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In state GOP, Ensign finds few defenders

Governor, who has issues of his own, offers backing

Sunday, June 21, 2009

You know you’re at a low point when the only person willing to stand beside you in your time of marital and political strife is Jim Gibbons, the Nevada governor who was once accused of assaulting a cocktail waitress, is in the middle of an ugly divorce and has approval ratings below the freezing temperature of water.

State gaming regulators shied away from policing borrowing

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Because a healthy gaming industry is vital to the state’s economy, the Nevada Gaming Control Board and Commission are responsible for reviewing the financial health of gaming companies. Why, then, have regulators allowed companies to incur so much debt?

Jeff Tweedy puts Wilco back on course

Friday, June 19, 2009

You probably know Wilco as that hot “alt-country” band that got into a blistering scrap with its record company back in early part of this century.

Gaming companies ask Culinary for ‘relief’ on raises; they’re talking

Friday, June 12, 2009

Las Vegas casino operators, struggling under the burden of heavy debt and declining revenue, are leaning on their workers for help, asking the Culinary Union for “temporary economic relief,” according to the union’s leader.

In Labor's heart, Dems didn't deliver

Leaders say unions took unfair hit in legislative session, vow to fight in ’11

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Nevada labor leaders are disappointed that their Democratic allies in the Legislature failed to advance significant items on labor’s agenda despite controlling both chambers for the first time in two decades. To be sure, unions can claim some small victories, including improvements to the state’s workers’ compensation system and mandated safety training for construction workers. But a sense of frustration — even outrage — was palpable last week as labor leaders lamented lawmakers’ failure to restructure the state’s tax system. To hear them tell it, the Legislature robbed workers for the second consecutive session, forcing cuts in public employee pay, pensions and health benefits. Moreover, legislators amended collective bargaining rules for local governments, tilting the system toward management.

Card check might be union war’s collateral damage

Bill founders as one leader of Unite Here departs

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

After spending hundreds of millions of dollars to win Democratic majorities in Congress and elect Barack Obama president, the labor movement’s No. 1 legislative priority — a bill that would make it easier for workers to organize — is in severe jeopardy, in large part because of high-profile infighting among some the country’s most progressive unions.

Wilhelm’s stand: Labor will rebuild middle class

Organizational fighting, he says, is a step toward private sector unionization

Sunday, May 31, 2009

We sat down with Wilhelm last week for a conversation at the Culinary’s offices, where he spent 11 years overseeing the local. In his view, the battle between Unite Here and SEIU will determine the future of the American labor movement.

Unite Here even more split as co-leader resigns in huff

Sunday, May 31, 2009

A bitter, protracted leadership struggle within one of the nation’s most progressive unions apparently ended Friday when Unite Here General President Bruce Raynor resigned.

Obama here for the sunshine

As president applauds Nevada's green efforts, two bills to foster industry's growth make their way through Carson City

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Some people visit Las Vegas for the sights. Others, for the sounds.
But Wednesday, President Barack Obama said he came here for the sun, touring a solar array at Nellis Air Force Base, the largest facility of its kind in the Western Hemisphere.

Obama and Reid are friends indeed

Their alliance boosts Reid's reelection hopes and Obama's ambitious agenda

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

In early February, Majority Leader Harry Reid stepped onto the Senate floor to announce that President Barack Obama had just accepted his invitation to return to Las Vegas.

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