Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada CEO Tina Quigley will join the Virgin Trains USA team next month after she retires from her long-standing post with the commission.
Mick Akers
Mick joined the Las Vegas Review-Journal in November 2018 and covers sports business and transportation. He previously worked at the Las Vegas Sun covering a variety of beats including transportation, business, gaming, and city and county government. Prior to that, he worked at the Pahrump Valley Times, where he was named the Nevada Press Association’s Outstanding Journalist in the intermediate category for his coverage of the Lamar Odom brothel overdose situation, rural healthcare and more. Mick was born in Texas but grew up in Las Vegas, attending UNLV’s Hank Greenspun School of Journalism and Media Studies where he was a member of the Kappa Tau Alpha National Journalism Society.
Gov. Steve Sislok said the high occupancy vehicle lanes could be up for revision in half the time originally stated, being brought up in 18 months with the State Board of Transportation.