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.
A new Las Vegas city ordinance would carry the same penalties for people convicted of domestic violence as Nevada state law, but would eliminate the requirement for convicts to give up their firearms in order to avoid holding jury trials for each offense.
The city of Las Vegas plans to intervene in the Supreme Court case over the development of the defunct Badlands golf course, in the hopes of getting EHB Cos. and neighbors fighting the project to negotiate.
A revived Asian-American Pacific Islanders Community Commission met for the first time Wednesday, pursuing a long-held goal to build a community center in Las Vegas.
In part two, “Trouble on the Mind,” officers Richard Cole and Brandon Engstrom have rushed to the hospital with a 30-year-old woman who was shot in the head.
The boundary in Clark County where it is illegal to shoot guns was expanded this week to include Lovell Canyon Road and areas in the southwest and northeast portions of the Las Vegas Valley.
“Critical Condition” is a five-part podcast series that explores the story of two police officers whose lives intersect with a woman in dire straits on Oct. 1, 2017.
The top candidates for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination were in Las Vegas Wednesday to participate in a forum on gun violence sponsored by March for Our Lives and Giffords.
When two Las Vegas police officers met Jovanna Calzadillas on Oct. 1, 2017, she was a lifeless body in the arms of her husband. The rush to save her was on.
The Las Vegas City Council will consider prosecuting misdemeanor domestic violence cases under a new city code that would not ban those convicted of the crime from possessing firearms, in order to avoid having to hold jury trials for the offense.
Mayor Carolyn Goodman sponsors a proposed ordinance that would prevent homeless from sitting, sleeping on streets if shelter beds are available.
For two consecutive years, Greg Zanis planted 58 handmade white crosses at the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign. But this year, because of safety concerns, the memorial will move downtown.
Tanya Flanagan, president of the Susan G. Komen Nevada board of directors, has declared her intention to run for the Clark County Commission.
A next-door neighbor recently created a change.org petition that had more than 230 signatures to get the man help.
Clark County Commissioner Justin Jones outlined steps this week he’d like to take to fight climate change, including hiring a sustainability director and adopting an action plan similar to the city of Reno.
The three-day Life Is Beautiful event will prompt road and parking lot closures and bus route changes in downtown Las Vegas.
