Newly-inaugurated Councilwomen Nancy Brune and Francis Allen-Palenske acknowledge a wide learning curve, but the two are tackling it together.
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Two new councilwomen joined the Las Vegas City Council on Wednesday, expanding the female majority to five.
When Pamela Goynes-Brown is inaugurated, she will become the first Black mayor in Nevada’s history.
Public input and community feedback will be among the priorities as the committee picks a team to memorialize the Route 91 Harvest festival shooting.
Clark County Commissioner Justin Jones has been re-elected to office by a margin of just 336 votes, according to unofficial election results posted Wednesday.
Oscar Goodman has been honored with a statue at Historic Fifth Street School in downtown Las Vegas.
Francis Allen-Palenske and retired Las Vegas police Lt. Ray Spencer were leading in their races for two Las Vegas City Council seats early Wednesday, preliminary election results show.
Reid, a Democrat, has been the top supervisor in the office for the past 15 years. She is leading in vote totals over Republican Patsy Brown, early results showed.
A combination of close races and the rules for receiving and counting mail ballots virtually guarantee results won’t become clear for several days
The raise for City Manager Jorge Cervantes will put him “more in line” with what others in his position in the valley earn.
The city of Las Vegas on Wednesday allocated up to $2 million to three law firms defending it in litigation with the would-be developer of the defunct Badlands golf course, bringing total spending on legal fees surrounding the project to about $7 million.
City marshals never interviewed Councilwoman Victoria Seaman about her allegation that she was assaulted by Councilwoman Michele Fiore last year.
Both Bob Beers and Francis Allen-Palenske served in Carson City; now they’re running against each other for a seat on the Las Vegas City Council.
Former Metropolitan Police Department homicide Lt. Ray Spencer is running against Guinn Center founder Nancy Brune for an open seat on the Las Vegas City Council.
It’s not clear how much the city of Las Vegas may have to pay in its latest loss in court in the years-long legal battle over the defunct Badlands golf course.
