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Former state senator enters North Las Vegas mayoral race

Concerned about the city’s current path, North Las Vegas mayoral candidate former state Sen. John Lee said he anticipates this campaign will be a “very hard fought race.”

Las Vegas council members face election challenges

Campaign season in Nevada’s biggest city has only just begun but City Council incumbents are already looking to salt away new terms in office.

Assembly leader seeks fast start for Brooks panel

Assembly Majority Leader William Horne said Friday he expects a select committee that will consider if embattled Assemblyman Steven Brooks is fit to serve to do its work as quickly as possible.

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Rhodes wins Red Rock ruling; land swap move continues

The Nevada Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for developer Jim Rhodes to build several thousand homes on Blue Diamond Hill, the contentious property overlooking the Red Rock National Conservation Area.

Teen found with rifle at school pleads guilty

Jake Howell, the Las Vegas teenager arrested last month with an unloaded semiautomatic rifle inside his car at the Northwest Career and Technical Academy, pleaded guilty in District Court to a weapons charge Thursday.

ROAD ALERT: I-15 lanes to be closed overnight

Several northbound and southbound lanes of Interstate 15 will be closed from Lake Mead Boulevard to Cheyenne Avenue on Thursday night.

Whittemore campaign contribution trial delayed

The federal trial of former power broker Harvey Whittemore, charged in a scheme to unlawfully funnel $138,000 in campaign contributions to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, has been put off until April 9.

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