Las Vegas’ budget has already taken a hit from one of the cases won by developer Yohan Lowie, whose stymied housing plans for a shuttered golf course led to extensive litigation.
Politics and Government
The Review-Journal reached out to all mayoral candidates on how the city should pay for Badlands-related court rulings, and whether they agreed with the city’s yearslong legal battle.
Senior U.S. District Judge Larry Hicks died after he was hit by a vehicle near the district courthouse in downtown Reno, the Reno Police Department said. He was 80.
Five-year projections, which the Bureau of Reclamation releases three times a year, are showing that snowpack may have boosted Lake Mead.
Police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, cast Donald Trump as a threat to democracy and threw their support behind Pres. Joe Biden during an event in Las Vegas Wednesday.
Education officials are probing the use of federal pandemic relief dollars to send staffers to beach destinations after a Review-Journal investigation.
Government employees’ salaries are routinely requested public records, but the Lyon County School District denied access to that information earlier this year.
After a video posted to social media showed a CCSD police officer throwing a student to the ground, the RJ requested a copy of the incident report, as well as any prior complaints that had been made against the involved officer.
The higher education institutions refused to provide documents that should be available for public inspection under state law.
More than 340 children were injured by crashes within a quarter-mile of Clark County school campuses, during hours immediately before and after classes, state data shows. CCSD numbers are much lower. Here’s why.
The Garside Junior High School teacher was ordered to leave campus, said attorney Brian Berman, and her keys and badge were taken.
A Las Vegas junior high school teacher says multiple students told her about uncomfortable searches. The principal emailed parents saying allegations are “unsubstantiated.”
More than $1 billion has been poured into the nonprofit trust for Clark County schoolteachers and families — with little financial accountability in place.
Arbitrators or hearing officers confirmed allegations against many of the nearly 50 Nevada state and local employees for misdeeds since 2015.
Nearly all public employee union contracts contain a clause allowing disputes to be worked out by an independent arbitrator.