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Tourism official with NM group on national board
A tourism official with an Albuquerque-based group has been named to the Commerce Department's national travel advisory board. Sherry Rupert, who is vice president of the American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association in Albuquerque, was one of six new members appointed Thursday to the Travel and Tourism Advisory Board. The ...
No open record exemptions for Nev. health exchange
Nevada's health insurance exchange program, unlike California's, is not exempt from the state's open records laws. The Silver State Health Insurance Exchange was authorized by the 2011 Legislature and is considered a state agency. Under President Barack Obama's health care law, states were given the choice to establish their own ...
Vegas stepmother charged in appendicitis death
A Las Vegas woman who didn't believe her 12-year-old stepson was really sick and told a school nurse she thought he was faking a stomachache has been charged with his murder after his appendix burst days later and he went into cardiac arrest. Police originally recommended charging Kalinda Mercado, 41, ...
Bill suggests removing part of marijuana DUI tests
Some Nevada lawmakers say medical marijuana patients shouldn't be deemed impaired when driving just because they have small amounts of marijuana in their system. The idea sparked intense debate Tuesday when Assembly Majority Leader William Horne, D-Las Vegas, presented AB351 to the Senate Health and Human Services Committee. "Marijuana is ...
Latin Recording Academy names Bose person of year
Singer Miguel Bose has been named the 2013 Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year. The Latin Recording Academy announced the Spanish singer's selection Wednesday. He will be honored with a tribute gala and concert in November before the Latin Grammy Awards in Las Vegas. President and CEO of the ...
Women's shelter boss, mayor vouch for Mike Tyson
Who can Mike Tyson turn to for a character reference? The mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey, for one, and the leader of Nevada's largest shelter for battered women, for another. Their letters of support were among those sent last year to New Zealand immigration authorities considering the visa application ...
Vegas jury asked to ignore hep C case 'hysteria'
Jurors will have to decide if a former endoscopy clinic owner and employees knew they were committing a crime, or if they simply made mistakes when seven of their patients became infected with incurable hepatitis C in 2007 — including one patient who later died, defense attorneys said Tuesday. The ...
Michael Jackson show in Vegas more of a good thing
Michael Jackson spent his life breaking music industry records. Four years after his death, the pop star's estate has delivered another first: Jackson is now the only person, place or thing to have inspired two Cirque du Soleil shows. The Montreal-based acrobatic-theater company presented a sneak peak of its new ...
Cooling off bills get chilly reception in Senate
Bills seeking to restrict influence pedaling by slowing the revolving door between leaving public office and returning to the same halls as a lobbyist received chilly receptions from lawmakers Tuesday. AB77, sponsored by Assembly Minority Leader Pat Hickey, R-Reno, would establish a cooling-off period for state lawmakers, barring them from ...
Report examines delays in building vet hospitals
Government auditors told a House panel Tuesday that efforts to build four veterans medical centers are taking on average about three years longer to complete than estimated and costing an additional $366 million per project. Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Colo., said the Veterans Affairs Department's oversight of major constructions projects doesn't ...
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