As a teenager living in the East Capitol Dwellings in Washington D.C., Chad Williams said he knew there were areas of his public housing complex he had to avoid on his way to school.
Clark County
Clark County Commissioners representing aging areas of the Las Vegas Valley want to play a more active role in solving the region’s growing affordable housing crisis.
But county commissioners saw it differently. In a ceremony during Tuesday’s commission meeting Commissioner Jim Gibson hung a medal around each officer’s neck.
Clark County Clerk Lynn Goya’s request to divert funds for wedding tourism promotions was not quashed Tuesday. But county commissioners did not appear keen on the idea.
Clark County commissioners voted Tuesday to fund the service for addicts aiming to shed their drug habits through the end of the year and repay some of the money the nonprofit WestCare said it lost after its contract lapsed.
The Las Vegas Visitors and Convention Authority could lose a $1 million-per-year contract with Clark County to promote wedding tourism.
New pet stores in unincorporated Clark County would be forbidden from selling dogs, cats, rabbits or potbellied pigs under a proposed law.
A Las Vegas attorney who commonly defends drunken driving suspects was arrested recently on suspicion of driving under the influence, records show.
The popular San Gennaro Feast will not be held this weekend after minors were able to purchase alcohol at the bi-annual event last September.
Officials announced Wednesday they’re cracking down this year. Anyone caught possessing or launching forbidden pyrotechnics will face fines of up to $1,000 and disposal fees in the hundreds of dollars.
While in Stockholm, Samuel Ingalls paused at the sight of passengers swiping passes and phones to board a subway. The technology looked familiar. Then he realized — a similar device to read passes was at McCarran International Airport.
The culinary union is widely recognized for its ability to mobilize its more than 57,000 members to propel political candidates into office.
An audit last month found that CEO Rossi Ralenkotter used $17,152 in Southwest Airlines cards for personal travel and Clark County Commissioner Lawrence Weekly, who chairs the board, also used $699 in cards for a trip.
David Gardner, who sponsored the Clark County School District reorganization bill in 2015, is suspending his campaign to become a school board trustee to take a job as senior deputy in the Nevada attorney general’s office.
The last three years have been Clark County’s best when it comes to visitation levels. The coming Las Vegas Stadium should make future numbers even better, according to a new Moody’s Investor Service report.
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