With every State of the City address, Vegas Mayor Goodman improves

Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman has delivered six State of the City speeches, and I’ve critiqued every one of them. No. 6, delivered Jan. 12, wasn’t brilliant, but clearly she’s improving.

CCSD financial chief Thorn to resign after less than 3 months

Nikki Thorn, chief financial officer for the Clark County School District, will resign next week after less than three months on the job. Thorn is the second CFO to leave the budget department in six months.

Las Vegas sports teams could be big sellers — even for nonfans

The arrival of Las Vegas’ National Hockey League franchise and the potential relocation of the Oakland Raiders to Southern Nevada present enormous retail prospects on everything from T-shirts to all forms of logoed merchandise.

Cortez Masto will oppose Trump’s pick for Education secretary

U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto said Wednesday she will oppose President-elect Donald Trump’s designee to head the Department of Education because of a lack of experience.

Project Neon’s next phase set to snarl traffic in Las Vegas

Just as the traffic nightmare wrought by Car-nado wraps up in late February, commuters passing through downtown Las Vegas should start preparing for the next phase for Nevada’s largest freeway infrastructure project.

Nevada Fishing Report

Anglers are finding success for threadfin shad and striped bass in the Las Vegas Bay area of Lake Mead.

News briefings to stay in White House press room

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump scrapped a proposal to move news briefings out of the White House, but said he wants his team to choose who gets into the press room.

Theme of February’s First Friday: ‘From the HeART’

The First Friday arts festival is set for 5-11 p.m. Feb. 3 at throughout the 18b Arts District, near Charleston Boulevard and Main Street. The event includes live entertainment, artists’ booths, food vendors, the artisan bazaar, music and a live painting exhibition. The streets surrounding the block that includes Art Square, 1025 S.First St., are set to close.

Life-saving dispatcher named Las Vegas Employee of the Year

Anthony Bruno, a Las Vegas Fire and Rescue dispatcher, was driving home from work early on March 5 when he pulled over to watch the helicopter he dispatched land at the scene of a car crash.

 
Obama talks about Manning, Israel, media during final news conference

President Barack Obama firmly defended his decision to cut nearly three decades off convicted leaker Chelsea Manning’s prison term Wednesday, arguing in his final White House news conference that the former Army intelligence analyst had served a “tough prison sentence” already.

Southwest cafe traces name, some art to 5-year-old taste-tester

Summer Chan’s fingerprints are all over a new coffee and dessert cafe. It features her name and a cartoonized version of her face as the logo, and she even picked out the artwork on one of the walls.

Obama plans more commutations before leaving office

Embracing his clemency powers like never before, President Barack Obama is planning more commutations in his final days in office after a dramatic move to cut short convicted leaker Chelsea Manning’s sentence.

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