If you have a superior product, you don’t need a government mandate. That’s why the claims made by “green” energy advocates ring hollow as they push to increase Nevada’s Renewable Portfolio Standard from 25 percent by 2025 to 50 percent by 2030. On Friday, Senate Commerce, Labor and Energy heard testimony on and voted out AB206, sponsored by Assemblyman Chris Brooks, D-Las Vegas.
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Amed Rosario hits a walk-off double on May 1, 2017, at Cashman Field. (Betsy Helfand/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
• A man is dead after he was shot more than 10 times in an apartment in central Las Vegas. The man may have been in his 30s. Police say the incident was drug-related.
• The TSA quietly tested a new screening process in Las Vegas. The process calls for placing tablets, e-readers and other devices larger than a cell phone in separate bins. Food and paper products might also be removed. McCarran is one of ten airports conducting the test, which is aimed at providing a better look inside bags.
• Restarting the process to determine whether a nuclear waste repository could be built at Yucca Mountain would take five years and cost more than $330 million dollars. That’s according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.
• And Zappos has stopped giving tours through the company’s downtown call center. The company says it’s better for customers to know tourists aren’t listening to the calls.
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1. A 17-year-old Laughlin High School student walked out of an exam Tuesday morning, and was later found dead near Harrah’s Laughlin hotel-casino that night. Senior Anthony Stearns arrived at school early Tuesday, before walking out on an exam and leaving school grounds. A missing persons report was filed at 4 p.m. when Stearns failed to return home. He was found by a hotel guest who alerted security around 7:30 p.m.
2. A man wearing body armor and a mask backed a tractor-trailer through the gate of the Moonlite Bunny Ranch, and crashed into the front door. Brian Brandt was arrested and faces charges multiple charges including assualt with a deadly weapon. No one inside was hurt and the damage is estimated at $400,000.
3. The Nevada Assembly voted 26-14 on a resolution that asks Congress to propose an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to rein in independent political campaign spending. The vote makes Nevada the 19th state to ask Congress to overturn the 2010 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the Citizens United case.
On a conference call ahead of UFC 212 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo talked about a possible boxing career and super fights.
The rooms at Planet Hollywood are undergoing the last finishing touches of the hotel-casino’s major upgrade project. The rooms feature new bathroom fixtures and lighter colors to make the rooms feel more welcoming. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Learn to make the Matador, a habanero and pineapple-infused tequila cocktail from Gordon Ramsay Steak in Las Vegas.
Mike Rozier, former Heisman Trophy winner from Nebraska, talks at Bear’s Best golf course in Las Vegas, Nevada, on May 13, 2017, about playing golf to benefit Las Vegas youth. (Ron Kantowski/Las Vegas Review Journal)
• The Vegas Golden Knights have revealed the date for the team’s home opener at T-Mobile Arena: October 10th. Their first opponent is still a secret.
• It’s the second arson case at Trump International in three weeks. 28-year-old Jacob Dezsi tells police he wasn’t trying to make a political statement. In April, another 28-year-old was charged with arson at the hotel. Both fires started in restrooms.
• Public buildings may soon be required to include baby changing tables accessible to both men and women. The Nevada Senate passed the bill unanimously.
• And fidget spinners are being banned by some local schools. CCSD says the decision to ban the toys is made on a school-by-school basis. The devices emit a faint noise and could be distracting.
1. A propaganda video posted on social media by an Islamic State group features brief footage of the Las Vegas Strip. Las Vegas police are treating it as a credible threat, even though the short clip was determined to be from 2015. In wake of the Manchester bombings, and the upcoming holiday weekend, police are stepping up patrols and surveillance on the Strip, downtown and at local community events.
2. A notorious pimp who kidnapped and forced a teenager into prostitution died this weekend in prison. Robert Sharpe III was found unresponsive in his cell Thursday evening and was later pronounced dead Saturday night. Sharpe, was sentenced a year ago to life without parole, and the cause of death has yet to be determined.
3. The SLS Las Vegas has sold to Alex Meruelo and Meruelo Group for an undisclosed amount from Stockbridge Capital Partners. The companies said Tuesday, the transaction is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2017. The SLS Las Vegas was formerly known as the Sahara before reopening in 2014 after a $415 million upgrade.
In Democrats’ world, you can have your cake, eat it and not gain an ounce from the extra calories. (Victor Joecks/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Laura and Michael Harris open East Tennessee-style barbecue restaurant in Las Vegas
Chef Edward Manukyan serves guests samples of alligator. (Al Mancini)
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell on why the league is excited for the Oakland Raiders to head to Las Vegas at the owners meeting in Chicago, Ill., on May 23.
Gov. Brian Sandoval talked about prepping for flooding before getting a wild land fire briefing on Tuesday. (Sean Whaley/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Ross and Yolanda Strauss face a murder charge following Brandon Strauss’s death in February. The Clark County coroner says Brandon died from sepsis following severe burns his parents say he suffered in a bath. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Teams from six western states and Canada competed in the second annual Nevada International Dragon Boat Festival at Lake Las Vegas in Henderson. (Sandy Lopez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
HELP of Southern Nevada outreach coordinator Jim Hutchison explains the recently installed energy efficient cooling system into a home in Las Vegas Thursday, May 19, 2017. (Elizabeth Brumley/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Marshawn Lynch of the Oakland Raiders went for a Saturday afternoon bike ride with his friends in Oakland. (Michael Gehlken/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Rachel Crosby reads through a statement from Leroy Iverson, father of Sherrice Iverson, in the case against Jeremy Strohmeyer located in the evidence vault at the Regional Justice Center on Friday, May 12, 2017 in Las Vegas. Twenty years ago, on May 25, 1997, Strohmeyer killed and sexually assaulted 7-year-old Sherrice Iverson.
UFC president Dana White updated media on the status of a possible match between Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and when they expect to start negotiating with Mayweather’s side.
The death of Tashi Brown would be a lot more controversial if it happened five years ago.
As the Review-Journal’s Wesley Juhl reported, Brown died two Sundays ago after Las Vegas Metro officer Kenneth Lopera stunned him seven times with a Taser, punched him repeatedly and then applied a neck restraint hold. After his death, police determined he committed no crime.
(Victor Joecks/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The ACLU and civil rights advocates sound off about the choke hold and Taser use by a Las Vegas police officer on Tashii Brown.
Zach Miles, associate vice president for economic development at UNLV, said the Las Vegas tech scene is largely gaining traction because of growing community infrastructure. The city now has several incubator and business accelerator programs up and running.
Bill McCrane decided to try skydiving for his 60th birthday while in Las Vegas. His daughter, Jessica, joined him. (Patrick Connolly/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas Stadium Authority Board chairman Steve Hill broke down some of the details of the Raiders lease agreement, UNLV’s stake in it and more.
After the Las Vegas Stadium Authority unanimously approved the stadium lease agreement with the Oakland Raiders, team president Marc Badain said he hopes the construction will stay on schedule.
Basic defeated Galena 12-0 in the Class 4A state baseball tournament at Las Vegas High on May 18, 2018. (Damon Seiters/ Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas 51s pitcher Dominic Smith talks about his uncle, Andre LaFleur, on May 17, 2017, at Cashman Field. (Betsy Helfand/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
1. A Las Vegas police officer used a Taser on a man 7 times before using a chokehold for more than a minute Sunday before his death. According to police, officer Kenneth Lopera believed Tashi Brown was attempting to carjack someone outside of The Venetian when Lopera used a Taser on Brown 7 times, struck him and administered a chokehold before Brown became unresponsive. The driver of the truck says he didn’t feel he was being carjacked and Brown would not have faced any charges had he survived. Officer Lopera is currently on paid leave while Brown’s death is investigated.
2. Henderson police chief Patrick Moers faces an internal investigation after he sent out mailers to local businesses promoting Friends of Henderson Police Department Foundation, which Moers said was the department’s only authorized fundraising group. Henderson Mayor Debra March said she was concerned by the mailer and a spokesman with the police department says the city is reviewing its policies in regards to charitable activities.
3. UFC president Dana White and Conor McGregor have agreed on a deal to fight boxer Floyd Mayweather. White said late Wednesday that UFC and McGregor came to terms on a deal and now they must work on a deal with Mayweather’s team. Terms have yet to be released.
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