‘Innovation zone’ bill dead in 2021 session

A bill that would have allowed tech companies to form their own local governments in Nevada is dead for the 2021 session; instead, a special committee will study the idea over the next two years.

 
Developers buying small plot on Strip for $80M

MGM Resorts International announced that developer Brett Torino and New York-based Flag Luxury reached a deal to buy 2 acres in CityCenter and plan to build a retail project.

 
NHP busy ticketing shoulder drivers on I-15

The Nevada Highway Patrol said it had a busy Sunday writing tickets for motorists driving on the shoulder of the road on the crowded lanes of Interstate 15.

LETTER: Phasing out natural gas in Nevada

Who would have thought that Assembly Bill 380 involving natural gas might have been the way to stop new construction and save us from a future water shortage?

EDITORIAL: Time to end taxpayer-funded government lobbying

The word “lobbyist” has a negative connotation to many people, but let’s not forget that the “right to petition the government for a redress of grievances” is an integral part of the First Amendment.

CARTOON: Creating division

Identity politics may advance the far left’s radical agenda, but it divides the country and undermines the spirit of America: “E Pluribus Unum,” out of many, one.

COVID ‘swallowing’ people in India; crematoriums overwhelmed

On social media and on TV, desperate relatives plead for oxygen outside hospitals or weep in the street for loved ones who died waiting for treatment. Nearly 350K cases reported Sunday.

 
‘Nomadland’ wins top picture at a social distanced Oscars

Chloé Zhao’s “Nomadland,” a portrait of itinerant lives across the American West, won best picture Sunday at the 93rd Academy Awards, where the China-born Zhao became the first woman of color to win best director.

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