Subscribe to our email newsletter and follow us on social media. Kristen Dwyer is the NPWR (Nevada P-20 to Workforce Research Data System) Manager at the Governor’s Office of Workforce Innovation. She has been with GOWINN since May 2021 as the Grants and Programs Manager overseeing all aspects of the over $20 million dollars of […]
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Caesars Entertainment Hosting a National Day of Hiring event on Feb. 24
Subscribe to our email newsletter The Weekly Caesars Entertainment is hosting a National Day of Hiring event on Feb. 24. For job seekers in Las Vegas locally, the event will be hosted at the Rio hotel from 12pm to 5pm. Please register here online. Priority Roles Include: Note: This is not an exhaustive list of […]
PENTA Building Group Promotes Joel Wallis to Chief Operating Officer
Subscribe to our email newsletter and follow us on social media. The PENTA Building Group, a national general contractor headquartered in Las Vegas, announced the promotion of Joel Wallis to Chief Operating Officer. PENTA specializes in gaming/hospitality, healthcare, and higher education construction projects. Joel has over 27 years of experience in field supervision, project management, […]
Nevada Unemployment Trust Fund Reaches $1 Billion
Subscribe to our email newsletter and follow us on social media. CARSON CITY, NV – The Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR) announces that with just over $1 billion in the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Trust Fund, unemployment benefit payment reserves are continuing to build toward recommended levels. This is being accomplished without raising employers […]
VBD Weekly / MARCH 10 2023
MARCH 10 2022 / ISSUE NO. 66 / ARCHIVE Subscribe to Email Newsletter This Week’s Top Stories Nevada Employment Exceeds 1.5 Million Jobs, January Unemployment Rate 5.5% According to the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation’s January 2023 report, the total number of jobs in Nevada has passed 1.5 million jobs, up 6% year […]
Project 150 Adding Second Las Vegas Location to Expand Services for Local High School Students in Need
Subscribe to our email newsletter and follow us on social media. LAS VEGAS, NV –Local nonprofit Project 150 is adding a second Las Vegas location to meet the growing need for its services to homeless, displaced and disadvantaged high school students throughout 75 high schools in Southern Nevada. “The Las Vegas community has been extremely […]
Dreaming the Skyline: Architects and Designers Who Transformed the Las Vegas Strip
You can subscribe here and follow us on social media. One day after Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf called Las Vegas a “gross desert” on a live TV interview on April 6th, she continued comparing Oakland to Las Vegas and said “the spectacular vista of our bay, our Bay Bridge, the San Francisco skyline, the sunset […]
SEPTEMBER 1 Issue – Vegas Business Digest Recap
SEPTEMBER 1 2023 / ISSUE NO. 87 / ARCHIVE Bob Cerminaro is the new CEO of Bank of Nevada and has nearly 30 years of banking experience serving in a variety of senior-level commercial, corporate and investment banking leadership roles. Read More From left to right: Senator Jacky Rosen, CEO and President of MGM Resorts International […]
Registration Now Open for the 44th Annual NYU Hospitality Investment Conference on June 5-7, 2022
The 44th Annual NYU International Hospitality Industry Investment Conference will be at the Marriott Marquis in New York City on June 5-7, 2022. Hosted by the Jonathan M. Tisch Center of Hospitality, the conference is always a highly anticipated event that convenes thought leaders from across the US and around the globe in the hospitality […]
Two Luxury Apartment Buildings Break Ground in Downtown Las Vegas
Subscribe to our email newsletter and follow us on social media. Today, Southern Land Company broke ground on two luxury apartment buildings at Symphony Park in Downtown Las Vegas. Combined, the two new buildings will total more than 730,000 square feet and will bring 545 new units to the market. One of the buildings is […]
Cortez Masto Legislation on Apex Industrial Park & Water Infrastructure Advance Out of Committee
Today, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) passed legislation to support economic development initiative at Apex Industrial Park and upgrade water infrastructure in Southern Nevada through the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Both bills passed with bipartisan support and will now advance to the full Senate for consideration. The Apex Area Technical Corrections Act will […]
The Weekly / SEPTEMBER 20 2022
SEPTEMBER 20 2022 / ISSUE NO. 42 / ARCHIVE Please share this newsletter. Feel free to subscribe here and follow us on social media. This Week’s Top Stories Las Vegas Aces Win 2022 WNBA Championship Courtesy of Las Vegas Aces Courtesy of F1 The Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix has officially announced its race […]
Nevada Conservation League Honors Environment Leaders at 2022 Home Means Nevada Awards Dinner
Subscribe to our email newsletter and follow us on social media. Last night, the Nevada Conservation League held its annual Home Means Nevada Awards Dinner celebrating environment process and honoring community leaders making outsized contributions to the conservation movement. Governor Sisolak provided the keynote address on Nevada’s infrastructure upgrade initiative, climate strategy plan and clean […]
MGM Sells Mirage Operations to Hard Rock for $1.075 Billion
MGM Resorts today announced it has reached an agreement to sell the operations of The Mirage Hotel & Casino to Hard Rock International for $1.075 billion in cash, subject to customary working capital adjustments. “This transaction is a significant milestone for MGM Resorts, and for Las Vegas,” said Bill Hornbuckle, CEO & President, MGM Resorts […]