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Nevada officials are moving forward with plans to adopt a state-managed public health care option despite Gov. Joe Lombardo’s well-documented hostility to the concept.

The Culinary will have informational pickets in front Strip resorts on Thursday operated by MGM and Caesars and the union is asking visitors to not cross the lines.

MGM Resorts International said Thursday it lost $100 million in cash flow and an undisclosed number of customers had their personal information stolen in a cyberattack last month.

In Reno cultivator Sarah Rosenfeld’s recent experience, the top dollar a pound of marijuana bud or flower might fetch at wholesale prices is about $1,800 to $2,000, and that’s if it’s packaged and has a high concentration of the active ingredient THC. Something in bulk with less potency might be closer to $900.

In a scathing letter, Gov. Steve Sisolak condemned President Donald Trumps “callous disregard for our emergency directives” by hosting two in-person rallies in Nevada over the weekend in spite of the ongoing pandemic.

Cyber technology experts said the attacks on MGM Resorts International and Caesars Entertainment won't be the last attempt on the gaming industry.

Nevada gaming revenue topped $1 billion for the 30th straight month in August, but the total was a less than 1 percent increase compared a year ago.

Results of the vote would authorize negotiating committees to call for a strike by some 53,000 non-gaming Strip and downtown casino employees.

After 14 years, the Fontainebleau Las Vegas will finally welcome guests in December. For Colleen Birch, she can now finish what she started back in 2009.

Ellis Island Hotel and Casino and the Palms Casino Resort are not on the Strip, but two properties are finding ways to get involved with the Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix in November.