County officials believe there is a shortage of more than 80,000 homes for low-income residents.
Shea Johnson
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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.
The Las Vegas Fire Department retirements come after allegations of unprofessional behavior and disparaging staff. One employee said department morale was “a living hell.”
Local governments in Southern Nevada say they focus on education rather than citations when it comes to mask enforcement.
Mack Miller, who is running for lieutenant governor, says Commissioner Tick Segerblom defamed him after a public altercation with security in September.
There is a sense of uncertainty looming over homeless service provider CARE Complex’s future. The city of Las Vegas wants its property to build a health center — for the homeless.
Twenty-three leaders and icons revered in west Las Vegas were named Tuesday as this year’s slate of honorees to be enshrined at the Historic Westside Legacy Park.
The center is scheduled to close in April for roughly four months as it undergoes a facelift, city officials said Tuesday.
The government workforce in the Las Vegas Valley has not been immune to the latest variant-fueled swell of COVID-19 cases. But officials say they have been able to avoid any serious disruptions to operations.
To make room for a health building close to the Courtyard Homeless Resource Center, the city is considering acquiring a homeless services nonprofit’s land, even if it has to use condemnation.
The proposed tent-covered show on the southeast corner of Sahara Avenue and Paradise Road had been beleaguered from the start.
After a multi-family housing complex in downtown Las Vegas was sold last year, rents dramatically increased, leaving cash-strapped residents scrambling to decide their next move.
The congresswoman said Friday she intends to introduce legislation ushering in federal protections for 450,000 acres of land near the southernmost tip of Nevada.
Magician Jay Owenhouse’s second effort to perform with three tigers in Las Vegas faces a new hurdle: Its location.
Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman highlighted economic development during the annual State of the City address Thursday, saying little about a resurgent pandemic.
Nancy Brune, the founding executive director of a state research and policy think tank, vows to bring a voice of reason to city leadership in the northwest Ward 6.