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Election analysis: Republicans have power to run the state their way: Sunday, Nov. 9, 2014; The 2014 election was supposed to be boring. Instead, it made history. A Republican sweep gave the party power it hasn’t had in nearly a century and will reshape the political landscape on issues from public education to ...
For Democrats, money buys political ads but not elections: Friday, Nov. 7, 2014; Normally the amount of money a candidate raises is an easy shorthand for how they'll fare in the election. More money means more advertisements and better ...
A quick look at the money behind Brian Sandoval’s ‘New Nevada’: Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014; A big night at the polls has state Republicans celebrating a "New Nevada." The catchphrase was the theme of the Republican's election ...
State marijuana dispensary licensees announced, remain mostly secret: Monday, Nov. 3, 2014; The state today released its long-awaited list of businesses approved to operate medical marijuana businesses in Nevada. There’s just one problem — it’s nearly impossible to tell who’s in line to receive a license ...
Law requires employees be given time to vote: Monday, Nov. 3, 2014; If you want to cast a ballot tomorrow on Election Day but are worried your work schedule will get in the way, don’t fret — state law allows you to take time off to vote. A little known section added to ...
‘If we vote, we win. If we don’t, we lose,’ Biden says in Las Vegas: Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014; Vice President Joe Biden said if Republicans win a the majority of races in this election, partisan gridlock in Washington, D.C., would continue. Biden’s appearance was an eleventh-hour effort by Democrats to drive liberal voters to the polls Tuesday and is the latest in a string of appearances by ...
Campaign finance reports show another big haul for Hutchison: Friday, Oct. 31, 2014; After raising $1 million between the June primary and early October, Lieutenant Governor candidate Mark Hutchison finished the month strong by bringing in an additional $319,000, according to a campaign finance report ...
Three election takeaways on the final day of early voting: Friday, Oct. 31, 2014; Boosted by a visit by former President Bill Clinton, Democrats have gained momentum in early voting turnout this week, but it still might not be enough to erase the Republican's early lead. In Clark County, Democrats turned out ...
Judge refuses to put brakes on Uber ride-sharing service: Hearing set for Nov. 14 to consider a preliminary injunction; Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014; Uber scored an early victory in court today when a Clark County District Court judge declined to issue a temporary restraining order that would have prevented ...
Judge to hear motion about Uber ride-sharing service in Las Vegas: Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014; Less than a week after launching in Nevada, ride-sharing company Uber finds itself in court today fighting for the right to ...
North Las Vegas looks to lure companies to industrial park: Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014; North Las Vegas announced today it plans to establish an economic diversification district at its Apex Industrial Center to lure businesses with the same type of tax incentives given to Tesla in Northern Nevada. Mayor John Lee said ...
Why early voting numbers may mean trouble for Democrats: Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014; With a week to go until Election Day, Republicans hold a commanding edge in early voting that could prove insurmountable for some Democrats. Through the first nine days of early voting ...
How one vote sent Las Vegas’ stadium deal back to square one: Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014; Las Vegas City Councilwoman Lois Tarkanian didn’t realize she was the swing vote on the proposed $200 million downtown soccer stadium until it was too late. She listened to her colleagues lay out their positions during ...
Multiple drivers cited within hours of Uber launch: Friday, Oct. 24, 2014; As of 3:30 p.m., Nevada Taxicab Authority spokeswoman Teri Williams said three Uber drivers in Las Vegas and one in Reno had been cited for illegally offering rides for hire ...
Report: Apex Industrial Park could create 57,960 jobs: Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014; North Las Vegas has big plans for the 7,000 acre Apex Industrial Park north of the city that could create thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in economic impact. But getting ...
Why Las Vegas chamber can give only $10K to candidate but $1M to anti-margin tax campaign: Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014; This inconsistency in state law has left the door open for major businesses, unions and trade associations to funnel unlimited amounts of money to groups supporting or opposing the ...
7 of Adam Laxalt’s relatives endorse his opponent for attorney general: Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014; Seven members of Republican attorney general candidate Adam Laxalt’s extended family have endorsed his opponent, Democrat Ross Miller. In a letter to the editor published ...
Money in politics: 6 takeaways from the latest campaign finance reports: Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014; Updated campaign finance reports released this week shone new light on which candidates and issues money is flowing to this election season. So far, more than $30 million has ...
Mark Hutchison reports big haul in latest campaign finance disclosure: Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014; Republican Mark Hutchison has raised more than $1 million since June in his race for lieutenant governor, according to campaign finance reports released today. The massive haul brings ...
Q+A: Voters’ guide to how Nevada politicians raise campaign money: Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014; Nevada voters get a new look today at who’s spending money to influence upcoming state and local elections. Candidates in the Nov. 4 election must file new campaign finance reports today. While campaigns have been at full throttle since the primary election this summer, today's report will be the first one since June 6. So far, there have been 17,597 contributions totaling nearly $24 million made to ...
What’s ailing Las Vegas’ public hospital and how it might be fixed: Monday, Oct. 13, 2014; Finding a prescription to make the public hospital financially viable has vexed executives and politicians for more than a decade, and over the past year, UMC’s problems have grown even more acute. The Affordable Care Act blew a $15 million hole in the hospital’s budget, and a delay in reimbursements for new Medicaid patients required UMC to borrow $45 million in emergency loans from Clark County to make payroll. The hospital, owned by Clark County, had ...
Q+A: Voters’ guide to Nevada secretary of state campaign: Friday, Oct. 10, 2014; A pair of politicians pushed out of their previous office by term limits are trading partisan jobs in a race to become Nevada's chief election officer ...
By the numbers: The business of same-sex marriage in Nevada: Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014; Same-sex marriage is on its way to Nevada and with it could come millions of dollars in new spending for the state’s economy. Weddings are already a $2.3 billion ...
Dotty’s owner protests proposed regulations for slot parlors: Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014; Dotty’s owner Craig Estey made a rare public appearance at the Clark County Commission today to protest a new law he said is meant to put his company out of business. Estey said the proposed regulations would lead to ...
Clark County pitches new rules to regulate Dotty’s, slot parlors: Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014; The battle over how much money taverns can make from bartop slot machines is shaping up with a new ordinance set to be ...
Q+A: Voters’ guide to Nevada’s lieutenant governor race: Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014; With the governor’s race shaping up to be a blowout, the spotlight has turned to the undercard: Republican Mark Hutchison vs. Democrat Lucy Flores in what has become ...
Would-be stadium developers win extension, but council’s caveat looms large: Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014; The Las Vegas City Council appeared to throw a lifeline today to the embattled downtown stadium proposal by granting a two-month extension to keep working out financial details. But demands by the council ...
Las Vegas City Council votes 6-1 to keep alive stadium, soccer team bid: Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014; A proposed $200 million downtown stadium faces a critical vote before a divided Las Vegas City Council today. The council split a vote on the stadium’s financing terms last month, with ...
Timeline: Today’s City Council vote and Las Vegas’ 20-year quest for pro sports: Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014; The Las Vegas City Council will vote today on a proposed $200 million stadium for Major League Soccer. That may seem like a historic vote for a city with ...
Mayor Carolyn Goodman sells soccer stadium as ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ chance: Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014; Facing a critical stadium vote by the City Council on Wednesday, Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman is lobbying for the soccer bid, a long-time campaign to ...
Las Vegas announces new financing plan for proposed stadium: Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014; Las Vegas officially unveiled a new financing plan tonight for a proposed $200 million downtown soccer stadium that would shift much of the project’s risk to ...
Q+A: Voters’ guide to the Clark County Commission: Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014; Three Clark County commissioners are running for another four-year term on the most powerful government body in Southern Nevada. None of the incumbent Democrats ...
Developers float new financing plan for proposed soccer stadium: Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014; Developers behind a proposed $200 million downtown soccer stadium have floated a new financing plan that would cut the risk to the public in an attempt to boost the ...
County taps star power to get voters to the polls: Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014; With three weeks until the voter registration deadline and 500,000 eligible voters still unregistered, Clark County unveiled a series of television spots today urging people to cast their ballots in the November election. The campaign includes Las Vegas notables ...
Inside the business of political signs in Las Vegas: Monday, Sept. 22, 2014; It’s an election year, and campaign signs have sprouted like weeds on vacant lots. Mailboxes are full of campaign postcards. Voters are sure to see television and Internet ads ...
Developer: Proposed stadium not viable without city chipping in $3M a year: Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014; A downtown soccer stadium isn’t financially viable without a $3 million annual contribution from the city, a developer for the project said. The response came from Port Telles of ...
At public hearing, concern over proposed stadium’s financing: Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014; Telling the crowd to “believe in Las Vegas,” Mayor Carolyn Goodman made an impassioned pitch to bring soccer to downtown during a community meeting. “It’s the last hurrah ...
Clark County to turn focus to slot parlor curbs: Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014; After a summer-long hiatus, the Clark County Commission is returning to the issue of tavern gaming in an effort to stamp out slot parlors that have proliferated across ...
Glass bottles no longer allowed on Las Vegas Strip: Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014; The Clark County Commission voted today to ban glass bottles on the Las Vegas Strip to prevent them from being used as weapons and to cut down on litter. The measure prohibits anyone from ...
Public hearings on proposed soccer stadium begin: Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014; After several canceled public meetings last month, Las Vegas residents will finally get a chance to examine a proposal for a downtown soccer stadium and ask questions about financing in a series of meetings starting tonight. The city council delayed ...
Movement stalled on development in Symphony Park: Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014; Despite major projects being built, 90 percent of the urban village is vacant ...
Clark County Democrats vow to bring back film tax credits in 2015 session: Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014; After gutting nearly 90 percent of the state's film tax credit today, Nevada lawmakers signaled they will push to revamp it in 2015. The film tax credit was a passion project for ...
Nonprofit Guinn Center’s six suggestions for lawmakers on Tesla: Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014; The nonprofit Guinn Center for Policy Priorities has six suggestions for Nevada lawmakers considering the $1.3 billion Tesla deal today.
Ask us anything about Nevada’s Tesla proposal: Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014; Nevada lawmakers today are debating a $1.3 billion package of tax incentives to recruit Tesla's new battery factory to an industrial center near Reno. For a deal of this size ...
The Tesla bills fully annotated for Nevada taxpayers: Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014; The Legislature will need to pass four bills before Tesla’s $1.3 billion incentive package is finalized. So far, two of the four bills have been released ...
What you should know about tax breaks before the Tesla special session starts today: Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014; Nevada lawmakers gather today at the Capitol to consider a $1.3 billion question: How bad does Nevada ...
Economic report says Tesla to generate $1.9 billion in new taxes for state: Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014; Even with its $1.3 billion in state tax incentives, Tesla Motors could generate $1.24 billion to $1.95 billion in new direct and indirect tax revenues in Nevada over the next 20 years ...
Las Vegas fights to stay ahead of convention competition: Sunday, Sept. 7, 2014; In terms of tourism, Las Vegas is the proverbial Joneses that other cities try to keep up with. And the city is making a big investment to keep it that way ...
While Northern Nevada cashes in on Tesla, will Southern Nevada push for its own medical school?: Friday, Sept. 5, 2014; Before Nevada's Tesla deal is finalized, Gov. Brian Sandoval will need Southern Nevada lawmakers to sign off on a $1.3 billion tax break that won’t do much to directly benefit Las Vegas. It's unlikely that Southern Nevada lawmakers will ...
Officer investigating crash struck in hit-and-run; suspect in custody: Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014; As traffic was stopped at Windmill Lane and Eastern Avenue, police said, a man drove around other stopped vehicles, accelerated and hit the officer, who clung to the front of the vehicle and ...