Former NLV City Manager Qiong Liu has agreed to pay nearly $300,000 to settle a lawsuit that alleged a conspiracy to remove her before the City Council fired her in 2018.
Ricardo Torres-Cortez
Local Government Reporter
Email: rtorres@reviewjournal.com
Ricardo Torres-Cortez covers the city of Las Vegas and Clark County. He returned to the Review-Journal, where he’d interned, after a five-year stint at the Las Vegas Sun newspaper. A Mexican-born graduate of UNLV, he’s passionate about soccer, video games, books and coffee.
North Las Vegas agrees to a $3M settlement in a dispute over a sinking firehouse, ending years of litigation tied to costly structural repairs.
The Las Vegas City Council will appoint a “caretaker” of the bench of retiring Municipal Court Judge Susan Roger who is stepping down next month, years before her elected term ends.
Hundreds of attendees honored political activist Charlie Kirk at UNLV Monday, less than a week after he was fatally shot at Utah Valley University during a debate.
Las Vegas, North Las Vegas and Clark County officials are set to vote on a one-year, $11.44 million contract extension with The Animal Foundation.
North Las Vegas kicked off its annual Hispanic Heritage Month festivities with a “parade of nations,” performances from mariachi bands and traditional dancers in front of City Hall.
Clark County is distributing $500,000 to be spread among dozens of small locally-owned businesses that might be going through a rough patch.
The Las Vegas Bomb Squad conducts sweeps and monitors special events and visits from dignitaries, and provides training throughout the valley.
The Clark County Commission approved a resolution declaring a cultural district east of the Las Vegas Strip to celebrate the local Filipino community.
A proposed ordinance would regulate where electric bicycles and scooters can be used and how fast they can travel in the Las Vegas Valley.
A company set to purchase the defunct Badlands golf course presented its vision to the city of Las Vegas to develop 1,480 upscale residential homes on the land.
Clark County introduced a draft of a proposed ordinance that would target people experiencing homelessness who camp in public spaces.
Half of the six Mesquite City Council seats are up for grabs in next month’s elections, including the mayor’s position.
The largest Latino-centered civil rights organization kicked off its annual convention on the Strip.
Six journalists joined the ranks of the Review-Journal’s newsgathering and production operations as part of the media outlet’s long-running summer internship program.