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LVCVA focused on damage control after RJ investigation, emails show
 

Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority executives, directors and contractors responded to a Review-Journal investigation last year by downplaying questions about agency spending and the independence of its board and planning aggressive damage control, emails show.

BLM asks for input on giving land for park to Las Vegas

The Bureau of Land Management Las Vegas Field Office is holding a public comment period on a proposal to lease roughly three acres of public land to the city of Las Vegas for a park.

Downtown Las Vegas to get new $76M expo center

The city of Las Vegas and International Market Centers are poised to ink a deal to bring a multimillion-dollar expo center to downtown Las Vegas.

Badlands developer has string of lawsuits against Las Vegas

The company seeking to develop the Badlands golf course is suing Las Vegas in District Court, alleging the city delayed a decision on the plans to first adopt an ordinance that will “severely delay and ultimately prevent development of the property.”

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Las Vegas City Council candidates share their vision for Ward 5

Eight of the candidates vying to serve out the remainder of Ricki Barlow’s term on the Las Vegas City Council weighed in on how they would do so in light of their predecessor’s misdeeds.

 
Fremont Street Experience to move forward with $33M upgrade

The Las Vegas City Council authorized Wednesday nearly $44 million in bonds to finance several large-scale projects, including a Fremont Street Experience overhaul and a homeless courtyard plan.

Las Vegas residents can now keep chickens in their yards

Las Vegans in the city’s more densely populated residential areas can now keep up to 10 chickens in the yard of their single-family home, if neighbors give their blessing to the backyard brood.

Las Vegas council vote may take Badlands fight to Supreme Court

The Las Vegas City Council may vote Wednesday to appeal a Clark County District Court judge’s ruling invalidating the council’s approval last year of a condominium development on the Badlands golf course in west Las Vegas.

Las Vegas City Council candidates talk about homelessness

When the new Las Vegas Ward 5 City Council member is seated next month it will be a couple weeks away from the launch of a 24/7 courtyard aimed at connecting the homeless population with a range of services.

Transparency is lacking in Nevada government

Today begins Sunshine Week, a national initiative to promote the importance of open government and freedom of information, and the Review-Journal is publishing several stories about the importance of government transparency.

VA Secretary Shulkin visits Las Vegas center for brain health

Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin visited the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health on Friday to learn more about how the center’s research could one day help veterans living with chronic brain diseases.