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Carson City supervisors have authorized a study of how much it would cost to turn eight acres of parking lots around the Carson Nugget casino into a downtown technology plaza. Mayor Bob Crowell said the idea is to revitalize downtown with a knowledge ...

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - Carson City supervisors have authorized a study of how much it will cost to turn eight acres of parking lots around the Carson Nugget casino into a downtown technology plaza. Mayor Bob Crowell says the idea is to revitalize ...

The percentage of Nevadans out of work went down in October for the first time since February 2008. While the seasonally adjusted rate fell three-tenths to 13 percent, the unadjusted rate fell a full percentage point to 12.6 percent. That translates ...

On Nov. 6, Nevada Appeal reporter Sandi Hoover chronicled the Carson Nugget's report to the Board of Supervisors of an ambitious vision to develop about eight acres of their parking lots behind the main street casino. The notion is that a public ...

CARSON CITY – For the first time in more than a year, the jobless rate fell in Clark County but a state official says the economic problems of Nevada are far from over. Unemployment dropped from 13.9 percent in September to 13 percent in October ...

An avalanche of negative testimony Thursday helped bury a proposal by the Nevada Youth Legislature to lower the compulsory age for school attendance from 18 to 16. Employers said they were not interested in hiring high school dropouts. And ...

CARSON CITY, Nev.—Some conservative Republicans upset over ... taxes," he said of the massive budget shortfall that loomed when lawmakers convened early this year and sales and gambling taxes dried up because of the recession. "I didn't sign any ...

If their pitches to Boulder City Republican women are any indication, the jostling among Republicans who hope to face Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., in 2010's general election will focus on the economy and taxes, as well as who is most devoted to the ...

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Some conservative Republicans upset over tax increases passed by the 2009 Legislature are taking aim at Senate Minority Leader Bill Raggio and discussing a recall effort against the veteran lawmaker. Organizer Dana Allen, a ...

CARSON CITY – The state Pardons Board has denied the request for clemency from a female inmate who at age 15 strangled a man in a Las Vegas hotel room while posing as a prostitute in a trick roll caper. Alisha Burns has served six years and eight ...