Several state lawmakers took sponsored trips but one top official’s travel stood out in state disclosures.
Investigations
The county initially refused to provide his resignation letter but acquiesced after Sam Bateman gave his approval.
A federal judge approved the sale of a northwest valley home for more than $1 million.
The Las Vegas social-media celebrity filed a lawsuit in federal court against his own dad.
A Las Vegas police sergeant used an app called Signal to communicate with his squad. Experts say use of the app raises concerns about the department’s compliance with open records law.
A cottage industry of private administrators, real estate agents, house-flippers and others cashed in on homes across Southern Nevada after the owners died.
People with titles like secretary, custodian, mechanic, security officer and painter were among those earning at least $100,000, public records show.
Bob Conrad with This Is Reno has been embroiled in public records lawsuits, including one seeking answers on how a former Washoe County sheriff’s sergeant was able to alter documents to hide that he was married to two people.
For this story, board President Evelyn Garcia Morales once again did not respond to requests for an interview. The district’s communications office again did not grant an interview.
Eli Segall’s top investigative stories included real estate scams and a tribal nation’s big-money land deals on the Strip that didn’t sit well with everyone back home.
Investigative reporter Briana Erickson’s top five stories of the year included mistakes at the Henderson jail, an officer accused of racism and a county office discriminating against a former police officer.
Investigative reporter Mary Hynes broke stories about a potentially fatal fungal infection and a holiday trip to the beach by school district personnel in 2023.
Thuan Luu added the Review-Journal to an ongoing defamation case he filed against a therapist and his estranged wife.
Henderson has agreed to pay the Review-Journal $20,000 in legal fees after a judge sided with the newspaper in a dispute over video from the city jail.
Some of Detective Kevin LaPeer’s fellow officers accused him of hurling a racial slur and urging the killing of Mexicans and Black Lives Matter protesters.
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