According to the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation, “Nevada’s unemployment rate rose again for the sixth consecutive month, hitting 7.6 percent in October, which is the highest it’s been since May 1985. The state’s rate has exceeded the national average every month since mid-2007. The national rate was 6.5 percent in October.”

This is up from 7.2 percent in September and 2.5 percent higher than October of 2007. Job losses fell across a broad base of the economy including housing, commercial development and consumer spending. The entire press release follows after the break. (more…)

According to a report released by the travel website Orbitz, Las Vegas McCarran International will see more travelers than any other domestic airport. We jumped 10 spots from last year’s list.

Second on the list is New York’s La Guardia followed by Chicago O’Hare.

And, for the second year in a row, Las Vegas also ranked as the number one desination for the Christmas Holiday, followed by Orlando and New York.

Bring on the tourists Santa!

Nevada has earned an F for its percentage of premature births, according to a state-by-state report card by the national March of Dimes.

The report, released today, says Nevada’s preterm birth rate is 13.9 percent, the highest on the West Coast.

The March of Dimes lists three reasons for Nevada’s high preterm birth rate: a high number of mothers lacking health insurance, smoking, and a rise in early induction labor and C-sections.

Overall, the nation received a D grade.