Las Vegas city officials are looking to federal funding and employee concessions to deal with perhaps the worst financial crisis in its history, City Manager Scott Adams said Wednesday.
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Las Vegas City Attorney Brad Jerbic is leaving City Hall for the private sector July 1, stepping away from his role after nearly 28 years, the city said Wednesday.
The majority of the Las Vegas City Council on Wednesday pushed for businesses to reopen immediately.
Laughlin residents starting Wednesday may register by phone for an appointment to participate in free drive-thru coronavirus testing next week at the Aquarius.
The city of Las Vegas is considering laying off about 200 employees to save roughly $19 million if needed to balance a budget that has been deeply affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
Clark County is establishing a guide on how businesses may reopen safely and also plotting out how it will pay for an estimated $448 million in coronavirus-related costs it expects to incur through 2020.
The long-running festival scheduled at Sunset Park in October has been canceled because of “uncertainty” over the coronavirus pandemic and event-associated costs.
Clark County and University Medical Center on Tuesday will launch drive-thru coronavirus testing by appointment only inside a parking garage at The Orleans, an operation that leaders say will soon be duplicated throughout the county.
Former Las Vegas Planning Commissioner Christina Roush, accused by a lobbyist of failing to timely disclose their business ties involving her interest in operating a vacation rental property, would have to attend ethics training if she returns to the public sector within two years.
The Clark County Fire Department said it is reducing up to a dozen firefighting units because the statewide shutdown has cut back calls for service by 34 percent.
The division between the Nevada governor and Las Vegas mayor stems from territorial issues dating back to Sisolak’s time on the county commission, according to ex-lawmakers.
Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman on Friday said the city’s hot summer coupled with its unique economy compel it to be “at the forefront of America’s ‘reopening.’ ”
The wedding capital of the world is allowing people to apply for marriage licenses again.
Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman repeated her call to immediately reopen businesses during an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Wednesday, sparking a torrent of criticism on social media.
The county-owned hospital expects to be able to process by June 1 as many as 10,000 daily polymerase chain reaction tests, which identify if someone presently has the virus.
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