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.
Democratic presidential candidates and U.S. senators Amy Klobuchar and Bernie Sanders in Las Vegas played up union ties and a working class platform on Monday as the ammunition to beat back a corporatist agenda they view as synonymous with the Republican Party.
For years now, a shortage of corrections officers in two Las Vegas Valley detention centers has sent overtime pay soaring and hindered the ability of county officials, saddled with the rising costs, to bankroll more officers in the jails and on the streets.
Las Vegas officials have revoked the temporary liquor license for Beauty Bar on Fremont East, which shut down Monday after it was served with an eviction notice.
Las Vegas City Manager Scott Adams’ contract won’t auto-renew after July 6. “I can’t take that any other way than you’re firing me,” he told the Council on Wednesday.
The pledge by NV Energy to reduce costs and the withdrawal by Tenaska ends a precarious period for the utility monopoly after city leaders had considered joining a growing chorus of entities that have departed the electricity partner.
Former U.S. Rep. Ruben Kihuen will not seek a recount after his bid the for Las Vegas City Council fell just five votes shy of advancing to the June general election, his campaign consultant said Wednesday.
Former Rep. Ruben Kihuen lost his bid for Las Vegas City Council by just five votes on Tuesday, as a former assemblywoman and a federal project manager will advance to a runoff in June.
Improvements to Lake Mead Boulevard will begin Monday and continue for eight weeks, resulting in weekday traffic restrictions between Anasazi and Hills Center drives.
Of four Las Vegas council seats up for election Tuesday, the least clustered is Ward 5, where just an incumbent and twochallengers will test their appeal among voters.
Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman is seeking a third and final term on the council. But standing between her and re-election, six challengers who believe too many people have been left behind as the city has grown.
A four-day filing period concluded Thursday for the vacant seat, introducing a slate of experienced political campaigners — some who have clinched victories — into a contest to be determined by the June general election.
The victor among a crowded slate of candidates seeking to represent Ward 1 on the Las Vegas City Council will likely be tethered to how much the Medical District progresses during their tenure on the dais.
Las Vegas mayoral candidate Mack Miller’s business dealings are under scrutiny of the Secretary of State’s Office yet on Tuesday he downplayed results of their investigation as a “major misunderstanding.”
Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke delivered a message of unity inside a Las Vegas living room Saturday night, outlining a mission to bridge the divide in a polarized America and rally behind “big defining ambitions that we have in common.”
While candidates addressed several issues at length, perhaps no problem in the urban ward has been more discussed or pervasive than homelessness.
