The Nevada Gaming Commission is considering changing a regulation and making it retroactive, something it has never done before, and which is practically guaranteed to get the state sued over a property rights issue.
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Jane Ann Morrison
From the Sermon on the Mount to speeches by Presidents Kennedy and Reagan, the concept of a “city upon a hill” has been a positive. Unless the hill is Blue Diamond Hill.
If you’re looking for a down and dirty street fight, look no further than one lawyer suing another. They don’t bring knives to a gunfight. They bring legal documents that might as well be Uzis, because they’re meant to destroy.
Four local politicians cast votes in favor of throwing away roughly $500,000 worth of taxpayer dollars Thursday.
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Even though 2011 isn’t over, Clark County Commissioner Larry Brown is in the running for dumbest explanation of the year by a political figure.
Frank Mahoney slapped a human bone on the table before me and declared, “That’s what we find a lot of times.”
There’s a common question asked in the North Las Vegas circus disguised as an election.
Paul Page, a former Las Vegas police officer who misappropriated money from a police union — and a nonprofit — gave the money back and wasn’t prosecuted.
Railroad Pass hotel-casino will never be considered the flagship of the MGM Resorts International. Did you even know MGM owned the small casino between Las Vegas and Boulder City?
While I have no doubts that former Assemblyman Morse Arberry Jr. deposited campaign checks worth $121,545 into his personal account, I do have serious doubts whether he’ll be convicted of six felonies.
Former Las Vegas police Lt. Paul Page was never charged by police on allegations he misappropriated $38,521 in funds belonging to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Managers and Supervisors Association, the police union he headed.
Some celebrities come here for a gig, pocket their exorbitant salaries and leave without becoming part of this admittedly bizarre community where the concept of Las Vegas as home can be inconceivable.
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