City officials say there is significant long-term cost savings afforded by providing unionized workers with one-time payouts, instead of ongoing cost-of-living increases.
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The Huntridge Theater’s proposed developer announced Wednesday another long-awaited restoration project for the neighborhood: a grocery store.
Longtime Senior Assistant City Attorney Bryan Scott was officially promoted Wednesday, becoming the first African American to serve as the city’s top lawyer in its history.
About 100 people stood outside Las Vegas City Hall on Wednesday morning, with NAACP demonstrators calling out what they said was the “reckless behavior” of council members.
Las Vegas Councilwoman Michele Fiore is facing a recall effort, and Councilman Cedric Crear appealed to Mayor Carolyn Goodman to remove her as the mayor pro tem following Fiore’s “racially charged” comments.
Las Vegas police repeatedly tried to make a chronic nuisance case against the Alpine Motel before a fatal fire in 2019, but city officials said the apartments didn’t meet the standards.
Following initial hearings, U.S. Magistrate Judge Nancy Koppe concluded that Stephen Parshall and William Loomis were dangers to the Las Vegas community. The two are suspects in what authorities say was a plot to cause violence at Black Lives Matter protests.
Las Vegas Councilwoman Michele Fiore called for the release of a full video of her recent speech to the Clark County Republican Party convention.
The Clark County Republican Party says Las Vegas City Councilwoman Michele Fiore made the comments during the party’s convention Saturday.
Carolyn Goodman warned that a broken unemployment system and the threat that a spike in coronavirus cases could reel back progress were reasons to remain concerned.
Las Vegas Senior Assistant City Attorney Bryan Scott will officially become the city’s top prosecutor in two weeks, replacing Brad Jerbic.
Two Southern Nevada governments on Wednesday followed different courses on a proposal to ban backpacks, purses, luggage and other containers that can conceal dangerous materials at protests.
Gov. Steve Sisolak said Tuesday the Nevada National Guard would be deployed to Las Vegas to assist police, one day after an officer was shot in the head on the Strip during a protest turned violent.
Las Vegas records show city staff was involved in creating a video in which people praised Mayor Carolyn Goodman, who’d been criticized for comments about reopening amid the coronavirus pandemic.
While its direct impact on the homeless population is still unclear, the coronavirus pandemic has made life on the streets of Las Vegas harder in many ways.