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Monthly Archives: April 2020
2020 World Series of Poker postponed
The 51st running of the World Series of Poker (WSOP), set to begin Tuesday, May 26 from the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas is officially being postponed.
Las Vegas strip clubs make case for federal coronavirus aid
Like business operators throughout the Las Vegas Valley, Jason Mohney is trying to figure out how to support his employees amid the COVID-19 outbreak. But unlike many …
Pandemic politics: Nevada candidates go digital to reach voters
Sam Peters is running for Congress in Nevada. At this moment, however, he’s focused on getting his Facetime Live feed up and running for a virtual town hall meeting. “Can you see me now, Kim?” Peters says to someone on the other side of …
Flaws in America’s plan to save midsize business portend more trouble
At the Tuscany Suites in Las Vegas, a privately owned hotel and casino that employs more than 700 people, revenues disappeared overnight as Nevada closed up shop for social distancing.
Mayor’s call to reopen Las Vegas amid pandemic met with scorn from most
Readers had a lot to say about the Sun’s editorial Friday questioning Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman over her call to end Nevada’s statewide closures of nonessential businesses.
Trump says he’ll ‘suspend immigration,’ offers no details
President Donald Trump said Monday that he will sign an executive order “to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States” because of the coronavirus.
Virus fears close some Nevada courts, nix July 4 fireworks show
The biggest Fourth of July celebration on the north shore of Lake Tahoe has been canceled, the state Supreme Court is banning visitors and …
South Point to lay off most employees
The South Point plans to furlough most of its workforce next month as a result of the statewide casino shutdown ordered because of the coronavirus, the resort announced today. “As a result of the ongoing …
Record unemployment numbers overwhelm Nevada’s jobless office
As an on-call bell captain on the Las Vegas Strip, Nathaniel Manns sometimes works all three shifts—overnight, swing and morning—in the same week. “It can get pretty busy,” he said.