The unemployment rate edged up to a still-low 4%, from 3.9%, ending a 27-month streak of unemployment below 4%, the Labor Department said Friday.
Politics and Government
The Henderson City Council on Tuesday approved giving a 3.5 percent bonus to City Manager Richard Derrick.
Henderson and North Las Vegas soon will be able to sponsor and oversee charter schools, after the Nevada Department of Education gave its blessing this week.
A political action committee says Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is ineligible to appear on the November ballot unless he resubmits his petition to comply with Nevada law.
The Henderson City Council approved a ballot question asking residents whether to fund Henderson Fire Department improvements with bonds and a property tax hike.
Las Vegas attorney Christy Craig is targeting incumbent Judge Rob Bare’s seat on the District Court Department 32 bench.
Las Vegas attorney David López-Negrete is running against incumbent Judge David Jones for Clark County District Court Judge in Department 29 this November.
An old murder case in which a man was later found innocent has resurfaced in the race for Department 19 that pits William Kephart against attorney Crystal Eller.
Indian Springs teacher Alexis Salt is challenging incumbent Clark County School District Trustee Lola Brooks for the District E seat.
Two candidates came within 200 votes of each other in the race for the Clark County School District’s District C seat: Tameka Henry and Evelyn Garcia Morales.
Army National Guard veteran Katie Williams is running against Sheet Metal Workers Local 88 business manager Jeff Proffitt are both trying to join the CCSD Board of Trustees.
Lisa Guzman and Liberty Leavitt are running for the District A seat on the Clark County School District board of trustees.