Most pedestrian accidents in Las Vegas tell a predictable story. When an adult is struck while walking in or near the street, the pedestrian bears responsibility about 75% of the time, estimates Erin Breen, director of UNLV’s Road Equity Alliance Project. These adults are typically jaywalking or walking at night in dark clothing that makes them nearly invisible to drivers. But when it comes to child victims going to or from school, the blame flips around, she said.

The historic deals finalized late last year mark a major turning point: For the first time in the Culinary Union’s 90-year history, all major casinos on the Strip are unionized. Backed by 60,000 members, most of them in Las Vegas, it is the largest labor union in Nevada. Experts say the Culinary Union’s success is a notable exception in a national landscape where union membership overall is declining.

The historic deals finalized late last year mark a major turning point: For the first time in the Culinary Union’s 90-year history, all major casinos on the Strip are unionized. Backed by 60,000 members, most of them in Las Vegas, it is the largest labor union in Nevada. Experts say the Culinary Union’s success is a notable exception in a national landscape where union membership overall is declining.

The historic deals finalized late last year mark a major turning point: For the first time in the Culinary Union’s 90-year history, all major casinos on the Strip are unionized. Backed by 60,000 members, most of them in Las Vegas, it is the largest labor union in Nevada. Experts say the Culinary Union’s success is a notable exception in a national landscape where union membership overall is declining.

The historic deals finalized late last year mark a major turning point: For the first time in the Culinary Union’s 90-year history, all major casinos on the Strip are unionized. Backed by 60,000 members, most of them in Las Vegas, it is the largest labor union in Nevada. Experts say the Culinary Union’s success is a notable exception in a national landscape where union membership overall is declining.

Experts note that cuts to services for people with disabilities are often the first to take place, but they’re vital for ensuring independence.

Nevada is famous for having a name that people constantly mispronounce. Say Nuh-VAH-duh in a crowd of Nevadans and expect weird looks. To locals, the Silver State is pronounced Nuh-VĂD-uh. Yet politicians, celebrities and out-of-towners keep getting it wrong.

Las Vegas’ jobless rate was again among the highest in the nation for big metro areas in June, new data shows, as tourism keeps sliding in America’s casino capital. The Las Vegas-area’s unemployment rate, 5.8 percent, was third highest among the 50-plus metro areas with at least a million people, according to non-seasonally adjusted data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.