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Learn how to say no at work

Learn how to say no at work

Business professionals offer advice on how to handle a conversation no one in the office wants to have ...

Decision time in Florida: Sun, fun and ... nonstop gambling?

For years, politicians in the Sunshine State have struggled over whether they want to let glitzy Las-Vegas style casinos sprout beside Florida's sugar-white beaches ...

Fire closes Sonic near Craig, Lawrence

No one was injured this morning when a Sonic Drive-In caught fire in North Las Vegas ...

Las Vegas' shortage of affordable housing is worst in the country, study finds

Carpenters work on an affordable housing complex being built by Nevada HAND on Boulder Highway, Monday, Jan. 23, 2017. Nevada HAND is a real estate development company that focuses on affordable housing projects.

Las Vegas topped the list of large metropolitan areas with the lowest availability of available rental homes for extremely low income households. The study also found that 86 percent of extremely low income households in Las Vegas are severely cost burdened ...

Winners and losers in sale of former Trump Taj Mahal casino

The Trump Taj Mahal resort in Atlantic City is shown Oct. 24, 2014.

The sale of Trump Taj Mahal casino to Hard Rock International has left some winners and losers in Atlantic City. The winners included a union whose members were willing to lose their own jobs to stand up to ...

Employees told Sands Casino in Bethlehem, Pa., may be sold

Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem is shown Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015, in Bethlehem, Pa.

Employees have been told that an eastern Pennsylvania casino may be sold. The (Allentown) Morning Call first reported that employees of Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem were told about the sale in ...

Lawmakers target hotels, motels that tolerate prostitution

Assembly Bill 217 allows local governments to revoke the business licenses of hotels or motels where repeated violations of state prostitution laws occurred.

Bowls of condoms and multiple prostitution stings are the kinds of proof local authorities could use to deny business licenses to motels and hotels believed to be ...

Costco raises membership fees, misses earnings forecasts

In this Dec. 7, 2011, file photo, a shopper leaves Costco in Portland, Ore.

Costco Wholesale Corp. announced Thursday that it's raising its membership fees, as the warehouse club operator released quarterly results that fell short of Wall Street's expectations. Its shares fell ...

CEO: Hard Rock still wants casino near NYC after Taj Mahal

The Trump Taj Mahal casino and resort is pictured Sept. 10, 2014, in Atlantic City, N.J.

The company that bought Atlantic City's Trump Taj Mahal casino still wants to build a $1 billion casino in northern New Jersey just outside New York City. Hard Rock International CEO Jim Allen tells The Associated Press his company ...

Billy Walters loses bid to dismiss insider trading case after FBI leaks

A federal judge has rejected Las Vegas gambler William "Billy" Walters' bid to dismiss criminal insider trading charges after an FBI agent admitted to leaking details about ...

Norwegian Air has cheap flights to Europe. But not as cheap as you've heard.

Norwegian's inaugural nonstop flight from Oslo to Las Vegas is guided to its gate at McCarran International Airport Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016.

Norwegian Air, a budget carrier hoping to make a name for itself in the U.S. market, began promoting dirt-cheap, no-frills tickets from the United States to Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland last week ...

First phases of Interstate 11 race to completion in 2018

Gov. Brian Sandoval, center, speaks during a groundbreaking ceremony for the Interstate-11 project near Boulder City on Monday, April 6, 2015. The $318 million project is expected to be completed in 2018.

Construction of the first 15 miles of Interstate 11, which will link Las Vegas to Phoenix and could eventually stretch from Mexico to Canada, is making progress. The Nevada Department of Transportation is in charge of ...

Icahn selling Trump Taj Mahal casino to Hard Rock

The Trump Taj Mahal resort in Atlantic City is shown Oct. 24, 2014.

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn reached a deal Wednesday to sell the shuttered Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City to Hard Rock International and ...

Will your property taxes be raised? How 2005 cap works and how it could be changed

A view of residential rooftops near Horizon Ridge Parkway and Gibson Road in Henderson.

Homeowners may not think about property taxes often, but Nevada’s county and city government officials do. During this year’s Legislature, they’re busy asking state lawmakers to change the property tax abatement, or the cap, that limits how much larger your property tax bill can grow from one year to the next ...

A Las Vegas home with three elevators and views of the Strip

From the basketball court with his-and-her bathrooms to the 360-degree views from the glass-walled office, this Las Vegas house is the stuff of fantasy. “It looks like fiction,” said broker Ivan Sher. “It doesn’t ...

Report: Online gambling could bring Pa. more than $400 million in six years

A report released Monday states Pennsylvania can rake in more than $400 million by 2022 if lawmakers legalize online gambling. The 14-page white paper comes as state legislators prepare to open hearings about how to use expanded gambling statewide to help fill a multibillion-dollar hole in the state budget for 2017-18. Lawmakers will view the report with ...

Nevada gaming revenue up 12 percent in January, eclipses $1 billion

A gambler plays a Wheel of Fortune slot machine during Lucky Dragon's grand opening celebration, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016.

Nevada gaming revenue saw a sharp increase in January, up 12 percent compared to the same month last year, with Clark County seeing a 14.3 percent jump, state regulators reported. Statewide, nonrestricted casinos — those with table games and ...

State’s economic chief assures lawmakers on Faraday’s progress

The Faraday Future FF91 concept car  is displayed before the North Las Vegas "State of the City" address at Aliante in North Las Vegas Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017.

Despite questions surrounding the financial health of Faraday Future, the company has invested a considerable amount in its Southern Nevada plant ...

McCarran starts year with uptick in traffic

Strip casinos are reflected in a window of the new Federal Aviation Administration air traffic control facility at McCarran International Airport Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016.

After witnessing one of the busiest years in its long history, McCarran International Airport began 2017 with another month of passenger growth. International travel proved ...

Lawmakers discuss length of noncompete agreements

Nevada Assembly members discussed a bill on Monday that restricts how long employers can prevent former employees from working for other companies by using what are known as noncompete agreements. ...