Citing flaws in the selection process, a Republican National Committee panel on Friday recommended that neither of Nevada’s two dueling delegations be seated at the party’s convention in September.
CARSON CITY — A planned Sept. 11 Nevada Ethics Commission hearing on a complaint filed by Democrats over a property tax break for Republican Gov. Jim Gibbons was complicated Friday when one commissioner, a former state Democratic Party chairman, recused himself.
For those of us who find state politics compelling and significant, the four-way race for an open Nevada Supreme Court race was downright thrilling as the numbers trickled in Tuesday and the lineup of winners and losers flipped and flopped.
The Las Vegas jobless rate worsened by three-tenths of a percent, reaching 6.8 percent in July — more than 1 percentage point higher than the national average, the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation disclosed Friday.
Plans to build the Las Vegas version of New York’s Plaza Hotel have been postponed, a spokesman for the project’s owners told The Wall Street Journal.
Home foreclosures and rising unemployment have battered the local economy, and dealing with financial crisis has led more people to turn to professionals for help.
Need a break from the oppressive summer heat? Consider indulging in a tall, cool Italian soda.
A photo caption in Tuesday’s Nevada section was in error for the story headlined, “Las Vegan first to try cancer drug.” The caption on page 5B should have read: Randy Irwin, 50, provides instructions to Damyn Chipman, 13, and Andrew Larsen, 12, with the cap, before an activity at Laser Quest on Saturday. Irwin, who has kidney cancer, recently learned an experimental treatment did not stop tumor growth.
The NBA normally invites 10 to 15 players who are expected to be lottery picks to attend the draft each year.
As a second-round draft pick, Joe Crawford knows nothing is guaranteed as far as having a future in the NBA.
Something is missing from the British Open, and it’s not tall weeds or the threat of foul weather. Obviously, it’s Tiger Woods.
Visitors to the Summer Games in Beijing next month will be disappointed if they were looking forward to dining on fido foo young or chow chow mein.
University system Chancellor Jim Rogers said Tuesday that Gov. Jim Gibbons is trying to “muzzle” him.