The ranks of administrators are growing while teacher numbers stay almost flat, with costs outside the classroom eating up much of K-12 funding, data shows.
Investigations
Nevada’s Senate Judiciary Committee chairwoman wants to make changes after the Review-Journal found heirs often don’t get money through probate cases.
Court officials and the county won’t release records that would shed light on why Las Vegas Justice Court administrator Jessica Gurley left her job abruptly in October.
Councilman Richard Cherchio criticized a lack of transparency in awarding a consulting contract to former City Manager Ryann Juden.
The North Las Vegas City Council quietly gave its top executive a large severance package and consulting contract.
An investigation found that officers conspired to cover up a car wreck involving a co-worker, but Chief Hollie Chadwick ignored recommendations to fire them.
Education officials are probing the use of federal pandemic relief dollars to send staffers to beach destinations after a Review-Journal investigation.
Steve Hill, head of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, earned a salary of roughly $447,600 in 2022.
Lewis Jordan, executive director of the Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority, earned more than $257,000 in base pay in 2022.
Nevada attorneys made big promises when they pushed for a change to probate law more than a decade ago.
The agency in charge of public transportation and road projects has a lot of employees making $100,000 or more a year, including managers and technicians.
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.
