The Huntridge Theater’s proposed developer announced Wednesday another long-awaited restoration project for the neighborhood: a grocery store.
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Shea joined the Las Vegas Review-Journal in November 2018 to cover City Hall and Clark County. He previously spent six years at the Desert Dispatch and Daily Press newspapers located in the High Desert of Southern California, where he covered politics at city, county and state levels. Shea has won three California Newspaper Publishers Association awards for his work. In 2018 he was a California Journalism Awards finalist for investigative reporting. He is an unapologetic Chicago sports fan, excluding only the White Sox.
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.
The Clark County Commission on Tuesday did not pick up a debate about a proposed ban on large backpacks and other gear that could conceal weapons at protests.
The Clark County commissioner, who is white, said he agreed with the premise behind the term but believed it made more sense when explained as a call for equality.
Las Vegas Councilwoman Michele Fiore gave up the appointed title of mayor pro tem on Tuesday, but will remain on the City Council.
Most Clark County employees have agreed to cut their hours by 5 percent, a temporary concession that the county says will save roughly $33 million over the next year.
Clark County is asking residents to fill out a survey to provide guidance as officials update the master plan for growth and development codes.
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 Councilwoman Michele Fiore called for the release of a full video of her recent speech to the Clark County Republican Party convention.
Current or former elected officials held decisive leads in three Democratic races for a seat on the powerful commission, according to early unofficial results released around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday.
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.
Clark County lawmakers’ inability to regulate firearms was inserted into a debate this week about banning bags and strollers at Black Lives Matter protests.
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.