Las Vegas politician quits state contract (Reno Gazette-Journal)
A Las Vegas politician hired with federal stimulus dollars to help run a green jobs training program for the state has resigned amid questions of an apparent conflict of interest, according to the head of the state agency that hired him.
Fontainebleau Las Vegas files $3B suit vs. lenders (Washington Post)
LAS VEGAS — Developers of a $3 billion casino-resort on the Las Vegas Strip are scrambling to keep $800 million in promised funding or find new lenders to save the 3,800-room project and the thousands of jobs it is expected to create.