{ "currentTime": 1368973322, "stories": [{ "id": 1896298, "pub_date": 1368954180, "headline": "Our Legislature needs to step up and get the job done", "url": "/news/2013/may/19/our-legislature-needs-step-and-get-job-done/", "kicker": "WHERE I STAND", "byline": "Brian Greenspun", "tease": "I have been one of those Nevadans who believed that the Legislature should meet no more than every two years and for no more than a specific amount of time. The theory has been that when forced to do the work, legislators will get it done and leave the good people of Nevada alone the rest of the time. I was wrong.", "comment_count": "1", "human_pub_date": "", "visual_url": "", "visual_credit": "", "visual_caption": "" },{ "id": 1896304, "pub_date": 1368954120, "headline": "Many benefits of energy efficiency", "url": "/news/2013/may/19/many-benefits-energy-efficiency/", "kicker": "OTHER VOICES", "byline": "Fred Schmidt", "tease": "NV Energy has demonstrated that it can help its customers cut energy waste. NV Energy spent $267 million on energy efficiency programs during 2007-12 \u2014 programs that have enabled households and businesses to lower their electricity use by 1.9 billion kilowatt-hours per year. This amount of savings is equivalent to the electricity use of 34,000 typical Nevada households. ", "comment_count": "0", "human_pub_date": "", "visual_url": "", "visual_credit": "", "visual_caption": "" },{ "id": 1896299, "pub_date": 1368954120, "headline": "Time to look south", "url": "/news/2013/may/19/time-look-south/", "kicker": "Sun Editorial", "byline": "", "tease": "As the Legislature rushes to close its business in the final two weeks of its session, lawmakers and Gov. Brian Sandoval need to remember one thing: Southern Nevada is the state\u2019s economic engine, and what\u2019s good for Las Vegas is good for the state as a whole. Clark County provides the bulk of the state\u2019s tax revenue and the jobs, is home to nearly two-thirds of the citizens of Nevada, and should be the focus of the state\u2019s attention. But you wouldn\u2019t always recognize that by the debate in Carson City.", "comment_count": "0", "human_pub_date": "", "visual_url": "", "visual_credit": "", "visual_caption": "" },{ "id": 1896302, "pub_date": 1368954120, "headline": "Benghazi scandal is manufactured", "url": "/news/2013/may/19/benghazi-scandal-manufactured/", "kicker": "Letter to the editor", "byline": "James Witherspoon, Las Vegas", "tease": "\r\nI keep hearing Republican politicians saying, \u201cThe American people want to know what happened in Benghazi.\u201d ", "comment_count": "15", "human_pub_date": "", "visual_url": "", "visual_credit": "", "visual_caption": "" },{ "id": 1896301, "pub_date": 1368954060, "headline": "Implement lottery in lieu of taxes", "url": "/news/2013/may/19/implement-lottery-lieu-taxes/", "kicker": "Letter to the editor", "byline": "Bruce Karley, Las Vegas", "tease": "\r\nDo you think it is time for a lottery in this state? ", "comment_count": "5", "human_pub_date": "", "visual_url": "", "visual_credit": "", "visual_caption": "" },{ "id": 1895280, "pub_date": 1368954000, "headline": "Legislature might get messy near the end", "url": "/news/2013/may/19/legislatures-heading-end-it-could-be-messy/", "kicker": "POLITICS", "byline": "Anjeanette Damon", "tease": "The Nevada Legislature has reached the point in every session when lawmakers, lobbyists and reporters ask: Is it going to end on time? And the answer always is: Maybe.", "comment_count": "0", "human_pub_date": "Posted 2:00 a.m.", "visual_url": "http://cdn.photo.lasvegassun.com/media/img/photos/2013/04/05/0211NevadaCommonGood27_t610.JPG?64df38a0ccab41d6a38b286543429170b15bae0f", "visual_credit": "Steve Marcus / Las Vegas Sun", "visual_caption": "A view of the Nevada State Legislature building in Carson City Monday, Feb. 11, 2013." },{ "id": 1895353, "pub_date": 1368954000, "headline": "Few big tax bills afoot, but plenty of little ones at Nevada Legislature", "url": "/news/2013/may/19/few-big-tax-bills-afoot-plenty-little-ones-nevada-/", "kicker": "Politics", "byline": "Anjeanette Damon", "tease": "Democrats may have fallen short of crafting a comprehensive tax reform plan to address Nevada\u2019s wobbly revenue structure, but that doesn\u2019t mean there aren\u2019t a bevy bills to raise taxes floating around the Legislature this year.\r\n", "comment_count": "3", "human_pub_date": "Posted 2:00 a.m.", "visual_url": "http://cdn.photo.lasvegassun.com/media/img/photos/2013/01/16/scaled.AP050331016845_t610.jpg?64df38a0ccab41d6a38b286543429170b15bae0f", "visual_credit": "Cathleen Allison", "visual_caption": "The Nevada State Legislature building is shown in Carson City, Nev., Thursday, March 31, 2005." },{ "id": 1896288, "pub_date": 1368954000, "headline": "Budget, business licenses and UMC to keep commissioners busy on consecutive days this week", "url": "/news/2013/may/19/budget-business-licenses-and-umc-keep-commissioner/", "kicker": "Clark County Commission", "byline": "Conor Shine", "tease": "A busy week of meetings awaits Clark County commissioners, who will convene on three consecutive days to conduct official business.", "comment_count": "0", "human_pub_date": "Posted 2:00 a.m.", "visual_url": "", "visual_credit": "", "visual_caption": "" },{ "id": 1895401, "pub_date": 1368954000, "headline": "Miller under attack as he pursues campaign finance reform", "url": "/news/2013/may/19/miller-under-attack-he-pursues-campaign-finance-re/", "kicker": "MEMO FROM CARSON CITY", "byline": "Andrew Doughman", "tease": "An out-of-state conservative group wants you to call Democratic Nevada Secretary of State Ross Miller and tell him that you\u2019re \u201csick of his costly hypocrisy.\u201d But that group doesn't have to disclose its campaign contributions.", "comment_count": "0", "human_pub_date": "Posted 2:00 a.m.", "visual_url": "", "visual_credit": "", "visual_caption": "" },{ "id": 1895398, "pub_date": 1368954000, "headline": "IRS scandal reopens rift over Obamacare; Nevada lawmakers entangled", "url": "/news/2013/may/19/irs-scandal-re-opens-rift-over-obamacare/", "kicker": "Politics", "byline": "Karoun Demirjian", "tease": "With just over six months to go until the Affordable Care Act is online, Congress was supposed to be done arguing over repeals and instead be focused on making sure the system rolls out on schedule. But the Internal Revenue Service\u2019s targeting of conservative groups has reopened the rift.", "comment_count": "1", "human_pub_date": "Posted 2:00 a.m.", "visual_url": "http://cdn.photo.lasvegassun.com/media/img/photos/2011/05/30/0530memorialday08_t610.jpg?64df38a0ccab41d6a38b286543429170b15bae0f", "visual_credit": "Steve Marcus / Las Vegas Sun", "visual_caption": "Sen. Harry Reid whispers to Sen. Dean Heller during a Memorial Day ceremony at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Boulder City on Monday, May 30, 2011." },{ "id": 1896281, "pub_date": 1368954000, "headline": "Sheriff weighs in on pimps, hip-hop, cops and cameras on the Strip, and more", "url": "/news/2013/may/19/sheriff-weighs-pimps-hip-hop-cops-and-cameras-stri/", "kicker": "Q&A with Doug Gillespie", "byline": "Tovin Lapan", "tease": "Metro Sheriff Doug Gillespie has been having a busy year. In January, Gillespie joined other law enforcement members at a meeting with President Barack Obama to discuss gun policy. In February, Gillespie\u2019s officers were handling one of the highest-profile shootings in Las Vegas in years.\r\n", "comment_count": "0", "human_pub_date": "Posted 2:00 a.m.", "visual_url": "http://cdn.photo.lasvegassun.com/media/img/photos/2013/02/28/0228MetroPresser03_t610.JPG?64df38a0ccab41d6a38b286543429170b15bae0f", "visual_credit": "Steve Marcus / Las Vegas Sun", "visual_caption": "Sheriff Douglas Gillespie addresses reporters during a news conference at Las Vegas Metropolitan Police headquarters Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013 after Ammar Harris was arrested in North Hollywood, Calif. Harris, 26, is charged with murder in the Feb. 21, 2013, shooting and accident on the Las ..." },{ "id": 1896276, "pub_date": 1368954000, "headline": "In writing his book, Oscar Goodman 'found myself to be a hero'", "url": "/news/2013/may/19/writing-his-book-oscar-goodman-found-myself-be-her/", "kicker": "", "byline": "Robin Leach", "tease": "Oscar Goodman\u2019s autobiography, \u201cBeing Oscar,\u201d is being released Tuesday by Weinstein Books. The former three-term Las Vegas mayor sat down with me for an extensive interview that covered topics including representing the mob as a lawyer, his 12 years at City Hall and his half-century love affair with his wife, Mayor Carolyn Goodman.", "comment_count": "2", "human_pub_date": "Posted 2:00 a.m.", "visual_url": "http://cdn.photo.lasvegasweekly.com/img/photos/2013/02/06/oscar_and_carolyn_goodman_by_cdv_WEB_t610.jpg?64df38a0ccab41d6a38b286543429170b15bae0f", "visual_credit": "Christopher DeVargas / Las Vegas Sun", "visual_caption": "This year marks the 51st anniversary for former Las Vegas mayor Oscar Goodman and his wife, Carolyn, the current mayor." },{ "id": 1896300, "pub_date": 1368954000, "headline": "Bill would improve voting process", "url": "/news/2013/may/19/bill-would-improve-voting-process/", "kicker": "Letter to the editor", "byline": "Kara Freeman, Las Vegas", "tease": "\r\nWe should do everything we can to ensure that voter rolls are up to date so that the integrity of the vote is protected in Nevada.", "comment_count": "0", "human_pub_date": "", "visual_url": "", "visual_credit": "", "visual_caption": "" }] }