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Sixty-three state lawmakers will gather Monday morning in Carson City to consider a number of tourism-related measures, including public funding for an NFL stadium.
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In “Unify, Regionalize, Diversify: An Economic Development Agenda for Nevada,” a 2011 Brookings Institution report that undergirds the state’s current economic development plan, the authors detailed the need for Southern Nevada to strengthen its core economy of gaming/tourism/conventions and to economically diversify within that sector.
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Nevada is world-renowned for precious metals and glitzy casinos, but to the online crowdfunding community, it stands out for other reasons.
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Political attack ads typically stick to the same ol’ stuff, like voting records and candidate positions. That can’t be said for the jabs in Henderson, Nev., where voters in one state Assembly district are getting smacked with attacks on a pornographic level.
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Dressing for success apparently has taken on a whole new meaning for politicians. History Professor Deirdre Clemente of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, says rather than adopting the formal dress of the past, presidents are trying to appear as regular guys to make the connection with voters.
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Before the world knew Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, Walter Scott, Freddie Gray, Philando Castile, Terence Crutcher and Keith Scott for how their lives ended — police bullets or brute force — Las Vegas had grieved such deaths.
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You probably don’t think about the oil that makes your personal transportation possible whenever you start your car — or pull up to the pump to refuel.
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There are more and more new department stores opening for business around the Las Vegas valley, and with every new store that opens, there are dozens of jobs that comes along with it.