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KSNV: McCarran facing federal hurdle landing more international flights

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LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — Las Vegas is a tourist town. Finding ways to get those tourists in is the engine that drives our biggest economy. The No. 1 money maker is getting international visitors to Las Vegas as quickly as possible, so news that a new flight, direct from Brazil, was celebrated by many. Last month, international arrivals were nearly 324,000 fliers, up 5.2 percent from…

LVRJ: Lawmakers strip sage grouse provision from defense bill

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Lawmakers negotiating a final defense bill excluded a provision that would have prohibited the Interior Department from placing the sage grouse, in Nevada and other states, on the endangered species list for a decade. Democrats and environmental groups claimed a victory Tuesday, but the provision was just one of many efforts by Republicans and the Trump administration to roll back…