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Ex-Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman rides on the backs of taxpayers

Las Vegas Convention Center security officers left their taxpayer-funded posts to drive former Mayor Oscar Goodman across the valley far more often than officials previously disclosed.

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Transportation agency fills posts left open by scandal

State officials filled two Nevada Transportation Authority positions that were vacated as a result of a scandal involving an officer who had an extensive drunken driving history.

Former Nevada officer Robert Reasoner arrested for drug use

A former state transportation officer with a history of drunken driving arrests was in jail Friday after using drugs, which was prohibited under the terms of his pre-trial release, authorities said.

Nevada transportation officer with multiple arrests resigns

A Nevada Transportation Authority supervisor with a history of drunken driving and a heroin arrest resigned Monday – hours before he was expected to answer Department of Public Safety questions.

State terminates 2 officials at agency where supervisor had three DUI arrests

The head of the state department that oversees the Nevada Transportation Authority fired two top officials Wednesday after a Review-Journal investigation found lapses in background checks for an agency supervisor with multiple DUI arrests.

Supervisors knew of Nevada law officer’s DUI arrests

Authorities notified two state agencies about the drunken driving arrests of an employee who was later allowed to continue working as a law officer with use of a state vehicle.