It’s another miserable birthday for Nevada. As the state marks its 145th year of statehood this Nevada Day, residents can reflect on the wreckage of the past 12 months. An unprecedented number of Nevadans lost their jobs, lost their houses and turned to a struggling government for help. Generally, the state felt like it was going nowhere fast. On Nevada Day 2008, leaders statewide in politics, economics and culture surveyed by the Sun acknowledged the state was struggling. But none predicted how far we would fall.
