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 on Tuesday approved Resolution 48, which adds a ballot question asking residents whether they want to fund Fire Department improvements and maintenance.
Nevada public health officials reported 1,939 new coronavirus cases and six additional deaths on Monday.
The North Las Vegas City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to put an additional $143,800 into an in-person education program.
In a letter to Superintendent Jesus Jara, Mayor John Lee asked to rent schools if the Clark County School District does not reopen them next month.
Clark County reached a somber milestone Monday when three new coronavirus-related deaths pushed the county’s death toll beyond 2,000.
A $9.5 million grant from Clark County will help the city of North Las Vegas upgrade a portion of Craig Ranch Regional Park.
The North Las Vegas City Council on Wednesday heard the introduction of an ordinance that would making feeding pigeons illegal.
The Henderson City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to enact stricter regulations for short-term vacation rentals.
In a letter to city officials on behalf of short-term rental proponents, an attorney threatened to sue Henderson if it adopts stricter regulations of the properties.
North Las Vegas will close its City Hall for two weeks in response to a surge in COVID-19 cases in the state.
The city says bypassing a requirement to have the City Council approve contracts worth more than $100,000 will help officials quickly respond to the pandemic.