By Sandra Chereb, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — Four years ago, the focus of Nevada economic development was creating jobs. With tens of thousands of people out of work, almost any job was welcome as the state tried to claw its way out of the Great Recession. But with the economy rebounding, officials are […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal To Uber, the ride-sharing transportation network company, and its legion of fans, it’s an easy fix. Copy and paste legislation that’s been enacted somewhere else, run it before the Nevada Legislature for a vote, get Gov. Brian Sandoval to sign the bill and Uber on. More than 26,000 […]
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Updated Jan. 27 3:25pm: Barton received the trauma designation from the Board of Supervisors. By Kathryn Reed In a matter of hours Barton Memorial Hospital is likely to become the only trauma center in the Lake Tahoe Basin. The final hurdle is for approval from the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors. The electeds on […]
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By Brad Branan, Sacramento Bee David Keyes didn’t wear a suit or work in an executive office, but he was the capital region’s highest-paid local government employee in 2013. As a captain in the Placer County Sheriff’s Office, Keyes received a base salary of $122,000, according to recently released data from the State Controller’s Office. […]
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By Jason Blevins, Denver Post ASPEN — David Wise of Reno battles gravity as an Olympic and X Games gold medal halfpipe skier. Now he’s battling an equally stubborn force: the International Ski Federation, or FIS. Widely embraced as the world’s best pipe skier, Wise lost his world champion title last week when he, like most […]
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By Kathryn Reed CARSON CITY – Despite a more than 20-foot waterfall tumbling down less than a half mile from the trailhead, the Kings Canyon area is so dry it looks more like summer than winter. Dry sage and anemic manzanita dot the landscape early on. Ironically, it’s this dryness that has driven us east, […]
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By Ray Hagar, Reno Gazette-Journal Gov. Brian Sandoval has a message — or challenge — to those who criticize his budget, which includes $1.1 billion in new and extended taxes: So what’s your plan to finance Nevada’s future — especially its struggling education system? “I have put my marker out there in terms of where […]
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By Jon Ortiz and Phillip Reese, Sacramento Bee California state workers’ salaries rose a total $1.1 billion last year, according to payroll data, while the number of state employees also grew. The State Controller’s Office wrote paychecks for $16.43 billion in 2014, up 7 percent from the year before. The increase followed three years of […]
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By Kathryn Reed Thousands of dollars in bicycle trail and ball field improvements on the South Shore were approved Friday by the South Lake Tahoe Recreation Facilities Joint Powers Authority. Money for the projects comes from Measure S/R dollars. This voter approved initiative affects the California side of the South Shore. The 6-year-old Sawmill bridge […]
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By J.D. Morris, Las Vegas Sun Americans will illegally wager 38 times more money on this year’s Super Bowl than they will legally in Nevada, the only state with full-fledged sports betting, according to a projection from a casino industry trade group. American Gaming Association President Geoff Freeman told a gathering of mayors in Washington, […]
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