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Mitch Kelly
July 20, 2020 - 5:40 am

Las Vegas Announces 2nd Wave Of Small Business Grants

The city of Las Vegas will reopen its emergency grant program to provide an additional $2 million in funding in order to help more businesses.
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Rendering of the proposed Henderson Events Center
Whiting-Turner Contracting Company
Mitch Kelly
July 17, 2020 - 7:19 am

Petition Against New Henderson Events Center Turned Away

The Henderson City Council on Thursday shot down a petition that was protestesting use of taxpayer money to help fund the new Henderson Events Center.
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FILE - This April 3, 2013, file photo shows bitcoin tokens in Sandy, Utah. Unidentified hackers broke into the Twitter accounts of technology moguls, politicians, celebrities and major companies Wednesday, July 15, 2020, in an apparent Bitcoin scam. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
Associated Press
July 16, 2020 - 1:17 pm

Experts Say Twitter Breach Troubling, Undermines Trust

HONG KONG (AP) — A breach in Twitter’s security that allowed hackers to break into the accounts of leaders and technology moguls is one of the worst attacks in recent years and may shake trust in a platform politicians and CEOs use to communicate with the public, experts said Thursday. The FBI said...
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Associated Press
July 16, 2020 - 5:25 am

LVCVA In Talks To Buy Monorail

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority is considering purchasing the Las Vegas Monorail and running its operations, the authority’s CEO said.
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Associated Press
July 16, 2020 - 5:04 am

Nevada Unemployment Rate Drops, But Troubles Not Over

Nevada added back nearly 90,000 jobs and the unemployment rate improved to 15% in June.
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FILE - This April 3, 2013, file photo shows bitcoin tokens in Sandy, Utah. Unidentified hackers broke into the Twitter accounts of technology moguls, politicians, celebrities and major companies Wednesday, July 15, 2020, in an apparent Bitcoin scam. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
Associated Press
July 15, 2020 - 8:37 pm

Biden, Gates, Other Twitter Accounts Hacked In Bitcoin Scam

Unidentified hackers broke into the Twitter accounts of technology moguls, politicians, celebrities and major companies Wednesday in an apparent Bitcoin scam. The ruse included bogus tweets from former President Barack Obama, Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden, Mike Bloomberg and a...
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Tropicana Las Vegas
Mitch Kelly
July 15, 2020 - 6:58 am

Tropicana Reopening On September 1st

The parent company of the Tropicana Hotel Las Vegas Boulevard and Tropicana announced Tuesday that the hotel would be reopening on September 1st.
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Aerial view of the Palazzo Tower on the Las Vegas Strip
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Mitch Kelly
July 13, 2020 - 6:21 am

Palazzo To Stop Taking Weekday Room Reservations

Las Vegas Sands, the parent company of the Venetian and Palazzo Resorts, announced over the weekend that they will not be accepting weekday reservations at Palazzo beginning on July 21st.
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FILE - In this April 24, 2020 file photo, empty United Airlines ticket machines are shown at the Tampa International Airport in Tampa, Fla. United United Airlines will send layoff warnings to 36,000 employees - nearly half its U.S. staff - in the clearest signal yet of how deeply the virus outbreak is hurting the airline industry. United officials said Wednesday, July 8 that they still hope to limit the number of layoffs by offering early retirement, but they have to send notices this month to comply with a law requiring that workers get 60 days' notice ahead of mass job cuts. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)
Associated Press
July 09, 2020 - 7:48 am

Layoffs Stuck At High Level As 1.3 Million Seek Jobless Aid

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 1.3 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, a historically high pace that shows that many employers are still laying people off in the face of a resurgent coronavirus. The persistently elevated level of layoffs are occurring as a spike in virus...
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Caesars Palace
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Mitch Kelly
July 09, 2020 - 6:03 am

Caesars To Test All Employees For COVID-19

Caesars Entertainment said employees must wear masks or risk losing their job, and now the company is taking its coronavirus guidelines a step further.
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