Archive for June, 2008
 
Budget Solution Seen Through Yucca Mountain
Thursday, June 26th, 2008

The State of Nevada faces almost a billion dollar budget shortfall. The Nuclear Energy Institute says there is a solution that requires no increase in taxes or cutting programs, but it comes with one very large string attached.

The NEI says the federal government could give the state $1 billion next year, effectively erasing the budget shortfall, but the state would have to drop any objection to shipping the nation’s nuclear waste to Yucca Mountain, 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas.

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BLOG: Tell Us Your Ideas to Solve Rising Gas Prices
Thursday, June 19th, 2008

gas_prices_record_180.jpg Gas prices just keep going up and up around the country and here in Las Vegas. We want to know what you think can be done to help Las Vegans deal with the problem of rising gas prices.

 
Foreclosure Nightmare Stories
Friday, June 13th, 2008

Nevada leaders want to help you stay in your home and right now you can take advantage of resources to make sure that happens. Have you been having problems with your home? Share your stories here.

 
Tim Russert of ‘Meet The Press’ Dead at 58
Friday, June 13th, 2008

tim_russert_180.jpg Tim Russert, host of NBC’s “Meet the Press” and its Washington bureau chief collapsed and died at work Friday after suffering an apparent heart attack. He was 58. You can share your memories of him here.

 
Governor Gibbons’s Divorce Proceedings Go Very Public
Friday, June 13th, 2008

gibbons_jim_cbs_180.jpg Gov. Jim Gibbons, who wants a divorce from first lady Dawn Gibbons, used his state-owned cell phone to send more than 860 text messages in one month last year to a woman he describes as a longtime friend. His wife has accused him of having a girlfriend. This very public couple is having a very public divorce. What do you think about it all? Does it affect how you think of Gibbons as Nevada’s governor?

 
Bug Out - Summer Heat Prime For Creepy Crawlers
Thursday, June 12th, 2008

Hot temperatures bring out creepy crawlers. But some were here already. Do you have any war stories about insect infestations in your home?

 
 
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