By Laura J. Keller, Bloomberg Caesars Entertainment Corp. reached an agreement with key senior creditors on the outline of a debt restructuring plan that includes a prearranged bankruptcy for its largest unit as soon as January, according to two people with knowledge of the negotiations. Under the plan being negotiated by first-lien bondholders including Paul […]
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By Kathryn Reed Whether people want a loop road around the Stateline casinos or not isn’t the question. The questions are what do they want it to look like and where should the roads go? This isn’t to say realigning Highway 50 on the South Shore is a done deal. It isn’t by a long […]
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By Michael Muskal, Los Angeles Times Americans recently passed a milestone when federal officials reported that water use across the nation had reached its lowest level in more than 45 years: good news for the environment, great news in times of drought and a major victory for conservation. What was surprising in the U.S. Geological […]
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By Todd Shields, Bloomberg President Obama called for the “strongest possible rules” to protect the open Internet, advocating stricter controls than a regulator he appointed and causing shares of Comcast Corp. and other broadband providers to drop. “I am asking for an explicit ban on paid prioritization,” Obama said today in a statement, referring to […]
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By Kathryn Reed Wesley Shira had a bedroll, some other belongings and his dog to keep him warm last night. The expected low in South Lake Tahoe was 30 degrees. He called it camping. Others would call it being homeless. “In this town it’s really hard to come up with any kind of long-term solution […]
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A hush fell over the crowd as each speaker expressed the importance of Veterans Day. Nearly 90 people attended the South Lake Tahoe ceremony at the American Legion. Patty Smith, whose son died in the Iraq war, spoke of how she took freedoms for granted before Timmy died. She apologized for having done so. Mayor […]
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By Adam Liptak, New York Times WASHINGTON — When a three-judge panel of the federal appeals court in California struck down bans last month on same-sex marriage in Idaho and Nevada, it was no surprise. The panel included two of the court’s leading liberals. A group opposing same-sex marriage said the composition of the panel […]
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By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — A book documenting every Nevadan who gave his or her life while serving in the U.S Armed Forces was unveiled Monday by Gov. Brian Sandoval. Sandoval, joined by representatives of Nevada’s Gold Star Families, the Nevada Military Support Alliance and the Nevada National Guard, unveiled the […]
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By Aaron Blake, Washington Post Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer, both California Democrats, are two of the most well-liked senators in one of the safest states in the country for their party. And their constituents would prefer that they be replaced. A new poll from USC shows that although Feinstein and Boxer have image ratings […]
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By Joe Lindsey, Men’s Journal When sporting goods giant Nike quietly announced it was dropping snowboarding, it seemed like yet more confirmation of the sport’s downward trend that got so much press last year. After all, participation peaked a decade ago, and has declined 31 percent since, according to figures from the National Sporting Goods […]
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