Developers are putting up subdivisions, apartments, retail centers and other projects across Las Vegas. But the local construction industry is still nowhere near as big as it was during the bubble years of the mid-2000s. 63,900 people work in construction in Southern Nevada. Employment has nearly doubled since early 2012 but is still far below the peak of 112,000 in mid-2006. It’s hard for me to imagine such a surge of population that you would need to build housing, retail, schools and other things on the scale that was happening in 2005. — Ken Simonson, chief economist, Associated General Contractors of America
“Love” is closing its 18-year run at The Mirage on Sunday. The surviving Beatles have aleady said goodbye.
Whitney Cummings walked on stage wearing some very Vegas apparel in the final comedy show at The Mirage.
Aces star A’ja Wilson achieved a special milestone Sunday at Michelob Ultra Arena in a win against the Dallas Wings.
Boosted by southwest winds and the center of high pressure moving closer, the record of 117 was tied at 1:56 p.m. Just over 30 minutes later it rose to 118 and then 119 and 120.
Supreme Court opens a can of worms. Careful. The dog might just have caught the car.
The presidential interview the American public needs to hear isn’t with George Stephanopoulos but Robert Hur.
The national debt is imprudent and immoral. Last month, the federal government added $347 billion to the debt, which will cross $35 trillion in short order.
President Joe Biden’s open borders policy isn’t just endangering Americans. It’s raised housing prices too.
Lessons from an earlier time. Zelensky might do well by studying the career of Mannerheim and how, with dignity, he saved Finland from the Russian meatgrinder.