The Las Vegas City Council Wednesday approved a $1-per-year lease of the shuttered Reed Whipple Cultural Center to allow the Neon Museum to expand.
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The storied Neon Museum plans to double its size by taking over the vacant Reed Whipple Cultural Center on Las Vegas Boulevard North.
Thirteen employees out of a total of about 30 working at the 24/7 shelter and resource center for the homeless have been terminated and replaced since January.
One candidate, former Assemblywoman Victoria Seaman, has a head start in the race to replace resigned Councilman Steve Seroka, but six other candidates want the job, too.
Four elected officials are not adverse to taking a call or meeting with former Las Vegas councilman Ricki Barlow, although Mayor Carolyn Goodman says she ‘probably would have dissuaded him’ from new role.
Las Vegas Planning Commissioner Christina Roush stepped down Monday night, citing trouble balancing work as a real estate executive with her role at City Hall.
A federal judge turned away an appeal of a ruling that two Las Vegas councilmen exhibited unfair treatment toward the Badlands golf course development project.
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.
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.