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.
Melanie Rouse, who most recently worked in the medical examiner’s office in Maricopa County, will replace John Fudenberg, who retired in August.
Las Vegas city lawmakers met on Inauguration Day, providing them an opportunity to share their thoughts on the new administration.
The Clark County Commission is holding an emergency meeting to consider an ordinance that would give teeth to Gov. Steve Sisolak’s shutdown of nonessential businesses through April 16.
Plans are underway for an old-fashioned ice cream parlor and a Parisian-decorated playhouse to replace the former Beauty Bar and Don’t Tell Mama.
Las Vegas becomes the latest valley jurisdiction to ban imitation guns in a state where it is legal to carry the real deal unconcealed.
The event, expected to give residents a chance to hear from experts in the field, is scheduled for 11 a.m. Thursday at the Pearson Community Center.