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Archive of Nevada on Monday June 29, 2009
NV: Rory Reid gets serious early in 2010 race for governor
One sign Clark County Commission Chairman Rory Reid is in it to win it: He's had a campaign manager on the payroll since early May, which is pretty early for a gubernatorial election in November 2010. Read More
NV: Nevada museums cut hours this week
Faced with a one-third cut in his budget, Department of Cultural Affairs Director Michael Fischer did what any realistic business manager would do: He cut hours of museums and libraries, laid off some employees and reduced the work week of many others to 32 hours. Read More
Tracking the recession: Budget deadline looms
Unlike the federal government, states have to balance their budgets. But several states still have not completed spending plans for the fiscal year that begins July 1. Read More
NV: Hospitals' losses rise
Clark County acute-care hospitals had their worst year on record in 2008, and the state's shaky economy and rising unemployment are expected to create more problems for uninsured people and the health community in the near future. Read More
NV: At UNLV, change at top would have costs
David Ashley could lose his job July 10 after only three years when the regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education meet to evaluate his performance as president of UNLV. Read More
NV: Wait times climb at the DMV; Northern Nevada, you're next
Few issues bring out the anger of Nevadans like a long wait at the DMV. For Southern Nevadans that irritation has been compounded by the knowledge that wait times here are as much as three times as long, on average, as in the rest of the state. Read More
UT: Huntsman mistaken for scandal-tarred senator
WASHINGTON -- For a brief moment on national television Sunday, Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. was mistaken for Sen. John Ensign, a Nevada Republican who admitted recently to cheating on his wife with a married staffer. Read More
MO: Illegal drugs such as Ecstasy showing up as cartoon-shaped pills in KC
Drugs shaped like Snoopy, Transformers and President Barack Obama's head recently showed up on Kansas City area streets, adding to a trend that worries police and health experts. Read More
US: National sex offender registry delayed a year
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. has given states and American Indian tribes another year to feed a national Internet database set up to protect children by showing where possible predators live and work. Read More
MN: Pawlenty wants to rebuild GOP after scandals
WASHINGTON -- A potential White House contender in 2012 staked a claim Sunday to rehabilitating the Republican Party in the wake of extramarital affairs by two leading Republicans that have damaged the GOP's family-values image. Read More |
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