Las Vegas Revew-Journal
- Supreme Court nomination of Gorsuch expected to advance, setting up showdown
Sunday - 04/02/2017 - 02:48 AMJudiciary Committee Republicans are expected to vote Monday to advance the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the full Senate, setting up a showdown this week with Democrats threatening to block his confirmation.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 3 things to watch for on Legislative Session Day 57
Monday - 04/03/2017 - 03:31 AMHere are three things to watch on Day 57 of the 2017 legislative session.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Lee Canyon resort celebrates end of’ ‘great winter season’ — PHOTOS
Sunday - 04/02/2017 - 09:12 PMSkiers had their last hurrah of the season at Lee Canyon on Sunday, a day that featured giveaways, live music and the annual pond-skim competition open to skiers and boarders of all ages.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Mexican newspaper shuts down, citing journalist danger
Sunday - 04/02/2017 - 05:25 PMA newspaper in the Mexican border city of Juarez announced Sunday that it is shutting down because the rampant, unpunished killings of journalists in the country have made it too dangerous to go on.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Proposed legislation could advance light-rail line between airport, Las Vegas
Sunday - 04/02/2017 - 02:14 PMA bill working its way through the state Legislature could advance efforts to develop, build and operate a light-rail line connecting McCarran International Airport, the Strip and downtown Las Vegas as soon as 2023.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - A century later, remembering Nevada’s ‘Wild West’ division in World War I
Sunday - 04/02/2017 - 02:45 AMAt the 100th anniversary of the U.S. entry into the “war to end all wars,” the improbable tale of the Army’s 91st “Wild West” Division — a ragtag legion of shopkeepers, cowboys, farmers, miners, Native Americans and immigrant railroad workers who helped change the course of history — demands one more telling.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Furious pace on tap as midway point of Nevada Legislature looms
Sunday - 04/02/2017 - 01:31 AMAs lawmakers rush to get bills heard by a looming drop dead date for action, a milestone will be reached in Week 9 on Thursday when the 2017 session hits the halfway point.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Nevada’s legal marijuana industry faces banking problem
Sunday - 04/02/2017 - 12:35 AMFollowing in the footsteps of Colorado, Washington and other states which have legalized recreational marijuana, Nevada is bracing for an influx of cash — cash that will have no bank to call home.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Mormon leaders, at Utah meeting, encourage more baptisms for the dead
Saturday - 04/01/2017 - 11:39 PMMormon leaders reminded church members Saturday about the importance of performing ceremonial baptisms on dead ancestors who didn’t receive the ordinance while alive — a practice unique to the faith that came under fire in the past from Jews when they discovered Holocaust victims were being baptized.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - UNLV festival, in its 30th year, loves celebrating Las Vegas’ diversity
Saturday - 04/01/2017 - 09:26 PMThe 30th anniversary of the annual Festival of Communities was held on the Academic Mall to showcase the melting pot that is Las Vegas. People from all walks of life — from yogis to light saber performers — attended the festival, which was held in conjunction with Rebel Preview Day to let high school students and their families experience UNLV’s diversity.
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- Legislative session a 120-day infomercial for Laxalt’s 2018 gubernatorial campaign
Monday - 04/03/2017 - 03:09 AMThere’s one Republican elected official who should be thrilled with the far-left proposals coming from legislative Democrats: Attorney General Adam Laxalt.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Gridlock remains as CCSD reorganization chugs along
Monday - 04/03/2017 - 02:34 AMThe breakup of the Clark County School District has been met with gridlock, adding even more pressure to organizational teams looking to roll out the mandated changes in time for 2017-18.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Nevada Highway Patrol investigating fatal crash in central Las Vegas
Sunday - 04/02/2017 - 06:37 PMAccording to the Highway Patrol’s traffic site, the crash was called in about 2:40 p.m. on the U.S. Highway 95 off-ramp at Valley View Boulevard.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump says trade is incentive for China’s cooperation against N. Korea
Sunday - 04/02/2017 - 05:41 PMPresident Donald Trump held out the possibility Sunday of using trade as a lever to secure Chinese cooperation against North Korea and said Washington might deal with Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programs on its own if need be.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The Las Vegas Review-Journal is changing for the better
Sunday - 04/02/2017 - 10:56 AMGood morning. If you’re a regular reader of the Review-Journal, then you probably already have noticed some changes to the newspaper’s design.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Analysis: A filibuster over Gorsuch’s nomination is bad for Democrats and the country
Sunday - 04/02/2017 - 03:09 AMA favorite truism in Washington these days is: “Be careful what you wish for, you may get it.” It tells the cautionary tale of how Republicans who wanted to run Washington got what they wanted and now must govern.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Native Americans fight bill that would cut funding of Nevada’s historic Stewart school
Sunday - 04/02/2017 - 01:42 AMSeveral of the more than 60 stone structures on the 110-acre Stewart campus, many built by Hopi stone masons, are in disrepair and there are concerns about their seismic stability.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Company degree programs come to the rescue of Nevada’s skill gap
Sunday - 04/02/2017 - 12:57 AMNick Freed, 21, begins his first day of work at Panasonic on Monday. He’s a guinea pig for one of the state’s first accelerated education programs tailored for a specific company.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The D dealing tickets; ‘Mayor of the Strip’ amasses followers
Saturday - 04/01/2017 - 10:33 PMThe Twitter race is on between Clark County Commissioner Steve Sisolak and Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman, thanks to a post by a county public information official.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Future of Sam Boyd Stadium up in the air with Raiders’ relocation to Las Vegas
Saturday - 04/01/2017 - 08:32 PMUNLV officials are considering several options for Sam Boyd Stadium — including sale of the site — in light of approval for the Oakland Raiders’ move to Las Vegas.
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- Donations to Badlands-focused PAC near $50,000
Monday - 04/03/2017 - 02:56 AMCandidates in Tuesday’s primary filed campaign finance reports Friday for the nearly three-week reporting period from March 11 to March 31 with the Nevada Secretary of State’s office.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Nevada Army Guard brigade marks change of command
Sunday - 04/02/2017 - 11:13 PMSoldiers from throughout the 17th Sustainment Brigade — the Nevada Army Guard’s largest — assembled Sunday morning at the North Las Vegas Readiness Center to mark the brigade’s change of command from from Col.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Students, leaders give back to Las Vegas community on Good Deeds Day
Sunday - 04/02/2017 - 09:20 PMAbout 120 students and community leaders valleywide packed produce, donated blood and assembled Passover baskets Sunday to contribute to an international day of giving.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Sen. Rand Paul joins Trump for golf
Sunday - 04/02/2017 - 03:12 PMPresident Donald Trump brought Sen. Rand Paul to his Virginia golf course on Sunday, where the two planned to discuss health care as they hit the fairways.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Las Vegas News for Sunday, April 2nd — VIDEO
Sunday - 04/02/2017 - 11:19 AMHere are your Sunday morning headlines.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Badlands controversy fuels debate in Las Vegas Ward 2 race
Sunday - 04/02/2017 - 02:16 AMWard 2 challengers aim to make it a battle for Las Vegas City Councilman Bob Beers to claim another four-year term.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Death penalty, bill deadline and teamwork fill eighth week of Nevada Legislature
Sunday - 04/02/2017 - 01:37 AMMarathon bill introductions, passionate debate on the death penalty and bipartisan agreement on the breakup of the Clark County School District highlighted a busy eighth week of the Nevada Legislature.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Chicago police arrest 14-year-old in March rape on Facebook Live
Sunday - 04/02/2017 - 12:15 AMA 14-year-old boy has been arrested in the sexual assault of a 15-year-old Chicago girl that was streamed live on Facebook, police said late Saturday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Once-booming gun industry sees sales drop under Trump
Saturday - 04/01/2017 - 11:58 PMPresident Donald Trump promised to revive manufacturing in the United States, but there’s one once-burgeoning sector poised to shrink under his watch: the gun industry.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Inside Faraday Future offices, a startup comes to life
Saturday - 04/01/2017 - 01:40 PMFaraday Future spokesmen say the company is working as fast as they can in Gardena, California, to bring the first autonomous electric vehicle to production in North Las Vegas, where it’s a starkly different scene of mostly stagnant dirt.
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