http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/vitals Just another Blogs.lasvegasnow.com weblog Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:12:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Las Vegas fell 20 places to #47 in a sustainability index published by the website SustainLane.com. The ranking measures a number of categories such as street congestion, air and water quality, and green building (LEED certification). According to the index, Las Vegas ranks high in energy and climate change policy, ... http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/vitals/2008/09/22/las-vegas-drops-in-sustainability-ranking/ Fewer cars are being stolen in the Las Vegas area. In fact, thefts are down 32 percent from the same time last year. If the numbers hold, Metro police will have cut the number of auto thefts in Las Vegas by more than half since 2006. The area with the ... http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/vitals/2008/09/11/auto-thefts-down-in-las-vegas-especially-on-the-strip/ Most of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority's numbers were still heading in the wrong direction in July. The only positive number in this month's report was a small increase in convention goers (up 0.6 percent) and total number of conventions held (up 8.9 percent). Sadly the economic impact ... http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/vitals/2008/09/11/las-vegas-visitor-volume-falls-46-percent-in-july/ Total passenger traffic in July was just over 3.9 million as compared to nearly 4.3 million in July of 2007. Out of the top five carriers servicing McCarran, only American Airlines was able to eek out a gain in passengers with a 3.6% growth over last year. Southwest fell 5.6%, ... http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/vitals/2008/08/22/mccarran-passenger-traffic-falls-86-in-july/ The number of unemployed workers in Nevada closed in on the 100,000 mark in July. There are currently 94,900 people unemployed compared to 67,700 this time last year, according to a report issued by the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation. The mood in the employment market has turned more ... http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/vitals/2008/08/22/july-nevada-unemployment-rate-inches-up-to-66-percent/ The state's unemployment rate continued to pull away from the national rate in June, which remained at 5.5 percent, according to a report released today by the Nevada Department of Employment, Training, and Rehabilitation. The unemployment rate in Las Vegas Valley was a bit higher than the state's average, standing at ... http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/vitals/2008/07/18/nevada-unemployment-rate-rises-to-64/ Las Vegas drivers are once again near the bottom of a list when it comes to America's best drivers. According to the Allstate Best Drivers Report, Las Vegas came in at 165 out of 200 cities. It found that Las Vegas drivers are likely to experience a car accident every ... http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/vitals/2008/07/01/las-vegas-ranks-at-bottom-of-best-drivers-report/ A new survey says that Las Vegas is among the top 40 best cities in which to live. Best Life Magazine ranks Las Vegas as the number 32, behind number 31 -- Reno. Researchers used a variety of criteria for the study of 257 cities, including information from the FBI and ... http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/vitals/2008/05/28/las-vegas-ranked-among-top-40-cities-to-live/ Any parent of a teen driver worries about them on the roads, but a new study shows that teens driving on Las Vegas roads face even more dangers. The study was done over a seven year period by Allstate Insurance Company, and during that time more than 300 teens were ... http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/vitals/2008/05/08/las-vegas-ranks-poorly-in-teen-driving/ The Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors reported that the year's trend of increasing home sales combined with falling prices continued in April. Again, to no one's surprise, the driver of these trends is the fact that more than half of all homes sold last month were either bank-owned or ... http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/vitals/2008/05/06/trend-continues-home-sales-up-prices-fall/