Las Vegas City Attorney Rebecca Wolfson has raised more than $340,000 in a race for Municipal Court, out fundraising all other judicial candidates in the upcoming primary elections.
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Speakers at a Board of Regents meeting expressed disappointment in a lack of response from the board and UNLV leadership on a recent commencement speech.
The lawsuit was being brought with 30 state and district attorneys general and seeks to break up the monopoly they say is squeezing out smaller promoters and hurting artists.
With the campaign season in full swing, 10 hopefuls pitched their vision for the city’s future to at the “Meet the Candidates” forum in the west valley.
Clark County will likely challenge a district court judge’s decision in the ongoing litigation with Gypsum Resources to the state Supreme Court.
Jill Shlesinger and other tenants in the plaza say they were well notified of the project plans, but still she said some days are bringing in about half the revenue generated pre-project.
Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman continued her traditional New Year’s Eve week tradition of calling on California officials to help ease traffic on Interstate 15.
Developer J Dapper aims to start construction next year on the long-shuttered Huntridge Theater and figures it could cost upwards of $22 million to redevelop the World War II-era venue.
Nonprofits and businesses within the city of Las Vegas can submit a pre-approval form to help quicken the funding process of American Rescue Plan grants, a city release said.
The city visited more than 2,000 businesses to ensure compliance with public health guidelines.
About 500,000 people stayed at Airbnb rentals in the Las Vegas area last year, the company reports. That’s almost double the amount of visitors in 2016.
Despite recreational marijuana use being legal for more than a year in Nevada, Las Vegas’ roughly 42 million annual visitors don’t have many options for where they can use the pot they buy in local dispensaries. State law bans public consumption, and casinos and hotels don’t allow people to consume cannabis on their properties.
As the city works towards a courtyard setup where homeless people can access a range of services, officials also are testing cameras that will show whether the new facilities are putting a dent in the high number of Las Vegans who live on the streets.
Short-term rentals that become “party houses” in neighborhoods near the Strip have been an issue on Las Vegas City Councilwoman Lois Tarkanian’s to-do list for years.