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Big issues still to be resolved as Nevada Legislature hits 12th week

With a little more than six weeks to go in the 2013 Nevada legislative session, one thing is for sure: There’s a lot more to come and the stakes are high as most of the big issues — budgets and taxes — have yet to evolve.

Rubio pushes immigration plan in Las Vegas

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio on Saturday touted a bipartisan immigration reform plan as a way to end “de facto amnesty” for 11 million people living illegally in the United States and to better track immigrants who might harm national security.

Vacation ownership industry thriving

There’s no two ways about it. The recession took its toll on the vacation ownership, or time-share, industry.

Summer heat brings cool jobs at water parks, pools

Since the Wet ’n Wild water park on the Las Vegas Strip closed in 2004, Las Vegans have been bone dry in the premier water amenity category. Sure there are some great pools in town. Some have slides that don’t come close to quenching a thrill-seeker’s thirst, but they’ll do in a pinch for an 8-year-old. Now, nine years later, thanks to the vision of a handful of business people, the valley will soon be home to two water parks by Memorial Day weekend.

Las Vegas-area companies go green

When Tracy Omar goes to work at the Springs Preserve, just about everything around him has some kind of story to tell that touches on the extraordinary.

Marketing and advertising world shifts with social media pace

If you’re reading this in the morning, by tomorrow’s breakfast Twitter will have another 150,000 new subscribers. More than 33 million unique visits will have occurred on YouTube, and more than 333,000 on Pinterest. And Facebook will continue sweating the competition while posting more than 680,000 new pieces of content each minute.

Workforce Development launches initiatives in Southern Nevada

During the past five years Southern Nevada, along with other areas in the state and across the country, has been hit hard with the loss of jobs and slow moving economic recovery. In an effort to improve Southern Nevada’s economic outlook and address employers’ and job seekers’ concerns, the Southern Nevada Workforce Investment Board, known as Workforce Connections, has a full-press plan in place .