Clark County Commission chairman Steve Sisolak is considering a run for governor of Nevada in 2018. If Sisolak does launch a bid, he’ll have an unprecedented head start on campaign fundraising.
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The charter takeover issue has turned into a finger-pointing battle between the Clark County School District and the newly-formed Achievement School District.
In a letter Thursday, U.S. Sen. Dean Heller called on the president to “abandon any plans to unilaterally designate” new national monuments in the Gold Butte area of northeastern Clark County and in the Owyhee Canyonlands of southeastern Oregon, near the Nevada border.
A $1.9 million contract was awarded to a team of transit experts who will develop a “high capacity transit plan” aimed at relieving congestion in Southern Nevada, including a light rail route that could connect McCarran International Airport, the Strip and downtown Las Vegas.
Eleven of the 16 new associate superintendents for the Clark County School District are currently assistant chief student achievement officers, a similar position that the district is eliminating as it moves forward in its massive mandated reorganization.
If county clerks verify 55,234 valid signatures by Dec. 1, measure would go before the 2017 Legislature.
Food-filled baskets were distributed to more than 100 families during the fifth annual “Help Us, Help Them Thanksgiving Celebration,” hosted by Rosie’s Wish, a North Las Vegas nonprofit agency that assists low-income children and teens with type-2 diabetes.
A majority of Clark County commissioners voted Tuesday to codify two hotel room tax increases to fund the upgrade of the Las Vegas Convention Center and the construction of a 65,000-seat stadium.
The Clark County District Attorney’s office is putting a hold on prosecuting some marijuana cases after Question 2 passed last week, District Attorney Steve Wolfson said Tuesday.
Nine Clark County schools were recommended Tuesday for the controversial new Achievement School District, which will pair underperforming schools with charter operators by next year.
All four incumbent Democrats on the Clark County Commission easily turned aside Republican opponents in last week’s election.
Clark County commissioners are considering not asking that state lawmakers order a study of the Metropolitan Police Department’s funding formula at the 2017 legislative session.
Clark County may have found a new administrator for its $6.2 billion annual budget.
Officials in Arizona have approved a new water-sharing agreement that will leave more water in Lake Mead in an effort to head off an unprecedented federal shortage declaration.
Gov. Sandoval also names banker, MGM official to the new nine-member body established to oversee construction of a proposed $1.9 billion domed football stadium in Las Vegas.