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Jane Ann Morrison

Online gambling stories make case for legalizing, regulating and taxing

When the Washington Post and “60 Minutes” teamed up for news stories portraying online poker players as consumers who need protection from cheats, the impact seemed obvious. The odds of passage of U.S. Rep. Barney Frank’s bill legalizing and regulating online gambling became stronger.

Krolicki planted seed of doubt, but facts and figures speak for themselves

If Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki hadn’t launched his first-strike offensive, his indictment Wednesday would have been a huge surprise. But because he went public beforehand, insisting he was the victim of political shenanigans, the seed was planted that his indictment was nothing more than a political assault by Democratic Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto serving as the tool of U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

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Accident victim’s medical bills raise questions about anesthesiologist

Dr. Michael Braunstein has been an anesthesiologist in Las Vegas for more than 30 years. For the past 15 years, he has had a separate business called IME, where he looks for medical billing errors. In other words, he knows what he’s doing, unlike the rest of us, who stare at complex medical bills in bewilderment and wish upon a star that they’re accurate.

MGM Mirage chief Lanni needs a lesson in building a truthful resume

Imagine how uncomfortable it would have been if MGM Mirage boss Terry Lanni had been standing before Nevada gaming regulators Thursday urging them to allow Dubai World to invest billions more in the gaming company.

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