Seven jails are now fully in compliance with a law that requires the facilities create a process for inmates to vote while in jail.
Politics and Government
Workers in Nevada will see a bump in the state’s minimum wage this summer.
Imprisoned for a fatal Las Vegas fatal DUI, former NFL player Henry Ruggs has been transferred to Northern Nevada, where he’s in a prison work program that placed him at the Governor’s Mansion.
Judge Juan Merchan, who oversaw the case, set sentencing for July 11, just days before the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
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.
A plan to build transitional housing for recently released offenders is getting pushback from the community before it goes to Las Vegas officials for consideration.
Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman cast the lone “no” vote, saying the property needs a park.
The would-be developer of housing planned for the defunct Badlands golf course is ready to settle its longstanding legal dispute with the city of Las Vegas for $64 million, according to documents prepared for Wednesday’s City Council meeting.
The Southern Nevada Water Authority has aggressively pursued the removal of grass in Southern Nevada for decades. It wants to make turf regulations even more restrictive.