Pain began pulsing down Tammy Boomershine’s right leg from an aggravated sciatic nerve Sunday afternoon when she was only a few steps from completing an overwhelming comeback.
As he put on his uniform in the cramped visitors’ clubhouse Sunday at Chicago’s historic Wrigley Field, 51s closer Bubbie Buzachero barely could contain his enthusiasm.
CARSON CITY — Last spring state legislators were certain the foreclosure crisis in Nevada was so severe that thousands of residents each month would apply for assistance under a new law to help them keep their homes.
U-Haul’s data show it helped move 2.2 percent more people into the state than out last year, and so far this year it has moved 1.6 percent more people out of state than in. … The relatively even stream in both directions is a marked change from the state’s rapid growth during much of the decade. It also reinforces state demographer Jeff Hardcastle’s contention that Nevada’s population is not falling, despite recent news reports and persistent rumors. Hardcastle thinks the population is flat or inching upward.
Las Vegas police officer Laurie Bisch, who ran for Clark County sheriff in 2006 and plans to run again next year, suspects Sheriff Doug Gillespie and the police officers’ union that backs him are trying to torpedo her campaign before the race starts.
Nevada conservative activist Chuck Muth has started a partnership with Michigan activist Saul Anuzis to form a political action committee called Dump Reid PAC.
CARSON CITY — Nevada government employment officials say the sluggish economy has slowed the rate of turnover among state employees.
The huge flag in front of Towbin Automotive Group flies no more.
The goal Friday was to install a machine that harnesses the wind, but there were worries that it might be too windy.
It’s one of those classic “don’t ask, don’t tell” situations, but with a lemon twist.
Las Vegas deal maker Jack Wishna isn’t among those who believe a Graceland-style tribute to Michael Jackson would succeed in Las Vegas.
In the past week, those championing the Kennedy-Obama plan to have the federal government take over the health insurance industry have apparently been stunned by groups of citizens showing up at “town hall meetings” to loudly protest.
An all-day Monday powwow featuring some of the country’s best-known policymakers yielded an array of suggestions for boosting the nation’s green-energy economy.
The suggestions from more than 25 panelists and speakers at the National Clean Energy Summit 2.0 could substantially help shape proposed federal legislation in the next year. If Monday’s discussions offer any indication, Americans can expect a coming congressional emphasis on home and office weatherization, a focus on finding dollars for alternative-energy power plants, carbon cap-and-trade regulations and creation of a national renewable energy portfolio mandate for electric utilities.
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Quit piddling around! That was the earnest exhortation from former President Bill Clinton, who spoke to a sold-out crowd of 900 attendees at today’s National Clean Energy Summit 2.0 at UNLV.
In a wide-ranging speech, Clinton referred repeatedly to the 7 million jobs the nation has lost since the recession’s 2007 beginning. He talked of restoring some of those jobs by unlocking private capital locked down in an ongoing credit freeze, and he urged the nation to take what Nevada is doing and put it on steroids to develop a green economy.
