Today begins Sunshine Week, a national initiative to promote the importance of open government and freedom of information, and the Review-Journal is publishing several stories about the importance of government transparency.
Whether it’s having city officials — including elected officials — constantly redirect phone calls and interviews to the communications manager, or denying records requests, Henderson has myriad ways to keep its work out of public view:
Public records, whistleblower protections and open meeting laws will be among the topics discussed at a panel on government transparency held at UNLV on Monday evening.
Even before he became a Clark County district court judge, columnist Jane Ann Morrison says she didn’t think highly of Richard Scotti. That opinion has only solidified, given his recent rulings.
More than 32,000 people submitted comments in opposition to the Air Force’s plan to expand its training range north of Las Vegas at the expense of the Desert National Wildlife Refuge.
The madness continued Saturday across the Las Vegas Valley as teams from the Pac-12, Mountain West and Western Athletic Conference looked to punch their tickets to the Big Dance.
Canyon Springs High School in Las Vegas hosted different Mexican folk dancing groups on Friday night.
A decade ago, Snickers just might have been the world’s most famous cocker spaniel. In his first nine months, he had survived a shipwreck only to be left to fend for himself on an island. Enter then-Summerlin resident Jack Joslin, who gave Snickers his forever home.
UNLV senior Shintaro Ban shot a tournament-low 9-under-par 63 to finish one stroke behind the medalist, leading the Rebels to the Jackrabbit Invitational title Saturday at Boulder Creek Golf Club.
Major highway and road closures are making it tough on drivers headed to downtown Las Vegas this weekend.
Deandre Ayton did it all offensively, but it was his momentum-changing pass to Rawle Alkins that gave Arizona its second straight Pac-12 men’s tournament title Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena.
Piff the Magic Dragon, the costumed comic-magician headliner at Flamingo Las Vegas, shaved the head of John Katsilometes during the St. Baldrick’s Foundation shave-a-thon at New York-New York’s Brooklyn Bridge.
Rancho posted a 5-1 record in the Diamondback Kickoff Tournament and won the event by beating Arbor View 10-4 in the championship game Saturday night.
Senior guard Zach Lofton scored a game-high 23 points in New Mexico State’s 72-58 win over Grand Canyon on Saturday night at Orleans Arena.
Holly Severence homered and drove in three runs Saturday to help the Desert Oasis softball team beat Silverado 14-6 in six innings in the championship game of the Colorado River Invitational in Needles, California.
Bonanza’s Keanu Atienza-Sabagala scored on a passed ball with one out in the bottom of the seventh to give the Bengals a 3-2 win over visiting Silverado on Saturday in the Bengal Varsity Tournament.
Traffic officials should take the bull by the horns to keep as much traffic as possible away from the Spaghetti Bowl.
Suddenly, Democrats are rushing to defend a state that has made crystal clear it has no intention of adhering to federal statutes.
Public records belong to the public. That should be obvious, but too many government officials in Nevada still treat public records like classified intelligence.
Medical insurance companies design policies that delay or deny care in order to maximize company profits with no regard to optimal patient care.
The GOP is going to pick up seats in the 2018 midterm elections. Then Trump is headed for a landslide re-election.
There is no right for such accommodations
The federalization of licensing would lower prices for consumers, create more jobs and bring a net increase in economic liberty.
During Sunshine Week, which begins today, it’s a good time to examine why we insist on openness as the default setting for public records and for government itself.
Defying abortion groups, union bosses and Rep. Nancy Pelosi isn’t a great way for a Democrat to save his political career. It’s the only choice Rep. Ruben Kihuen has left, however, and it just might work.
The desire to change the law does not give you the right to break existing law.
Nevada authorities say a chase has ended in Carson City with the death of a suspect following gunfire and a crash.
Rancho posted a 5-1 record in the Diamondback Kickoff Tournament and won the event by beating Arbor View 10-4 in the championship game Saturday night.
Two historic houses that lie in the path of its revitalization project in downtown Reno, including one that played a key role in the city’s emergence in the 1930s as the “Divorce Capital of the World,” will be relocated, not razed, if a developer has its way.
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