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Clark County jail could get hefty budget boost

Half of that money will be earmarked for public safety, including the Metropolitan Police Department and jail operations. Metro would receive $3.8 million more than its expected operation costs so it can create 36 full-time and 17 part-time positions.

Trails might replace southwest Las Vegas Valley mine shafts

State and county officials plan to begin work April 2 to back-fill several dozen abandoned mine shafts peppering the future park site on county-owned land west of Fort Apache and Warm Springs roads.

Transparency is lacking in Nevada government

Today begins Sunshine Week, a national initiative to promote the importance of open government and freedom of information, and the Review-Journal is publishing several stories about the importance of government transparency.

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Clark County schools set next meeting on gender-diverse policy

The Clark County School Board will hear from the public once more before deciding whether instruct the superintendent to draft a new policy and regulation for gender-diverse students.

Hot-button education issues fire up parents in Clark County

Recent Clark County School District meetings on a gender-diverse policy drew big crowds, but public discussions of the superintendent search or the recent budget deficit were sparsely attended.

Nevada election field getting crowded 2 days into filing

Nevada’s candidate filing period continued Tuesday brought with some unexpected twists with dozens of candidates entering hotly contested Assembly races and crowded federal elections.

Opponents thwart Las Vegas annexation effort

Opponents have successfully stopped a city of Las Vegas effort to absorb 872 acres of unincorporated Clark County land.

More than 1,200 property owners protest Las Vegas annexation plan

Clark County residents who have spent the past couple months fighting a city of Las Vegas plan to annex more than 1,500 properties delivered more than 1,200 protests to City Hall this week, but the fight won’t end there.

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