With the election still a week away, nearly a quarter of the Nevada electorate has already cast ballots, according to the secretary of state.
The race in the 3rd Congressional District, in which Democratic state Sen. and UNLV professor Dina Titus challenges three-term incumbent Republican Jon Porter, remains tight as it goes down to the wire. Last Thursday, the two candidates participated in their final televised debate.
The final week of the election is upon us with a whirlwind of last-minute campaign calls, mail, commercials and door-to-door lobbying.
Gov. Jim Gibbons and state lawmakers can quit worrying about the state’s massive revenue shortfall and the souring national economy.
For the second straight quarter, Penn National Gaming executives hinted they are casino shopping in Las Vegas but no deals are pending.
HOUSTON — Pump prices continued to tumble in the past week, falling more than 25 cents to a national average of $2.656 a gallon, new government figures show. In some places, gasoline is now selling for less than $2 a gallon.
The proposed $5.8 billion buyout of Embarq Corp., the dominant local phone company serving Southern Nevada, will not affect rates customers pay for basic telephone service, state consumer advocate Eric Witkoski said Monday.
The number of people flying to and from Las Vegas fell 13.2 percent in September to 3.37 million, the largest year-over-year decline since the months following Sept. 11, 2001, and the 11th consecutive monthly dip.
Los Angeles-based City National Corp. announced Monday that the federal government has given preliminary approval to buy as much as $395 million in senior preferred shares and warrants as part of the U.S. Treasury’s capital purchase program.
Mall giant General Growth Properties will try to use three malls on the Strip to escape the looming shadow of billions of dollars in debt.
