Wide coverage of reporter’s murder reflects Las Vegas reputation

Local citizenry has only itself to blame

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Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez continue grand Las Vegas wedding tradition

Bennifer do their part for the Nevada economy

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In Las Vegas there’s vision–and then there’s reality

Clark County Assessor website crashes day before key tax document is due for some

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Bugsy Siegel murder 75 years ago changed Las Vegas forever

His death at age 41 opened up gambling mecca to other mobsters and their financiers

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Why the Las Vegas body-in-a-barrel story got insane worldwide publicity

Image plus well-known history of long-ago mob connections probably played a role in vast media interest

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What the second victim of Robert Durst says about Las Vegas

Susan Berman was the only child of a casino mobster, and loved it

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Las Vegas predictions for 2022

Trump, Covid, the mob–they’re all here

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COVID-19 pandemic still hits Las Vegas worse that U.S.–just like 1918 Spanish flu

Per-capita death rate is 13% worse than the national rate

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A warning to would-be Las Vegas visitors

COVID-19 death rate is four times the national average

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Las Vegas could do a lot more to fight the pandemic

Clark County Commission imposes a half-hearted mask mandate

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In Las Vegas COVID-19 looks like the issue in 2022 race for governor

But Nevadans have only themselves to blame for bad pandemic data

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In Las Vegas, many folks openly reject COVID-19 vaccinations

Strange logic abounds at Dog Fancier’s Park

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Las Vegas is not out of the pandemic woods

John J. Lee, only Republican candidate for governor, catches COVID-19 and admits he didn’t vaccinate

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In Las Vegas suburb, Home Depot stops blaming governor for masks

New sign doesn’t single out Governor Steve Sisolak

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In a Las Vegas suburb, store blames government for the masks

Home Depot sign says face coverings are “mandated” by governor

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Post-pandemic, what will be left of the Las Vegas Strip?

Social distancing will retard recovery of the Sin City economy

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Las Vegas billboards vie for attention with presidential caucuses

Big ads touting drunkenness, human sexuality, over-the-top lawyers greet candidates, national press

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Las Vegas finally changes famous slogan, confirming role as bug light for mischief

The often-untrue “What Happens Here, Stays Here” officially becomes the more-true “What Happens Here, Only Happens Here”

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Thoughts on Las Vegas and ‘View of the World from 9th Avenue’

Sin City graced Saul Steinberg’s magazine cover masterpiece in 1976

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Now it’s Las Vegas grasshoppers getting ridiculous media attention

Intersection of Sin City and the Bible might be the reason

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