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.
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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.
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.
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.
The culinary union is widely recognized for its ability to mobilize its more than 57,000 members to propel political candidates into 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.
The long list of items that would be banned includes torches, bricks, knives, ice picks, shields and nunchucks. Stun guns and pepper spray containers large than half-an-ounce are also banned.
Violators of county codes could be fined hundreds of dollars on the spot if the Clark County Commission approves a new law Tuesday.
One of Clark County’s largest unions has endorsed Robert Langford in his campaign to unseat District Attorney Steve Wolfson.
Clark County is putting a Las Vegas Strip safety project back out to bid following a complaint about how workers the project’s first phase were paid.
The Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority has narrowed its nationwide search for an executive director to five applicants, but the agency’s board will not disclose the names of the chosen few.
A Republican candidate for Clark County public administrator was convicted of a gross misdemeanor in 2015 following accusations that he had sex with a pregnant teenage inmate at the county’s juvenile detention center, police and court records show.