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Shea Johnson

Shea Johnson
Local Government reporter

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.

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New Clark County commissioners sworn in, Kirkpatrick tapped as chair

Clark County officials appear open to assisting individuals facing deportation obtain legal aid through UNLV’s Immigration Clinic, however the commission on Monday opted to seek alternative plans to a grant-matching opportunity through a criminal justice reform nonprofit.

Volunteers needed for Clark County homeless count

Clark County is seeking volunteers to count homeless people in the Las Vegas Valley this month as part of the 11th countywide effort to assess the need for services and to qualify for related grant funding.