The recession has taught Las Vegas some lessons: Home prices donÕt always go up. Having financing in place before you start building a multibillion-dollar resort is a good idea — to name two. ItÕs also offering lessons to those responsible for the civic infrastructure — the look and walkability of ...

For all the foreclosure problems confronting homeowners in the recession, developers of master-planned communities are facing their own issues. The bankruptcy reorganization filing last week by the developer of Park Highlands in North Las Vegas is the latest example. Credit Suisse foreclosed ...

Carson City The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse appeared Wednesday afternoon in the Legislative Building, harbingers of the day of reckoning to come. These ominous riders appeared at the midway point of the regular session, warning at a news conference of the legislative equivalent of pestilence, famine, war and death to come but assuring the assembled jackals that they were ...

CARSON CITY — There are a couple of magic numbers to consider when talking about tax increases in Nevada. One is $836 million. That’s the amount of the 2003 Legislature’s famous tax hike. The number has been repeated in campaign ads ever since — “Lawmaker X supported the largest tax increase in Nevada history.” If you can avoid it, the ...