The Las Vegas City Council doled out $30,000 in bonuses and 4 percent pay raises to the three executives who they directly supervise and can hire and fire.
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Marijuana lounges are now allowed in Las Vegas. But what does it mean exactly?
The Las Vegas City Council on Wednesday voted to permit lounges where people can consume marijuana, making the city the first in Nevada — and one of the few nationwide — to allow such businesses.
Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman was sworn in for a third and final term on Wednesday in a ceremony that underscored the legacy of the Goodman name and celebrated her impact on the city, beginning years before she and her husband combined to serve six consecutive stints as its leader.
Former Las Vegas City Councilman Ricki Barlow resigned from office and pleaded guilty to misusing campaign funds in 2018. Now he is a lobbyist in City Hall, pledging “the key to the city” to prospective clients.
U.S. Sen. Cory Booker’s commitment to his mother was enough to get 78-year-old Minnette Griffin’s vote on Saturday at the True Love Missionary Baptist Church in Las Vegas’ Historic Westside.
For nearly a year, some residents of an affluent community have urged Las Vegas officials to shut off outside access to a road cutting through the middle of their neighborhood as they worried about crime.
Presidential hopeful U.S. Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey on Thursday night urged a small, diverse room of supporters at UNLV to approach the 2020 election cycle with love.
Financial disclosure reports for city races were due Monday, providing the first glimpse of the year into candidate fundraising and spending.
A glitch in a two-year-old bill meant to strengthen campaign finance reporting has actually weakened transparency in eight Nevada cities, the Review-Journal has found.
Las Vegas officials are considering offering breaks to businesses that choose to set up in the Medical District as part of a larger plan to actualize their vision for the next major city quarter beyond the downtown core.
City officials this week were confident that preemptive decision-making, coupled with a healthy, concerted surge in reserves, will stave off any scrambling to rightsize during the next inevitable economic down period.
In an interview, Jan Jones Blackhurst spoke to the Review-Journal about treatment on the campaign trail, why she chose to publicize her diagnosis at the time and her thoughts on Goodman’s “bravery.”
Ruben Kihuen, the former federal and Nevada lawmaker, filed paperwork to run for Las Vegas City Council, joining former Assemblywoman Olivia Diaz on Wednesday as two high-profile candidates pitted against each other in a downtown district.
A supermajority of residents at the condominium tower voted to allow the homeowners association to regulate illegitimate short-term rentals, targeting a point of contention that had never been addressed by condo policy since the building opened in 2008.