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U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine Chao and Nevada Gov. Kenny Guinn were set to announce a national Hispanic Worker Initiative today at a news conference at Nevada Partners Inc. in North Las Vegas.

Las Vegas' tourism industry this year enjoyed its best-ever January, with more than 3 million visitors reported.

The partnership of Randy Miller, Rich Gonzales and Rich Iannone, the group trying to buy the Castaways and reopen it as a hotel-casino, won a 20-day extension Monday from owner Vestin Mortgage.

News Brief: The Sparks City Council is struggling with requests from license holders who want to build the first casinos in Spanish Springs.

The president of the Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees International Union is criticizing a ballot initiative proposed by the Agua Caliente tribe in Palm Springs, Calif., to allow tribes to receive rights to an unlimited number of slot machines and casinos in exchange for paying a percentage of slot machine profit to the state.

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas has introduced a series of classes to train problem gambling therapists that is expected to better prepare casino employees, social workers and other locals in their efforts to help a growing number of people at risk for developing gambling problems.

MGM Grand's nonunion North Las Vegas laundry is in the crosshairs of the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees and its president, Bruce Raynor.

The Fremont Street Experience received a multimillion dollar check from Harrah's Entertainment Inc. on Thursday that settled the association's longstanding battle to recover unpaid dues from Binion's Horseshoe.

A selection of news and views from inside the gaming industry this week.

The Southern Nevada Index of Leading Economic Indicators moved modestly upward in February, rising to 130.28 as nine of the 10 series of data showed gains from a year ago.

Compulsive and pathological gambling are serious problems in Southern Nevada, and they are worsening for both the community and the afflicted individuals.

At least one major casino operator is fighting technology with technology, starting with a promise to beat any room rate customers can find anywhere if they book its rooms through its own Web site.

The Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas has entered into an alliance with Greektown Casino to develop a casino marketing program for Greektown players seeking to travel to Las Vegas as an alternative gaming destination.

Barney Vinson: Three weeks after hitting town, I landed a job shilling at the Pioneer Club and now I was moving into a studio apartment in the sticks with another shill from work named Diane.

Hard-core gamblers will be MTR Gaming Group's target market when it takes over operation of downtown Las Vegas' Binion's Horseshoe from Harrah's Entertainment Inc. a year or more from now, company executives told investors and analysts on a call today.

January's improved statewide casino winnings underscored a long-held canon of the gaming industry: Never underestimate the power of a high roller.

The bankrupt Castaways is being scavenged by equipment lessors, even while its most likely buyer is facing a Monday deadline to complete a purchase agreement.

Harrah's Entertainment and MTR Gaming Group completed their long-delayed buyout of Binion's Horseshoe on Thursday, setting the stage for an April 1 reopening and the World Series of Poker's final run at the landmark downtown property, Harrah's spokesman David Strow said.

Officials from the Hard Rock Hotel said Thursday their company could spend between $16 million to $25 million this year toward several planned or proposed improvements at its signature Las Vegas resort.

A group of Las Vegas residents fed up with what they consider to be sexually offensive billboards plans to address the Nevada Gaming Commission when it meets in Las Vegas next week.