UNLVs multimillion-dollar state contract to help low-income families find qualified child care is about to be transferred to a poverty-fighting agency that less than a year ago was suffering a leadership vacuum and financial problems. Its interim head is Assemblyman Morse Arberry, the Las Vegas Democrat who is chairman of the Ways and Means Committee and who raised questions at ...

The National Urban League is teaming with a small-business financial specialist to offer loans to companies unable to get approved by banks. On Deck Capital will provide loans through Urban League local affiliates, starting in Philadelphia and Los Angeles and then expanding across the country, it ...

Vice President Joe Biden touted the $787 billion federal stimulus effort on Friday, saying he sees signs that the recession could end soon, but also called the package "the most misunderstood" piece of legislation. "What part of this act is about was not keeping people from falling ...

State officials are hoping that Las Vegas Clark County Urban League’s choice of Assemblyman Morse Arberry as interim CEO will lead to more answers about how the organization is spending public money. His hiring Thursday is the latest episode in the chaotic reinvention of the valley’s largest nonprofit group dedicated to fighting poverty. Arberry, a Las Vegas Democrat ...