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Mick Akers

Sports Business and Transportation reporter

Mick joined the Las Vegas Review-Journal as transportation reporter in November 2018. He previously worked at the Las Vegas Sun covering a variety of beats including transportation, business, gaming, and city and county government. Prior to that, he worked at the Pahrump Valley Times, where he was named the Nevada Press Association’s Outstanding Journalist in the intermediate category for his coverage of the Lamar Odom brothel overdose situation, rural healthcare and more. Mick was born in Texas but grew up in Las Vegas, attending UNLV’s Hank Greenspun School of Journalism and Media Studies where he was a member of the Kappa Tau Alpha National Journalism Society.  

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Freshman Gorelow defending AD-35 seat

Freshman Democratic Assemblywoman Michelle Gorelow is facing political newcomer Republican Jay Calhoun in the 35th District, which covers Southern Highlands and southwest Las Vegas

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