WASHINGTON — Rather than approve billions of dollars in new spending to stimulate the economy, Congress should use money that has not yet been spent from a $700 billion financial bailout bill that passed in October, Sen. John Ensign said Monday.
A Las Vegas lawyer was sentenced to 15 months in prison after pleading guilty to tax evasion, according to the U.S. attorney’s office.
CARSON CITY — State and local officials in Nevada said they’re seeing an increasing number of domestic horses being turned loose because their owners can no longer afford to care for them.
Nevada dodged a $70 million financial setback Monday when the state Tax Commission denied Southern California Edison a rebate for using out-of-state coal at its now closed Laughlin power plant.
RENO — A lawyer for environmentalists and tribal activists told a federal judge Monday that the government’s approval of a big gold mine was flawed and would prohibit the Western Shoshone from practicing religious rites on a mountain in Northern Nevada.
A 21-year-old man accused of fatally shooting another man in a gang slaying pleaded guilty Monday, the day his trial was to begin.
RENO — Rep. Dean Heller asked the Pentagon on Monday to open a new U.S. Army investigation into the death of a Nevada soldier killed in Iraq two years ago to determine whether he might have been a victim of friendly fire.
A juror who wrote sexually explicit letters to a defendant in a murder trial and then visited him at the county jail didn’t commit jury misconduct, a judge said Monday.
The celebration of an accused killer’s conviction was bittersweet for almost a dozen friends and relatives of slain Las Vegas businessman John Herda.
Less than two years ago, Las Vegas’ biggest hotels entered an agreement with the Internal Revenue Service to withhold income taxes from the estimated tips of union members.
Those seeking good economic news in the week after Thanksgiving had to read down to the fine print.
Macau gaming revenues grew 3 percent in November following two straight months of declines.
Live-work project has university students seeing downtown as primed to prosper.
Ladies may still be welcome, but only if they pay full freight.
VIRGINIA CITY — Federal land managers said Monday they will gather public comment and assess the potential environmental impacts of a proposal to build dozens of wind-power turbines on the mountains north of Carson City and west of Virginia City.
Some Las Vegas companies are beginning to join a growing national trend in trying to cut operating expenses.
