Clark County in 2018 limited the thickness of flagpoles allowed at protests, prompting a group that opposes requirements to wear face masks to claim there’s a ban on American flags.
Shea Johnson
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Shea joined the Las Vegas Review-Journal in November 2018 to cover City Hall and Clark County. He previously spent six years at the Desert Dispatch and Daily Press newspapers located in the High Desert of Southern California, where he covered politics at city, county and state levels. Shea has won three California Newspaper Publishers Association awards for his work. In 2018 he was a California Journalism Awards finalist for investigative reporting. He is an unapologetic Chicago sports fan, excluding only the White Sox.
The practice of descending on city halls and the county chamber in large numbers to voice opposition to issues has been put on hold during the public health crisis.
The city of Las Vegas opened registration Wednesday for Vegas Strong Academy, its child care option at six community centers that will support distance learning through the fall semester.
Four top city executives have applied to become the next Las Vegas city manager, seeking to take over for Scott Adams as top administrator when he retires in November.
Clark County is at risk for elevated transmission of the disease due to high case and test positivity rates, requiring officials to submit an action plan to reduce its spread.
A woman allegedly unleashed and ordered her dog to attack a 60-year-old man at a Las Vegas park in April. The victim suffered multiple lacerations to his arm, the city said.
Clark County and its partners are offering free walk-in testing to anyone at three senior centers in the east Las Vegas Valley this month on a first-come, first-served basis.
Clark County is offering 13 facilities across the Las Vegas Valley where young children will have access to distance learning.
The Clark County Commission passed a bill to make it illegal to discriminate against certain renters, upping protections for vulnerable tenants amid fears of a surge of evictions.
Small businesses in unincorporated Clark County have an extra week to apply for as much as $15,000 to help cover costs related to closures and restrictions resulting from the coronavirus pandemic.
Opponents of a plan to convert a historic hay barn into an event center at a northwest Las Vegas park have sued the city and Councilwoman Michele Fiore in an effort to halt the project.
Incumbents on the Clark County Commission have big fundraising leads over their opponents, but an open seat that drew two big-name candidates is competitive when it comes to donations.
The city of Las Vegas said Thursday it had temporarily suspended permits for three organizations to use city-owned sports fields because they violated statewide orders on safe play related to the coronavirus pandemic.
Organizers seeking to recall Las Vegas Councilwoman Michele Fiore on Wednesday turned in less than one-third of the number of signatures they will need for an election.
A “fluid gender social lifestyle club” is suing Clark County in federal court as it seeks to retain its business license amid a government effort to shut it down.
