The rejection by the secretary of state’s office violates Jeffrey K. Berns’ constitutional rights to free speech and equal protection, his attorneys argued in a lawsuit filed this week.
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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.
James Rhodes, the president of Gypsum Resource’s parent company, wrote in a court filing that he will continue to pursue the housing project overlooking Red Rock Canyon.
The property once home to the Crazy Horse Too is in disrepair and unsafe, with criminal activity on its premises spurring “numerous” calls for police, officials say.
An official of the company bidding to buy the historic Moulin Rouge site remained optimistic his group would soon demonstrate its financial wherewithal, blaming the hiccup on a lender changing the schedule of the wire transfer.
A $20 million project increased the capacity of the Las Vegas Wash.
Las Vegas-based Moulin Rouge LLC made a formal offer to buy the historic Moulin Rogue site and will have until Tuesday to deposit escrow funds.
A female aide said Steve Seroka’s alleged inappropriate behavior included unwanted kissing and sexually explicit talk. Seroka did not respond to multiple messages.
“Some people want to burn our flag, WE save it,” Fire Department spokesman Tim Szymanski wrote in a Twitter caption. He has since said the tweet was a mistake and was not meant to be political.
The Southern Nevada Water Authority voted to ask the Clark County Commission to make permanent a quarter-cent sales tax that was set to expire in a few years.
The new funding is meant to curtail a mounting trash problem throughout the city.
The Las Vegas City Council on Wednesday approved a liquor manufacturing license for 7Five Brewing, the company co-founded by Golden Knights right winger Ryan Reaves.
While Clark County Commissioners approved 40 supplemental positions for two understaffed jails Tuesday, Commissioner Justin Jones indicated his future support for more hires will be tied to the Metropolitan Police Department clarifying its role in immigration detention.
County officials criticized a proposed tourism district near the Palace Station hotel that would see a new entertainment district built, but cost Clark County sales tax dollars for the next two decades.
The period between April 1 and June 30 easily accounted for the majority of candidates’ total campaign contributions and spending, according to an analysis of financial disclosures due Monday.
Although Las Vegas Councilwoman Michele Fiore still opposes two ordinances that govern redeveloping open space and vacant golf courses, she’s delaying their repeal so new council members can have time to review the matter.
