Video poker machines are commonplace in Las Vegas and can be found in bars, supermarkets and even high-end restaurants. Now you can add hospitals to that list. The HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Henderson treats people who are recovering from a number of issues, including ...
The fate of education savings accounts in Nevada could hinge on a turf battle between Treasurer Dan Schwartz and the Legislature, including, surprisingly ...
Bowls of condoms and multiple prostitution stings are the kinds of proof local authorities could use to deny business licenses to motels and hotels believed to be ...
Homeowners may not think about property taxes often, but Nevada’s county and city government officials do. During this year’s Legislature, they’re busy asking state lawmakers to change the property tax abatement, or the cap, that limits how much larger your property tax bill can grow from one year to the next ...
Some opponents of Education Savings Accounts say Nevada’s version of school choice is dead. But the Legislature continues to discuss the program’s budget, and two new bills are anticipated to be ...
Nevada Assembly members discussed a bill on Monday that restricts how long employers can prevent former employees from working for other companies by using what are known as noncompete agreements. ...
A bill to stop police in Nevada from helping to enforce immigration law was introduced in the Nevada Senate today, the first time in this session that the Legislature has ...
The Nevada Assembly voted 27-15 Wednesday to approve a program that would automatically register people to vote when they apply for or renew a driver’s license or identification card at the Department of Motor Vehicles. ...
A hearing Tuesday to examine a proposed Educational Savings Account budget became a debate about the viability of ESAs and an examination of Nevada State Treasurer Dan Schwartz’s management of the program since its creation during the last Legislature. ...
Nevada Democrats unveiled priorities for the 2017 Legislature in what they called the Nevada Blueprint on Thursday, contrasting their goals with two documents the Republicans released in the past week. The Republican Assembly leadership released a similar document on Thursday, called Battle Born Priorities, a little more than a week after ...
A bill that would raise Nevada’s minimum wage to as high as $15 an hour got its first hearing in the Nevada Legislature. Assembly Bill 175 would increase the minimum wage by $1.25 yearly until it hits $14 if the employer offers health insurance or ...
A committee meeting to discuss local governments became the latest front in the illegal immigration battle Wednesday, as Nevada Assembly members asked if Henderson and Clark County benefit financially from detaining people who had entered the U.S. illegally. The Assembly Committee on Government Affairs met to hear presentations by representatives of the city of Henderson and Clark County. Municipalities and ...
Nevada’s citizen Legislature was designed to keep the state’s political process small and local. Each session lasts only 120 days and is held every other year. But this design, along with Nevada’s geography, can make it difficult for citizens to participate in the process. Here are four tips to to make participating easier ...
A property tax cap has cost governments in Nevada as much money in the last two years as was raised from new taxes and fees enacted in the last legislative session ...
Adding ride-share companies such as Uber and Lyft to the Las Vegas Valley has resulted in more illegal cabs and more passengers being ripped off, said Ronald Grogan, administrator of the Nevada Taxicab Authority, at a Senate Transportation Committee meeting today. The increased competition from ...
Immigrants in the U.S. illegally would be eligible for a Nevada program that helps victims of violent crime if a bill discussed during a committee meeting at the Nevada Legislature Monday makes it into law. ...
A Senate Finance Committee hearing today to review Educational Savings Accounts, the Nevada College Kick Start Program account and other accounts managed by the Nevada Treasurer’s Office morphed into a critique of the office and of the ...
When it comes to the 79th session of the Nevada Legislature, controversial issues will tend to get all the attention. Topics that have been hotly debated on the national stage for decades, such the minimum wage and abortion, were on display Tuesday in the Senate. The Democratic majority introduced a bill to raise the minimum wage, and Republicans requested a bill mandating parental notification when ...
Small hints of the political battles to come and the different approaches of legislative leaders provided minor drama Monday during the first day of the 79th session of the Nevada Legislature ...
To keep momentum going, panelists said, downtown will have to enhance transportation, work harder to improve safety and help promote the area as a place to live ...
If statistics provided by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) on hotel-room occupancy are any indication, Super Bowl weekend is far from ...
One day after Steve Wynn was made finance chair for the Republican National Committee (RNC), Wynn Resorts announced that the RNC's political director would be the company’s newest senior vice president. ...
During a 2016 fourth-quarter and year-end earnings conference call, Wynn Resorts principals, including CEO Steve Wynn, fielded questions about financial results and the state of ...
As was the case with the 2016 third-quarter financial results, the earnings conference call for the fourth quarter largely focused on numbers from Macau as well as other prospects for expansion in Asia.
An armed man robbed the sportsbook at the Silverton on Tuesday night and has not been apprehended, according to Metro Police. The man entered the casino about 8:50 p.m. armed with ...
You don’t need to be as rich as Steve Wynn or Sheldon Adelson to control a Las Vegas hotel. In fact, all you need is $7,500. That’s how much it costs to rent out the entire Artisan Hotel, including its ultra lounge, bar, pool, private dining rooms, outdoor patio, indoor and outdoor wedding chapel and all 63 rooms. Granted, the $7,500 is the base rate. You’ll pay more on ...
The state’s gaming industry is reaching pre-recession levels of income, according to the annual Nevada Gaming Abstract, a comprehensive review of the industry’s financial results released Wednesday. “We all know things (in the economy) are improving, and it’s kind of widespread across ...
Dean Martin’s is the longest, then Roy Horn’s. Next is Sammy Davis Jr.’s followed by Jimmy Durante’s and then Jerry Tarkanian’s. What about Elvis’? Well, his is not very long at all. Keep your mind in the gutter but forget about the sexual comparisons. Each of those celebrities — as well as many more — have Clark County streets named after them. And apparently, the importance of ...
Las Vegas drew a record number of visitors last year, 42.9 million people, even more than tourism officials had predicted. The numbers were part of a preliminary tally of ...
The sale of Affinity Gaming, which operates casinos in Nevada, Colorado, Missouri and Iowa, to Z Capital Group LLC could pass its final regulatory approval Wednesday after the Nevada Gaming Control Board meets to review the deal. ...
It may be windy and rainy this week, but some of the biggest Strip resorts are preparing for summer with hiring events to staff their pools and day clubs. ...
Condos were more popular with home buyers than houses in December last year, according to numbers released Thursday by the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors (GLVAR), which is not surprising because they were cheaper, too. It’s not that housing sales were bad. In fact, home sales in December increased by ...
Hoping it will deliver new businesses, jobs and tax revenue, officials will break ground a drone-testing range in Henderson on Wednesday. The 6-acre site, adjacent to the Nevada State College, is a project of Henderson and the Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems, a nonprofit corporation created by the Governor’s Office of Economic Development to promote ...
A woman was killed today in Metro Police's first homicide of 2017. Investigators believe a firearm was being handled inside the car when it accidentally fired, striking the woman. No arrests have been made ...
Even though they were at one of the world’s largest New Year's Eve parties in a city known for excess, Metro Police said people on the Las Vegas Strip and downtown on Fremont Street were relatively well behaved as they said goodbye to 2016 ...
A man thought to be armed with a gun barricaded himself inside a bathroom at MountainView Hospital for several hours Sunday morning before killing himself with an “improvised device” ...
Gaming lobbyists claimed a ‘big win’ Thursday after the IRS released new rules about how slot winnings should be reported. “Today’s final IRS regulation is a big win not only for gaming companies and millions of casino visitors, but also for state and local governments who would have received ...
Jim Barbee is chief of the board’s technical division, which has a number of roles when it comes to Nevada’s gaming regulations. One of them is approving ...
The era of free parking on the Strip officially will end at midnight Wednesday when MGM Resorts International begins charging locals for self-parking at all of its ...
The union that recently successfully organized security workers at the Mandalay Bay says it plans to file petitions to organize more casinos within months.
With the days of coin-based slots long receded, these tickets are how slot and video poker players collect their winnings. Machine-dispensed tickets must be taken to either a kiosk — the industry name is a ticket-in, ticket-out machine — or the casino’s cage and exchanged for cash. ...
Nevada’s Black Book will likely get a little thicker today after the Nevada Gaming Commission meets to decide if Bujar Kaloshi will become the latest person to be prohibited from having anything to do the casino industry. ...
Anyone who is defined as a gaming employee, according to Nevada Revised Statute 463.0157, must be registered before they can work in the gaming industry. Becoming a registered employee is a different than getting a gaming license. But it still involves a background investigation, and registered employees must not break the law. ...