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In an effort targeting Las Vegas' largest developer, a major labor group  says it will file a ballot initiative preventing Clark County from subsidizing a proposed Summerlin minor-league baseball stadium. The Southern Nevada Building and Construction Trades Council sent a letter this week to commissioners, calling the stadium "destined to be owned by a wealthy private corporation," a reference to Howard Hughes. Darren Enns, the organization's secretary-treasurer, wrote, "We are asking for your...
The state GOP, where truth goes to die and incompetence is rewarded, has been bragging since last week's primary about a "56 percent" success rate. Forget for a moment that for a party naming favorites in its own primaries, one for two isn't a great batting average. But that number is totally disingenuous, and I have said so. This morning, Chairman Michael McDonald, who presided over a takeover by the Ron Paul forces and other troublemakers and who essentially turned the party into an adjunct...
The state Board of Medical Examiners has issued an advisory opinion to licensed doctors who get into the medical marijuana business that says they enter "at their own legal peril." No prohibition from entering the business from the board, but plenty of trap doors outlined in the opinion: Violations of federal law, and possible discipline for failing to disclose salient information to patients.  "Board licensees act at their own legal peril as a shareholder, officer or managing memberof any...

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