"Assemblywoman Sharron Angle's claim to fame in the Nevada Legislature is that more than any other lawmaker, she is the only 'no' vote on scores of bills that pass out of the Assembly."

Angle says record proves she is most conservative (Reno Gazette-Journal article)

"I'm more conservative than most people. I can stretch a dollar until George Washington jumped off and hollered. I've worked all my life. Money doesn't come easy to me."

Gibbons defends her '03 vote on taxes (Reno Gazette-Journal article)

"Heller said it would be 'very, very difficult for me to support a budget that included pork spending, that isn't balanced and that increases the debt.' When pressed, however, he refused to pledge not to vote in favor of a budget that wasn't balanced."

Heller touts work as secretary of state (Reno Gazette-Journal article)

"Thomas spent a career as a systems engineer in the aerospace industry, studying 'how systems work, how they go wrong, how they can be subverted.' He thinks the skill could be useful in politics."

Minden retiree sees his opportunity to run (Reno Gazette-Journal article)

State candidates should stick to pertinent issues (Lahontan Valley News* editorial)

"In July 2003 the Nevada Supreme Court in "Guinn v. Legislature" had the nerve to dismiss a constitutional amendment requiring a two-thirds legislative vote to raise taxes. Although that amendment had been ratified by an overwhelming majority of Nevada voters, a cynical and politicized high court dismissed it as a mere "procedural" technicality. The court gutted Nevada's constitution like a fish."

Judging Justice Becker: First 'Guinn v. Legislature' backer to face the voters (Las Vegas Review-Journal* editorial)

Petition organizers file opposition to lawsuit (Las Vegas Review-Journal* article)

Early voting begins (Elko Free Press article)

Thousands of Nevadans cast early primary votes (Nevada AP article)

"There are plenty of characters. Former brain surgeon who might just need a lobotomy. Lounge singer. Wacky gambler. Porn star. Bankrupt businessmen. Recalled councilwoman. Corpse. They're all on the ballot already."

ERIN NEFF: Put these guys on reality TV (Las Vegas Review-Journal* column)

Primary Election Underway: Big Money Wants Your Vote (Nevada Observer article)

Last Chance For Politicos Before August 15 Primary Election (Nevada Observer article)

State regulator refuses to reveal USA Capital audits: Bice says information won't be released until investigation finished (Las Vegas Review-Journal* article)

Firefighters hoping for rain (Elko Free Press article)

Winds again hamper crews battling huge wildfire near Winnemucca (Lahontan Valley News* article)

Tourism Department Looks To "Wide Open Spaces" For Advertising (Nevada Observer article)

What Happens Here May Not Always Stay Here (Nevada Observer editorial)

Carson, Lyon and Douglas prepare legislative wish list (Nevada Appeal* article)

It's time for Nevada to make the call on cell-phone regulation (John DiMambro column, Nevada Appeal*)

Former State Sen. Carl Dodge dies at age 91 (Lahontan Valley News* article)

"'He was obviously one of the more important senators in the history of the state,' said Senate Majority Leader Bill Raggio, R-Reno, on Monday."

Veteran legislator Dodge dead at 91: Dodge Act provides local government employees and teachers bargaining rights for pay, benefits, work conditions (Nevada Appeal* article)

Longtime Nevada lawmaker Carl Dodge dies (Nevada AP article)

City seeks solution to land management woes: Swapping or buying federal land considered (Nevada Appeal* article)

Media cited for feeding homeless: Goodman blasts radio 'publicity stunt' (Las Vegas Review-Journal* article)

Las Vegas marshals ticket 7, arrest 3 amid homeless protests (Nevada AP article)

"There has to be a better way than turning the homeless problem into a second-rate Ringling Brothers."

JOHN L. SMITH: Failure to keep mouth in check on homelessness turns mayor into clown (Las Vegas Review-Journal* column)

COUNTY COMMISSION: Refuse ordinance might be revised -- Some officials say law has derailed recycling efforts (Las Vegas Review-Journal* article)

Incline residents rebuff ferry idea (North Lake Tahoe Bonanza article)

Ferry can help lake stay healthy (Reno Gazette-Journal editorial)

UNLV pleased with institute's performance (Las Vegas Review-Journal* article)

"'This report means nothing,' Alden said. 'It doesn't tell us what procedures they used in the audit, who they contacted and who did the work. It's an informational piece only.'"

Another look at institute's books: Independent probe called for (Las Vegas Sun article)

 College gets good news on accreditation (Las Vegas Sun article)

District to give parents option: Students allowed transfer to schools with better record (Las Vegas Review-Journal* article)

Portable air conditioners save the day (Las Vegas Sun article)

Nevada Utilities

Wind Generated Electricity May Be In Your Future (Nevada Observer article)

Southern Nevada Power Bills May Jump Dramatically Following Court Ruling (Nevada Observer article)

Sierra Pacific Resources Posts Huge Second Quarter Profit (Nevada Observer article)

Sen. Amodei diagnosed with West Nile virus (Reno Gazette-Journal article)

No signs of West Nile virus in Fernley (Nevada Appeal* article)

Artown ends with eclectic concert (Reno Gazette-Journal article)

Hot August Nights turns 20 (Reno Gazette-Journal article)

"Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., opened a new line of criticism against the Yucca Mountain program on Monday, noting the nuclear waste project has been managed by the same company with a role in the disastrous "Big Dig" tunnels in Boston."

Reid notes connection between Yucca, 'Big Dig': Bechtel Corp. involved in both projects, senator points out (Las Vegas Review-Journal* article)

"A Record Of Fraud": Berkley -- "No Basis In Reality": Ensign (Nevada Observer article)

Nevada's Past

City tries again to get million-dollar loan from state for V&T project: The state should benefit, so the state should contribute more, mayor says (Nevada Appeal* article)

Nevada Journalism

Today's newspapers are as plain as white bread (Michael Green column, Las Vegas Business Press)

Field crowded in lieutenant governor race (Reno Gazette-Journal article)

Dem hopefuls see varied paths to state's growth (Reno Gazette-Journal article)

Asian tourism emerges as hot issue in GOP race (Reno Gazette-Journal article)

21,386 cast ballots by mail, in person in early voting (Las Vegas Review-Journal* article)

Early primary voting has slow start (Reno Gazette-Journal article)

Commentary: Jon Ralston defends Nevada as a political entity after an Iowa columnist takes Democrats to task (Las Vegas Sun column)

Yepsen: Nevada caucuses would be gamble (Des Moines Register column)

"Even if media attention has made some potential jurors aware of the case, they argued, a defendant is 'entitled to an impartial jury, not one ignorant of the facts.'"

POLITICAL CORRUPTION CASE: Malone motion opposed -- Defense wants trial moved (Las Vegas Review-Journal* article)

Large Elko County fires nearly contained (Elko Free Press article)

Nevada wildfires winding down (Nevada AP article)

Tribe awarded grant to fight substance abuse (Lahontan Valley News* article)

"Blum said more than two-thirds of the Army National Guard's 34 brigades are not combat ready because of equipment shortages."

Guard lacks equipment: Nevada commander says state in same predicament as others (Las Vegas Review-Journal* article)

Guinn, the Guard, and the Helicopters (Desert Beacon website)

JOHN L. SMITH: From all sides, community weighs in on controversy over homeless (Las Vegas Review-Journal* column)

Homeless groupies (Las Vegas Review-Journal* editorial)

Officials trash pilot program for recycling: Once-a-week garbage collection doesn't appeal to commissioners (Las Vegas Review-Journal* article)

County group to review coroner's inquest system (Las Vegas Review-Journal* article)

"In a mere 22 days, the county sent notice to neighbors, the Spring Valley Town Board and the Clark County Planning Commission approved the permit, and the five business days during which an appeal could be filed passed."

 Before you know, county says 'yes' (Las Vegas Sun article)

IVGID gets grant for Incline Lake (North Lake Tahoe Bonanza article)

Much more than discussion at meeting (Andy Whyman column, North Lake Tahoe Bonanza)

"The agency's tax base has shrunk to half of what it was in 2000, requiring all property tax revenues to cover annual debt payments."

Petition failure benefits casino (Reno Gazette-Journal article)

Union push falls short: Measure lacks 1,000 signatures (Las Vegas Review-Journal article)

Report shows more Nevada schools need improvement (Nevada AP article)

Nevada Department of Education 2006 Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Report

Court in Nevada case rules BLM must widen look at mining effects (Nevada AP article)

Great Basin Mine Watch v. Hankins (9th US Circuit Court of Appeals website)

"The PUC response is "one more government entity who has refused to be part of checks and balances" that the Constitution provided through creation of three branches of government," said ACLU public advocate Lee Rowland.

Public Utilities Commission won't join ACLU's privacy invasion feud (Las Vegas Review-Journal* article)

Company seeks input on power plant plan (Las Vegas Review-Journal* article)

Divine Strake explosion delayed, possibly moved (Las Vegas Review-Journal* article)

Feds delay Divine Strake explosion in Nevada to 2007 (Nevada AP article)

Ensign, Reid Introduce White Pine County Lands Bill: Comprehensive Act Modeled After Successful SNPLMA (Sen. Ensign Press Release)

White Pine County Lands Bill Contains Clark County Turf Buyback Program (Sen. Ensign Press Release)

Benefits From Changes To Land Act To Be Felt Throughout Nevada (Sen. Ensign Press Release)

Changes To Land Act To Benefit Northern Nevada: Ballardini Ranch measure will save Washoe County taxpayers millions (Sen. Ensign Press Release)

Gov. Guinn Applauds White Pine County Land Bill (Gov. Guinn Press Release)

POLITICAL MANEUVERING: Minimum wage hike unlikely -- Reid says Senate won't pass 'flawed' bill that includes permanent estate tax cut (Las Vegas Review-Journal* article)

Porter Backs Minimum Wage Legislation - Includes permanent estate tax relief, extends state and local sales tax deduction (Rep. Porter Press Release)

No escaping the need to face global warming (Lahontan Valley News* editorial)

Ensign Introduces Legislation To Promote Democracy In Cuba (Sen. Ensign Press Release)

Reid Statement On Cuban Dictator Fidel Castro (Sen. Reid Press Release)

Las Vegas ready to make history: $7.5 million contract first step in creating museum in old post office (Las Vegas Review-Journal* article)

Rule No. 1: Don't make a mistake (Las Vegas Sun article)

REPUBLICAN GUBERNATORIAL RACE: Gibbons: Beers must answer for positions -- Campaign manager: Effort to paint candidate as liberal will fail (Las Vegas Review-Journal* article)

TASC challenge won't be filed: State AFL-CIO 'exploring other legal remedies,' official says (Las Vegas Review-Journal* article)

"'People who love government' are trying to thwart the Tax and Spending Control initiative, says Bob Adney, executive director for the campaign."

The great debate (Las Vegas CityLife editorial)

Four candidates seek to replace Derby on Board of Regents (Nevada Appeal* article)

Early voting begins slowly (Lahontan Valley News* article)

Turnout huge at law enforcement event (Nevada Appeal* article)

Meth scare and prison (Randall G. Shelden column, Las Vegas CityLife)

More dialogue needed with median projects (Lahontan Valley News* editorial)

"In July, the DMV accused Nellis, Desert and four other cab companies of using fake emission inspection reports to certify 118 taxis which hadn't been smog tested, as required by law."

Companies claim ignorance of falsified smog tests on cabs (Las Vegas Review-Journal* article)

"The best thing government can do for all of its citizens on this issue is to stay out of it and not spend taxpayer dollars on something it shouldn't be spending those dollars on, and that so many Americans have such a strong moral objection to."

Embryonic stem-cell tests off limits for government (Don Nelson and Chuck Muth column, Reno Gazette-Journal)

Lawsuit targets city park mandate: Ban on feeding homeless challenged (Las Vegas Review-Journal* article)

Activists file suit against Las Vegas homeless ordinance (Nevada AP article)

North Las Vegas officials to revise anti-loitering ordinances (Las Vegas Review-Journal* article)

What's the difference? (Chip Mosher column, Las Vegas CityLife)

"The city attorney's office has ruled that Mayor Oscar Goodman's plan to put graffiti offenders in public stocks is unconstitutional under the constitution's ban against cruel and unusual punishment.

'I'm asking for a rewrite,' Goodman said of the opinion."

Mayor gets pilloried by legal opinion (Las Vegas Review-Journal* article)

Why you can't use the stocks (Steve Sebelius column, Las Vegas CityLife)

"Something is indeed rotten in Clark County, but it ain't the garbage we generate. It's the trashing of the community's interest, all with the blessing of elected officials who just hold their noses and look the other way."

ERIN NEFF: Recycle this (Las Vegas Review-Journal* column)

"Mayor Oscar Goodman admitted that the disputed area of downtown given to Mayor Pro Tem Gary Reese was done for political reasons."

Tarkanian loses council redistricting battle (Las Vegas Review-Journal* article)

Las Vegas economy shows signs of weakening (Las Vegas Review-Journal* article)

"There's probably no better indication that Las Vegas' real estate market has cooled than the number of people who kept their wallet in their pocket at Wednesday's BLM public land auction."

An almost silent auction for the BLM: Only nine of 61 parcels sold at public event (Las Vegas Review-Journal* article)

All those vows of spending less not passing test: Gasoline costs not curtailing spending (Las Vegas Review-Journal* article)

"All they want to do is attack someone else," he said. "The university should step in and clean this up. They let this mess fester for too long. The entire homeland security effort here is suffering because of this."

Critics say institute trying to shift heat (Las Vegas Sun article)

"We hope the regents demand that UNLV find someone to audit this program independently and more thoroughly. An unsigned 14-page report produced by the foundation that runs the institute is not a credible investigation."

Credibility lacking in audit: Unattributed security institute audit is hardly a reliable source of information (Las Vegas Sun editorial)

Two schools improve scores, two others dip (Lahontan Valley News* article)

"The Elko County Commission approved a draft contract yesterday with the Southern Nevada Water Authority in which the authority promises not to purchase or apply for water rights in Elko County."

County approves water pact (Elko Free Press article)

Heavenly Mountain Resort to go to 100 percent wind power: Parent company Vail decides to offset energy use at all properties (Nevada Appeal* article)

Nevada Culture

Tour de Nez in trouble (Reno Gazette-Journal article)

Tribal Nevada

One more step: The Intertribal Court of Appeals last Friday removed one obstacle to the members of the Winnemucca Indian Colony regaining control of their colony. (Reno News & Review article)

Nuke Dump Timeline Questioned (Associated Press article)

Ensign testifies against proposed Yucca bill (Sen. Ensign Press Release)

Reid testifies at Yucca hearing (Sen. Reid Press Release)

Statement of Robert R. Loux, Executive Director of Nevada Agency For Nuclear Projects (Agency for Nuclear Projects website)

"The bill, if approved by the Senate and signed by the president, would wipe out an expected $1 increase in Nevada's minimum wage, which was approved by 68 percent of the state's voters in 2004 and expected to be easily ratified this November."

Taking back their tips: Congress' minimum wage hike would stiff those in Nevada's tip-intensive industries (Las Vegas Sun article)

Democrats: Minimum wage bill could hurt Nevada tip-earners (Nevada AP article)

Minimum Wage, Estate Tax Showdown Looms (Nevada AP article)

"In fact, what does our current 'transportation security' regime really do, other than 'waste resources' in the process of 'hassling the innocent'"?

Our Maginot Line in the sky: Air marshals blacklist citizens, make up threats to meet quotas (Las Vegas Review-Journal* editorial)

Withhold Evidence, Admit Hearsay And Torture Confessions -- Will You Be Next?

Gonzales Pushes Lenient Hearsay Rules (Nevada AP article)

BLM AUCTION GUIDELINES: Bill revamps federal land use -- Plans address housing, reshape White Pine County holdings (Las Vegas Review-Journal* article)

Protecting White Pine County: Bill before Senate would preserve 545,000 acres for wilderness (Las Vegas Sun article)

Ensign, Reid introduce new land bill (Reno Gazette-Journal article)

"Members of the public would be surprised to know that the Congressional Record is not a faithful record of what happens. Events that do happen often vanish from the Record, and events that did not happen appear in its pages. Some observers believe that most of the "debates" recorded in the Record are bogus."

Doctoring history: Members of Congress are allowed to tamper with the record, and this time, it may have legal consequences (Reno News & Review article)

Profits down for West Virginia owner of Binion's in Las Vegas (Nevada AP article)

Going ... Going ... Gaughan - Coast CEO cashes out Boyd stock (Las Vegas Business Press article)

MGM Mirage 2Q profit increases; shares tumble on consumer worries (Nevada AP article)

MGM Mirage profit up on Mandalay results, Bellagio performance (Nevada AP article)

Profits down for MTR Gaming (Nevada AP article)

Las Vegas Sands second-quarter earnings rise 27 percent (Nevada AP article)

CASINO EARNINGS: Macau boosts Sands -- Rough quarter at The Venetian offset by Sands Macau revenue (Las Vegas Review-Journal* article)

Venetian revenues are "like kissing your sister" (Las Vegas Business Press article)

Porter planning to head to island near England to study Internet gambling regulation (Las Vegas Review-Journal* article)

Post office redesign approved (Las Vegas Review-Journal* article)

New book answers questions about Nevada politics (Nevada Appeal* article)

Two gubernatorial debates to be televised tonight (Las Vegas Review-Journal* article)

JOHN L. SMITH: Hunt drops gloves in governor's race just in time for televised debate (Las Vegas Review-Journal* column)

Nevada GOP prepares for possible nomination of dead candidate (Nevada AP article)

The Strange Death of Kathy Augustine: Is it a real-life mystery–or not a mystery at all? (Las Vegas Weekly article)

"'It's hard to image that somebody or some company would force a person to give up their constitutional right to run for office,' Burk said."

Disney withdraws from Assembly race (Reno Gazette-Journal article)

Carson City Sheriff's Protective Association

Ensign, Gibbons, Gibbons & Krolicki

Deputy association endorses state, local candidates (Nevada Appeal* article)

Candidates continue war of words (Nevada Appeal* editorial)

Jon Ralston laments the ignorance of 30,000 early voters, who won't have the benefit of candidate debates (Las Vegas Sun column)

Galardi sentencing scheduled for Sept. 8 (Las Vegas Review-Journal* article)

"The groups will not investigate leads, however."

Federal anti-terror funds to go toward sharing information: 'Early warning groups' to receive $6.5 million (Las Vegas Review-Journal article)

"Embattled Family Court Judge Steven Jones and his former girlfriend are considering reuniting, even though the judge is charged with battering the woman, according to Jones' lawyer."

Judge, ex-girlfriend want no-contact order lifted (Las Vegas Review-Journal* article)

Fire suppression costs important in deciding to sell, keep federal land: City officials seek to resolve the matter by the end of the year (Nevada Appeal* article)

"Las Vegas alleges that Danny Piper and Joseph Bunch, owners of the bar, have fostered an unsafe environment at the tavern, which has become notorious for robberies, stabbings and a killing."

Racial profiling concerns halt council meeting on troubled bar (Las Vegas Sun article)

Genoa's a hard place to run for office (Gardnerville Record-Courier* editorial)

Commission leaves Silver Springs GID intact: Lyon County Commissioners plan to revisit issue of reorganizing board (Nevada Appeal* article)

Latest Articles Listed On Front Pages Dated July 20th

Fernley Leader-Courier

Mason Valley News

"Higher education officials declined to weigh in on the cheating allegations, but were surprised the punishment that McDonald supported was much more severe than that handed down by the dean of UNLV's dental school for 10 students also caught cheating this spring."

University cheating cases draw comparison (Las Vegas Review-Journal* article)

"The Educational Outreach Department, formerly known as continuing education, 'has a significant lack of management oversight with respect to all aspects of its financial operations,' according to an internal audit completed in April by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas."

UNLV department scrutinized: Internal audit finds significant lack of oversight within Educational Outreach (Las Vegas Review-Journal* article)

Data thieves hit schools: Computer hackers targeting universities more often, showing need for better security (Las Vegas Sun editorial)

Promises And Eggshells

"Mulroy said the agreement cannot be made permanent, because the current water authority board is not allowed to legally bind future boards."

Progress slow on water deal: Elko County officials still discussing draft to be sent to SNWA (Las Vegas Review-Journal* article)

You Can Drink It Twice

"Two powerful organizations that represent Southern Nevada's residential and commercial developers are charging that the Clean Water Coalition has not done enough to inform the region about a $750 million plan to deliver treated wastewater to Lake Mead."

Developers demand more input on project for wastewater (Las Vegas Sun article)

State's Hispanic numbers soar: 44 percent increase in five years is more than twice Nevada's growth rate (Las Vegas Review-Journal* article)

Hispanic population booming in Nevada (Reno Gazette-Journal article)

Census Bureau Releases Population Estimates by Race, Hispanic Origin and Age for States and Counties (US Census Bureau Press Release, with links to data tables)

Hiring illegal immigrants remains a hot topic: Ignorance is not an excuse, immigration official says (Nevada Appeal* article)

Carson Valley Visitors Authority to host branding workshop (Nevada Appeal* article)

"'You have before you a bill that attempts like a cowcatcher on a locomotive to anticipate and sweep aside every potential health and safety obstacle,' said Bob Loux, director of the Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects."

Project director says 'fix Yucca' bill must pass to make 2017 deadline (Las Vegas Review-Journal* article)

"Guinn's office stood by Loux. Nevada's advocacy on Capitol Hill is no different than that coming from members of the panel who supported Yucca."

Loux's credibility attacked by pro-Yucca Idaho senator (Las Vegas Sun article)

A bill with baggage: House minimum wage increase would hurt workers who depend on tips (Las Vegas Sun editorial)

Senate Rejects Estate, Minimum Wage Bill (Associated Press article)

Senate May Give Minimum Wage Fall Vote (Associated Press article)

Senate Ratifies Cybercrime Treaty (Associated Press article)

Convention on Cybercrime (Council of Europe website)

Electronic Privacy Information Center Cybercrime Convention Webpage (EPIC website)

Residents promise old-fashioned activism: Townspeople frustrated by insurance company's delay in rebuilding schoolhouse after fire (Nevada Appeal* article)

Vucanovich's memoirs are a 'must read' for Fallon residents (David C. Henley column, Lahontan Valley News*)

Supporters' camps part of debate atmosphere: Backers gather outside TV station to cheer candidates (Las Vegas Review-Journal* article)

Nevada candidates for governor debate (Nevada AP article)

Democratic Candidates' Debate

"It was billed as a televised debate between Democratic candidates for governor, but it would be easy to understand if viewers on Friday thought -- at least for a few moments -- they were watching a GOP candidate event."

Titus, Gibson find areas to disagree (Las Vegas Review-Journal* article)

Republican Candidates' Debate

"The Republican gubernatorial candidates threw "liberal Democrat" labels at each other like epithets and wrapped the theme of lower taxes around themselves like fire blankets, as they squared off Friday in the first debate to include all three major GOP candidates for governor."

GUBERNATORIAL DEBATES: Candidates stake claims -- Hunt, Beers try to gain on Gibbons (Las Vegas Review-Journal* article)

Where's the fraud? TASC foe refuses to back up a summer's worth of smears (Las Vegas Review-Journal* editorial)

Freeway, development top Carson City hopefuls' goals (Reno Gazette-Journal article)

Local Hispanics encouraged to vote (Nevada Appeal article)

SHERIFF CANDIDATE: Airola faces lawsuits -- Flight school students allege he didn't live up to commitments (Las Vegas Review-Journal* article)

"Airola has been a defendant in at least eight lawsuits filed in Clark County District Court that resulted either in out-of-court settlements or judgments against him. He also is a defendant in a federal bankruptcy case in Utah and a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in San Diego, and was a defendant in another federal case in Las Vegas."

Suits litter Airola's past: Shady dealings or 'a fact of business life'? (Las Vegas Sun article)

"The race for the office of Nye County sheriff has generated, if nothing else, a steady stream of vivid letters by those strenuously supporting and opposing the primary candidates, who themselves are a vivid bunch."

Lieseke one of four confronting sheriff (Pahrump Valley Times article)

Five work for GOP nod in Commission District 4 (Pahrump Valley Times article)

NDOT removes candidates' signs from along state highway rights-of-way (Pahrump Valley Times article)

Take a stand against Pin Head politics (Michael Reiner column, Pahrump Valley Times)

"Retired state Supreme Court Justice Deborah Agosti, chairwoman of the Blue Ribbon Panel on Child Death Review, won approval to write a bill draft aimed at increasing accountability to the public and bolstering state authority to force compliance from county family services agencies."

FAMILY SERVICES AGENCIES: Bill seeks less secrecy about child deaths -- Panel discusses legislation boosting state oversight (Las Vegas Review-Journal* article)

"Levinson said USA Capital was a "Ponzi-like scheme" at least as far back as 2001. In a Ponzi scheme, money fund from new investors is used to pay earlier investors."

Judge approves initial payment of $60 million (Las Vegas Review-Journal* article)

"Can construction and conservation coexist in Southern Nevada?"

Real Estate and Development: Positive conversation about conservation (In Business Las Vegas article)

Fernley Leader-Courier

Mason Valley News

City to consider amending Comprehensive Plan (Fernley Leader-Courier article)

Roundabout to be completed Aug.18 (Fernley Leader-Courier article)

"The Silver Springs General Improvement District Board is charging members have not been informed by the Lyon County Commissioners’ office of a meeting to discuss possible changes to GID Board."

Commissioners to discuss changes in SSGID board: GID Chairman says Board was not informed (Fernley Leader-Courier article)

Lampros quits city council (Ely Times article)

"The City of Ely must find new legal representation after White Pine County Commissioners axed the agreement for the District Attorney's Office to represent the City last week."

 City to advertise for new attorney (Ely Times article)

"Regents wanted to review the history, but 'what I was looking for was the path forward,' Ashley said after the meeting. Regents discuss embattled institute:

UNLV's Ashley free to make changes (Las Vegas Review-Journal* article)

"A special regents meeting Friday on the failings of UNLV's Institute for Security Studies raised more questions than answers and ended up deteriorating into finger-pointing among warring factions of the university."

Universal finger-pointing: Institute audits in-house, for now (Las Vegas Sun article)