Las Vegas Voters Support Tax Hike For Public Services

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According to Fox News 5 in Las Vegas, majority of citizens support tax increase for services like police and fire.

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Las Vegas Public Hearing On Financial Crisis Draws One Citizen Speaker

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LAS VEGAS -- A financial crisis commission tasked with compiling a report to present to President Barack Obama in December stopped in Las Vegas Wednesday to learn more about the financial crisis in the valley.

While the hearing was open to the public, only one man -- in a city where foreclosures and unemployment have skyrocketed -- spoke up about what he lost in what many have dubbed the Great Recession.

He told them when his Fannie Mae stock plummeted, he lost a "tremendous" amount of money.

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Nevada Gets Another $7M In Stimulus To Weatherize Homes

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Fox 5 News in Las Vegas reports that Nevada will receive an additional $7 Million in Federal Stimulus to expand a home weatherization program.

Gov. Jim Gibbons announced the award Tuesday that will be administered by the state Housing Division.

Gibbons said Recovery Act grants have helped the state weatherize more than 5,300 homes owned by low-income residents.

Officials said the new grant money will be used to install in-home energy monitors, photovoltaic systems, solar water heaters, heat pumps, residential wind turbines, and perform deep-efficiency retrofits.