The Nevada Taxicab Authority last week approved putting from 90 to 256 extra cabs on the streets during the three-day Electric Daisy Carnival music extravaganza starting June 21 — but turned down requests for extra operating permits, called medallions, during three major events in March and April as several dozen drivers turned out for their most vocal protest in months.
Editorials
VIN SUPRYNOWICZ
If MGM Resorts International has its way, the Asian-themed mega-casino announced Monday by a Malaysian group for the old Stardust property may not be the only new attraction opening on the Strip in 2016.
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Malaysian-based Genting group Monday announced it is acquiring the 87-acre Echelon site on the Strip — former site of the Stardust — and plans to build a $2 billion hotel-casino complex there.
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At least three and possibly as many as 11 elementary schools in the southwest valley will move to year-round schedules this fall to alleviate overcrowding so severe that as many as 20 portable classrooms are now needed at some campuses.
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Voters in Las Vegas Ward 6 can’t be blamed for choosing small businessman Steve Ross as their councilman back in 2005. Mr. Ross was running against a secretary for the police union who would have been out of her depth at City Hall.
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Last month, Nevada won the race to legalize intrastate online gambling. And Nevada won again this week when New Jersey became the second state to authorize Internet wagering.
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Do any of our lawmakers in Carson City — even a bill’s sponsor — actually read the final version of a proposed statute before they vote on it? After all, those little words on paper can lead to Nevadans being hauled into court, even losing their freedom.
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Back in August 2012, four former Nevada first ladies appeared before the Clark County School Board to champion a $5.3 billion construction bond, vowing to raise the money necessary to win voter approval of the property tax increase needed to pay for it. They cited their own poll, which found that 55 percent of voters supported the bond.
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The pathetic politics of budget cuts are on full display in Washington, thanks to the sequester that’s scheduled to take effect Friday.
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Nevada’s open meeting law requires public bodies to deliberate and vote on matters that come before them in open, public meetings. In fact, a majority of any such board can’t meet in private, at all — except for incidental contact, where members may find themselves attending the same social function, for example.
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In an effort to improve pedestrian flow on sidewalks along the Las Vegas Strip, Clark County Manager Don Burnette recommends moving about 33 fire hydrants, removing or relocating all trash cans and possibly relocating traffic signal equipment and signs that slow foot traffic along walkways.
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Education funding will be a primary focus of the 2013 Legislature. If majority Democrats call for higher taxes, they’ll do so with the goal of boosting spending on Nevada’s public schools.
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Last week, Nevada gasoline prices averaged $3.75 at the pump — a leap of 59 cents in seven weeks.
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Henderson city officials didn’t exactly look like savvy wheeler-dealers when they bought into a $1.2 billion multi-stadium deal pitched by aspiring Texas developer Christopher Milam, which they now allege was a land-flipping fraud from the get-go.
