near Winnemucca and tons of imported trash from California would have on Northern Nevada rivers and aquifers.
Andre Agassi had tough words for Serena Williams after her threatening outburst at the U.S. Open. Agassi and I were talking Tuesday about his upcoming charity concert on Saturday, the Grand Slam for Children, when I asked for his thoughts on Williams.
CARSON CITY — State Sen. Terry Care, D-Las Vegas, and Assemblyman Pete Goicoechea, R-Eureka, were named legislators of the year Tuesday by the Nevada Association of Counties.
RENO — The beat will go on for the University of Nevada, Reno’s marching band.
Because Durango High School was able to save its choir teachers, more choir classes are being offered.
Enrollment projections for the Clark County School District were off by more than 4,000 students this year, and public school principals are trying to salvage what they can in the face of staff reductions .
The writer of the editorial honored the past weekend at the Nevada Press Association banquet as Editorial of the Year was misidentified because of an editor’s error in the contest submissions.
Henderson’s top appointed officials have long known where they stand with their immediate supervisors, the members of the City Council. But their ultimate bosses — taxpayers — have been kept in the dark.
The problem with taxing wealth is that tax revenues tend to drop — or at least grow more slowly — when times are tough. If members of the taxpaying peasantry get laid off or are cut back to part-time wages, they’re going to reduce their spending across the board. No matter what your strategy for diverting part of those revenue streams, tax revenues are going to falter, just as a hungry cow gives less milk.
While it’s not quite here yet, it surely won’t be long before a few favorite dishes identified mostly with Indian cuisine — tandoori chicken, certainly, and maybe the bread called naan — fully break out into the American restaurant mainstream.
Wine: Vina Bisquertt Casa La Joya Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve
Best Western Lighthouse Inn snack bar, 110 Ville Drive, Boulder City, received 18 demerits Sept. 10. Violations included raw eggs stored over ready-to-eat foods. GRADE: B
Who would remember Alexandre Etienne Choron without Choron sauce? Caesar Cardini without the Caesar salad? And even Ettore Boiardi, without all of that Chef Boyardee stuff?
“Reefer Madness: The Musical” is no more an endorsement for marijuana than “Cannibal! The Musical” is an encouragement for eating thy neighbor.
Even after nearly 10 years of doing this column I’m frequently surprised by what draws reader feedback and what doesn’t. For Elmer Herndon, who’s looking for Colosimo hot Italian sausage, I received four replies — and two were from people named Colosimo.
The Nevada Public Utilities Commission said Tuesday that consumers have seen their power rates jump enough in 2009.
NEW YORK — Across all income levels, the recession has led shoppers to re-evaluate their spending and adopt cost-saving strategies — and people say those new habits will last even after the economy recovers.
CARSON CITY — Even with the tax increases implemented in July, Nevada has the fourth best “business tax climate,” according to a report released Tuesday by the Tax Foundation.
Harrah’s Entertainment wants to sell up to $750 million of new term loans under its current credit facility, part of the gaming giant’s continuing efforts to reduce its multibillion-debt and improve its ability to expand the company.
It took a while for the idea of online shopping to click with Macy’s Chief Executive Officer Terry Lundgren, he said Tuesday at a retail conference in Las Vegas.
