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.
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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 parade, which was created in 1934, is scheduled to begin 10 a.m. Saturday with more than 100 entries. Two days of rodeo events kick off Friday evening.
The change addresses concerns over less strict standards with so-called microhospitals.
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?
James Holzhauer was recognized on Thursday as a goodwill ambassador and given the key to the Strip as officials declared May 2, 2019, “James Holzhauer Day” throughout the county.
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.
Six Democratic candidates also championed several broad policy themes central to Democrats’ challenge to President Donald Trump in 2020. They spoke at the National Forum on Wages and Working People held Saturday in Las Vegas.
Some members of a regional planning coalition are questioning whether it should even exist, while two newcomers think it could be useful in addressing climate change.
A road project beginning Thursday on a roughly 1.7-mile stretch of Buffalo Drive is expected to cause weekday traffic restrictions on the thoroughfare for about two months, Las Vegas officials say.
Former Sen. Harry Reid on Tuesday called the possibility for impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump “a difficult decision” that could potentially engulf the attention of Congress, although it has other important work to do.
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