People forget that federal officials sought to close University Medical Center’s kidney transplant program in 2008 because too many people were dying, and the hospital hadn’t addressed quality of care problems.
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Jane Ann Morrison
Since the early ’80s, Nevada gaming companies have been paying sales taxes on “comped” meals. The tax was based on the cost of the food. So a $100 meal comped to a customer might be taxed on a $20 cost to the casino.
Waking up to another shooting in the U.S. is not how any of us want to start our day, as “Aurora” joins “Columbine” as the second massacre in a Denver suburb and also joins “Gabby Giffords,” “Fort Hood” and “Virginia Tech” as shorthand for horrific shootings by unstable men.
Twenty years ago marked the first time I wrote about Tom Collins’ drinking.
Butters was one special cat. When his owner, Jeannine Comeau, would roll on her stomach, Butters would jump up and give her a 15-minute back massage. Ever heard of a cat doing that?
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Thank heavens the Nevada Housing Division saw what six Las Vegas City Council members did not.
When the second Broadway season at The Smith Center was announced, I was disappointed that “The Book of Mormon” wasn’t coming to Las Vegas.
In its first rating of hospital safety, Consumer Reports magazine places one Las Vegas hospital on its list of 10 worst – St. Rose Dominican Hospitals-San Martin Campus.
It was a baby step, but it was a step forward when the county and three cities finally made it possible for 13,000 valley contractors to go to one spot to get a business license.
Don’t expect the Clark County Commission to unveil solutions to nuisances on the Strip with a rah rah sis boom bah.
My right to choose is once again being threatened, and I’m hoping a federal judge will protect me and others like me.
Leonard “Pat” Goodall surprised me when he said the five years he was president of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas was the job he enjoyed the most during his academic career. Those were years of controversy, yet years where Goodall thought he did the most good.
It’s a rare day in Nevada when two elected officials admit they didn’t fully understand consequences of their votes, but County Commissioner Steve Sisolak and Henderson City Councilman Sam Bateman did exactly that.
