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.
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.
Judge Richard Scotti, whose 2017 courtroom outburst led to an overturned jury verdict, is fighting a public defender to keep his seat in District Court Department 2.
With vastly different backgrounds, both candidates in the race for District Court Department 18 are touting their decades of courtroom experience.
Attorney Anna Albertson is challenging incumbent Judge Michael Villani for the Department 17 seat in Clark County District Court.