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.
Henderson City Council will vote on an agreement to keep giving money to HopeLink of Southern Nevada, on Tuesday.
Documents show the health insurance trust that covers Clark County teachers was $43 million in debt as of February — the first indication of the scope of the deficit.
The board is expected to decide Thursday whether to allow small groups of students to return to the classroom after 10 months of distance learning.
Council members voted last week to use $2 million of CARES Act money to expand a City Hall lobby. The vote increases a budget for an existing plaza renovation project.
Despite the difficulties of the switch to online learning, Nevada colleges realize they cannot return to the pre-pandemic status quo when in-person teaching returns.
The move came after the Review-Journal reported that the district was unable to contact about 21 percent of students in the first week of classes after the schools shut down.
Vegas Golden Knights president Kerry Bubolz said the team will play in a 6,000-seat arena that will be located at Paseo Verde and Green Valley parkways.
The Vegas Golden Knights want to embrace sustainability in the team’s future community ice arena in downtown Henderson.