Housing, credit, and energy, the three major economic problems confronting the U.S. and some states, have taken the steam out of the economy. The impact reminds one of a Caribbean hurricane season hitting the same area more than once and each time spawning tidal surges and killer tornados. Today, we grapple with the economic storms’ aftermath--depreciating housing values, a … [Read more...] about October 2008: Business Indicators

Before the creation of Department Nine, the specialty courts system business court in the Second Judicial District Court of Nevada, Washoe County, judges were apt to have difficulty when they encountered legal cases dealing with specific business issues as not every judge had litigated cases dealing with specific business matters when they were lawyers or worked in the private … [Read more...] about Washoe County Business Court: Litigation Made Logical

When you receive your sample ballot for the 2008 general election, it will be printed in both English and Spanish. Did you ever stop to wonder why? A poll by the Las Vegas Review Journal last year showed that 77 percent of the Nevadans surveyed, thought ballots and other official state documents should be printed only in English. If they had asked me, I would have told them the … [Read more...] about Ballots in Spanish? Wrong for Many Reasons

American Nevada Co. (ANC) a Henderson-based commercial real estate developer, has teamed with Las Vegas’ The Vista Group and Atlanta-based Place Properties to develop Midtown Place, a 3,000-suite, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, student housing complex. ANC also is partnering with MGM MIRAGE and Diamond Resorts to master plan a mixed-use community on 166 acres in Jean, Nevada. … [Read more...] about Joint Ventures: Partnerships Prove Profitable

Nevada is populated by hundreds of business executives that daily demonstrate extraordinary leadership qualities. Whether its steering their company through rough economic times or giving back to the community in which they live, these leaders’ contribution to Nevada goes largely unnoticed. In the first annual 20/20 issue, Nevada Business Journal recognizes 20 remarkable … [Read more...] about 20/20

Throughout 2008 several Nevadans, including Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley (D-Las Vegas), former governor Bob Miller, casino mogul Steve Wynn and higher-ed chancellor Jim Rogers have claimed that budget cuts to education would be “devastating” for the children. In response, they have called for tax increases to raise funding for public education. In 2006 Nevada spent … [Read more...] about A Modest Proposal: Exportation of Education

Still smarting from the current state budget’s $1.2 billion revenue shortfall, Nevada’s legislators and financial gurus are hunkering down to prepare for more challenges when the Nevada Legislature convenes in 2009. With Nevada ranking the third highest in the country in percentage of decreased revenues for the fiscal year ending June 30, according to the National Conference of … [Read more...] about State Lawmakers Prepare for Next Budget: Shortfalls Prompt Anxiety and Creativity

The media has turned this year’s presidential race into a popularity contest, but nothing could be further from the truth. Make no mistake about it – it’s a battle for control of the world’s most powerful nation, and our votes will determine not only how U.S. domestic policy will be shaped over the next four years, but also how we will deal with international terrorist groups, … [Read more...] about Your Choice for President: Policies, Not Personalities