Extra Goodies Drive Housing Costs Up
NAHB president Robert Arquilla warned that modern homebuyers demand larger homes and extras, pushing average new house size to 1500 square feet from 1150. He urged zoning relaxations and lot size reductions, plus government support for forestry and Forest Service funding to curb costs and forestall future mortgage stress and tax deduction cuts.
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Robert Arquilla
National Association of Home Builders
NAHB
Hilton Hotel
Washington
U.S. Forest Service
Let us protect Las Vegas from the greed of overgrowth
A writer warns against unchecked growth threatening water and sewer costs, air quality, and the city’s magic. The piece argues for planned growth limits, kept population under current levels, and criticizes open meetings as opaque. It condemns high speed police chases and ends with a call that there is no right way to do a wrong thing.
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Las Vegas
Shangri- la
Subcommittee Reviews Community College Separation From University
A Las Vegas hearing examined removing community colleges from the University of Nevada system and studied credit transfer problems, overcrowding, and a possible second Clark County campus. Regents and educators testified on feasibility, with future hearings set and potential site options including West Charleston and Boulder Highway areas.
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University of Nevada
Las Vegas
Clark County
Clark County Community College
James “Bucky
Buchanan
John Buchanan
Lily Fong
Chris Karamanos
Donald Raepler
UNLV
George Eversall
Gary Sheerin
Carson City
Eversull
Nick Horn
D.las Vegas
Reno
Everstll
UNR
Horn
Norman Glaser
D-Elko
William Kissam
West Charleston
Cheyenne
Glaser
Thomas Hickey
D-North
Boulder Highway
Mail Truck Overturns On I 15 In North Las Vegas
A heavily loaded U S mail truck overturned on the Cheyenne Avenue overcrossing of I 15 during the Tuesday morning rush. Two drivers sustained minor injuries. cargo from Los Angeles to Denver was transferred to smaller trucks after a four and a half hour operation.
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U.S
Cheyenne Avenue
Interstate 15
Las Vegas
North Las Vegas Hospital
Los Angeles
Denver
Cheyenne
Courthouse security tightened with private guards and locked doors
Clark County commissioners approved private security and locked doors for select courthouse areas to protect late shift clerks and money-handling spaces. The plan, budgeted at 59000 annually, accompanies other actions including hospital financing, zoning bids, and relocation leases.
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SUN
Clark County
Frank Rosachi
Richard Bunker
Bunker
eApproval
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
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Hilton
George
George Franklin
EPA
Keno
America
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
MGM
Dunes
Stardust
Riviera
Board of Regents
Katie
Subcommittee
Pepperdine University
California
University of California
LAS Vegas Sun
Sufoto
Stan Clawson
Terstate
I-15
By Tom Kinsey
Loretta Bowman
Lane
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Planning Commission
Valley Bank
County Commission
McCarran International Airport
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