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Court to review gaming tax boost

The Nevada Supreme Court will conduct a hearing on July 1 to determine whether a petition to increase the gaming tax should go on the November ballot.

Costly court decision rehearing urged

A recent Nevada Supreme Court ruling that said free meals provided to patrons by casinos are exempt from taxation has far-ranging and unintended results that could devastate the state's economy, the attorney general's office said Monday.

OSHA reviews Orleans probe

Federal officials are trying to determine whether Nevada officials mishandled an investigation of a sewer system accident that killed two men at The Orleans last year.

Deal salvages Tropicana Tahoe casino

The Tropicana’s sister resort at Lake Tahoe, facing eviction for subpar performance, has agreed to pay $165 million to the landowner for permission to stay put for another three years.

Inside gaming: Sparkle seems off neon for Street

The sinking economy, high gasoline prices, airline troubles and other downbeat financial news are causing casino customers to hang on to discretionary income.

Development: Buying into Vegas

With the U.S. dollar weakening against foreign currencies, international investors are snapping up many of the Strip's high-priced condos.

Airline industry: Allegiant flies clear of fiscal woes

With most airlines about as appealing to investors as an in-flight movie, Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air continues to defy the industry's downward economic spiral.

Art museums on the Strip: Why only one survives

With Guggenheim Hermitage Museum closing next month, we are left with the Bellagio Gallery. And the question: What happened with the Guggenheim?

A 'golden moment' for the Trump International Hotel & Tower

Donald Trump says that his new gold-clad condo and hotel tower is “defining luxury in Las Vegas” and those who were present at Friday's ribbon-cutting ceremony for the building got an up-close view as to why the real estate mogul can make that claim.

That's what they mean by green

The Palazzo has been designated as the largest Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified building in the world by the U.S. Green Building Council.

Airline crisis: Feels like the sky is falling

Sky-high jet fuel costs and a recession won't necessarily make flying to Las Vegas a bigger pain.

Nevada economy: Funk and fear in February

Nevada gaming revenues statewide fell almost 4 percent in February, giving Wall Street cause for concern.

Report not confined to resort complaints

The controversial Kessler Report covered a lot more than the several notorious instances of unapproved remodeling at the Rio and Harrah's Las Vegas.

Tourism juggernaut shows signs of slowing down

For all the highly technical and nuanced ways to identify economic slowdowns, in Las Vegas there’s one simple way to take measure: room rates.

Attorney general wants tax status of free meals reviewed

The attorney general's office announced Tuesday that it will ask the Nevada Supreme Court to reconsider a March 27 ruling that free meals provided by casinos to patrons are not subject to taxation.

Authority projects revenue increase in face of downturn

A national recession could be bad news for resort owners, but the booster group that promotes Las Vegas isn't projecting a downturn in its nearly $300 million budget.

New owners improve odds at Binion's

Players who walk into Binion’s Gambling Hall & Hotel today will enjoy better odds than they would have five weeks ago.

Jeff Haney sees rise of duplicate poker, a game in which luck loses out to brains

An online poker site has announced the inaugural Duplicate Poker World Championship with the finals set for this fall.

Adelson not likely to cut losses in legal fight with club operators

Nightclub operators Marc Packer and Richard Wolf are finding out what happens when you stir up the fury of the third-richest man in the world.

Union demands safety upgrade

The Las Vegas Ironworkers Union is asking Nevada safety regulators to require contractors to provide netting or temporary flooring of the kind that could have saved two workers who fell to their deaths last year on the Strip.

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