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A two-story, 40,000-square-foot STEM university building that will include classrooms and a large lecture hall was unveiled by Spaceport CEO Robert Lauer.
The Nevada Supreme Court ruled in favor Friday of the initiative petition that would require voters to present an ID.
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.
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 turf ban would apply to all new development, except for schools, parks and cemeteries. Existing regulations prohibit grass in front yards and limit it to 50 percent of a backyard’s area.
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.
Three politically experienced Black women have announced bids for North Las Vegas mayor, replacing John Lee, who’s running for governor.
Lake Mead will experience its first federally declared water shortage next year. The declaration will force Nevada to slash its allocation of Colorado River water in 2022.
Public health officials in Nevada reported 26 new coronavirus-related deaths Friday, pushing the state’s pandemic death toll past 6,000.
North Las Vegas Mayor John Lee announced his positive test result in a Facebook post Monday.
The analysis found improvement in the number of high-pollution days in Nevada, one official said. But Clark County said it disagrees with the report’s grading system.
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.
The Henderson City Council on Tuesday approved spending another $1.2 million on a downtown hockey practice arena for the Henderson Silver Knights.
An effort to give Henderson voters a direct say in whether an arena partially funded with public money will replace the Henderson Pavilion took a step forward Thursday.