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Nevada Sen. Harry Reid says a recent letter from a top aide to President Barack Obama shows there’s no “informal federal policy” against government meetings and conferences in Las Vegas.

White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel said in a letter to the Senate Democratic majority leader this week that federal agencies are not prohibited from booking events in Las Vegas.

Emanuel’s letter says value, not location, should be the basis for booking a trip.

A Reid aide says Emanuel was responding to a June 26 letter from Reid claiming agencies including the FBI, General Services Agency and Bureau of Indian Affairs had canceled recent Las Vegas meetings.

The issue dates to a comment Obama made in February that critics say damaged the city’s convention business.

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as Vegas Sands Corp.(LVS) Chief Executive Sheldon Adelson said Wednesday that business is improving in Las Vegas and Macau, where it expects to restart the construction of projects by the end of the year.

“We are in the trough of the cycle so things are looking up,” Adelson said during an event in Singapore, where the casino operator is building a resort-casino complex.

He said the company has been upgrading its forecasts for its Las Vegas operations “constantly.”

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The Valley has 100 new neighbors. Thursday’s fourth annual Independence Day ceremony was part of Las Vegas’ Celebrate America festivities.

It’s all thanks to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service and the city of Las Vegas.

Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman welcomed the new citizens at City Hall.

“I feel a part of this great country, something that I can’t explain it with words. It’s real exciting about all that it happened and now, that I can vote now,” said new citizen Stella Angelova.

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