The iconic “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas” sign will go dark for an hour Saturday along with nine Clark County buildings to commemorate Earth Hour 2011.
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Nevada’s latest unemployment report provided yet another parade of tough news for the state’s jobs market. The state’s jobless rate dropped to 13.6 percent in February, down from 14.7 percent a year earlier, while unemployment in Las Vegas came in at 13.7 percent, down from 15.2 percent a year earlier.
Thanks to its unusual triennial scheduling, the massive Conexpo-Con/Agg convention managed to escape the worst of the recession.
