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.
Editorials
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Some bills are solutions in search of problems. Senate Bill 194 is among them.
RJ
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.
RJ
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.
RJ
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.
RJ
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.
RJ
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.
RJ
Last week, Nevada gasoline prices averaged $3.75 at the pump — a leap of 59 cents in seven weeks.
RJ
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.
RJ
When it comes to excellence in health care, no brand has better standing than the Cleveland Clinic. Las Vegas is privileged to be linked to the nonprofit through its operation of downtown’s Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health.
RJ
Democratic state senators were onto something Tuesday when they proposed a tax incentive to spur hiring. They just didn’t take their idea far enough.
RJ
On his last day on the bench, District Judge Donald Mosley — who retired a year ago at age 65 — issued the sternest condemnation yet of the state’s lack of enabling legislation for medical marijuana, calling it “ridiculous” and “absurd.”
RJ
Henderson’s dealings with all-show-no-go developer Christopher Milam are far more than an embarrassment for the city. Their courtship and divorce have turned into the defining issue of this spring’s municipal election.
RJ
With so much attention paid to the mental breakdown of North Las Vegas Assemblyman Steven Brooks and lawmakers’ efforts to keep him away from Carson City, an equally important legal issue for the Legislature’s lower chamber has slipped under the radar, almost forgotten:
