Brian Sandoval

Malaysian gaming giant Genting Group on Monday bought a piece of the Las Vegas Strip from Boyd Gaming Group for $350 million in cash, its first foray into the US gambling capital.

A black former top diplomat, a Cuban-born senator, an Indian-American governor -- the speakers list for next week's Republican National Convention reads like a conservative Rainbow Coalition.

A black former top diplomat, a Cuban-born senator, an Indian-American governor -- the speakers list for next week's Republican National Convention reads like a conservative Rainbow Coalition.

Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval has asked a federal court to dismiss a challenge to Nevada's gay marriage ban. The administration of Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval has asked a federal court to dismiss a challenge to Nevada's constitutional amendment banning gay marriage in the state. Responding to a lawsuit filed in April by legal group Lambda Legal on behalf of eight gay couples challenging the constitutionality of Nevada's 2002 voter-approved amendment, Sandoval said the states, not the federal government, get to decide on marriage. ?[T]he central question involved ? the definition of marriage ? is peculiarly and traditionally the right of states to define,? Wayne Howle, solicitor general in the state attorney general's office, stated in a written response. The suit's lead plaintiffs, Beverly Sevcik, 73, and Mary Baranovich, 76, of Carson City, have been together nearly 41 years, raised 3 children and have 4 grandchildren. ?We've seen each other through thick and thin, in sickness and

Eight gay and lesbian couples have filed a federal lawsuit in Nevada seeking equal marriage rights. Eight gay and lesbian couples have filed a federal lawsuit in Nevada seeking equal marriage rights. The couples are being represented by Lambda Legal and Education Fund. Sevcik v. Sandoval is the legal group's first marriage equality lawsuit filed in federal court, marking a strategic shift for Lambda Legal. Two women in their seventies who have been together more than 4 decades are the lawsuit's lead plaintiffs. Republican Governor Brian Sandoval is the named defendant. Beverly Sevcik, 73, and Mary Baranovich, 76, have raised three children and have four grandchildren. Nevada lawmakers in 2009 overrode a veto from then-Governor Jim Gibbons to approve domestic partnerships, which provide gay couples some of the protections of marriage. Lambda Legal staff attorney Tara Borelli told gay weekly Metro Weekly that the state's decision to create a parallel institution for gay couples is ?irrat

RENO, Nevada (Reuters) - A wind-driven fire raged through parched brush near Reno, Nevada, on Thursday, engulfing a number of homes, and prompting residents and livestock to flee by the thousands as belching smoke from the blaze forced the closure of a major highway.

RENO, Nevada (Reuters) - A wind-driven fire raged through parched brush near Reno, Nevada, on Thursday, engulfing a number of homes, and prompting residents and livestock to flee by the thousands as belching smoke from the blaze forced the closure of a major highway.

RENO, Nevada (Reuters) - A wind-driven fire raged through parched brush near Reno, Nevada, on Thursday, engulfing a number of homes, and prompting residents and livestock to flee by the thousands as belching smoke from the blaze forced the closure of a major highway.

RENO, Nevada (Reuters) - A wind-driven fire raged through parched brush near Reno, Nevada, on Thursday, engulfing at least 20 homes and prompting residents and livestock to flee by the thousands as belching smoke and debris from the blaze forced closure of a major highway.

RENO, Nevada (Reuters) - A wind-driven fire that raged through parched brush near Reno, Nevada, engulfing at least 20 homes and forcing residents and livestock to flee by the thousands, was 50 percent contained on Friday morning, officials said.

RENO, Nevada (Reuters) - A fierce brush fire on the outskirts of northern Nevada's largest city left 26 houses in ruins, but most of the thousands of people chased from their homes were allowed to return even as a major freeway remained closed on Friday, officials said.

RENO, Nevada (Reuters) - The careless disposal of hot fireplace ashes by an elderly man ignited the fierce brush fire that destroyed 26 houses, prompted thousands of people to flee their homes and closed a major highway near northern Nevada's largest city, officials said on Friday.

It may have given rise to widespread fraud. When the Vistana homeowners association in southwest Las Vegas settled a construction defect complaint for $19 million in 2007, the size of the settlement stood out even in the big-money world of construction defect litigation.

Governor's Conference is revived after hiatus. It's been nearly four years since the Governor's Conference on Tourism made an appearance in Las Vegas.

To examine foreclosure program, it'll cost you . CARSON CITY - A group seeking to evaluate the state's foreclosure mediation efforts has been told it will be charged nearly $1 million to review records of the negotiations between banks and homeowners.

Fans of talk radio, TV news shows and political rallies have grown accustomed to the rudeness, acrimony and vitriol that typically accompany discussion of politics and public policy. Civility seems a lost virtue. Imagine, then, what might happen when nearly 1,000 people gather to debate the issues of the day - Afghanistan, immigration, gay marriage, mandated health care, the national debt and education reform. Such hot-button topics were discussed this week at the Las Vegas Convention Center - with civility and courtesy. Speakers weren't interrupted, let alone shouted down; opposing views were offered with respect, and rebuttals were on topic and thoughtful.

If you could only listen in Thursday as some of the state's elite give thanks before the tryptophan kicks them out, where would their gratitude be directed? I know:Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid: For Sharron Angle (he'll do that every Thanksgiving until his last). For Grover Norquist. For five years before another election.

Under plan, abandoned homes could be fixed up . Five years ago, with low-income housing scarce and apartments being converted by the hundreds into condominiums, the poor and elderly in Southern Nevada struggled to find places to rent. It made sense for the federal government, partnering with the state, to encourage construction of rental housing.

Rates increased 3.4 percent in July to pay for energy efficiency. (We use less energy but the company gets compensated as a way to encourage conservation efforts.)

Rick Perry, the immigration moderate, is sinking in the Republican presidential polls. GOP Sen. Dean Heller is ditching scheduled campaign appearances at Latin Chamber of Commerce meetings. And even conservatives in the Hispanic community are gaga for Democratic congressional candidate Ruben Kihuen.