While filing to run for mayor of city of Las Vegas is a fairly inexpensive $100, keeping a campaign and candidate afloat has traditionally required more spending, meaning substantial fundraising in most cases.
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.
A pedestrian injured by a hit-and-run motorist earlier this month in North Las Vegas died a week later.
Las Vegas police were investigating a homicide in an east valley neighborhood.
Federal authorities were searching for man they said robbed a mail carrier earlier this month near Summerlin.
“He served the Henderson Police Department with Honor and Distinction and positively impacted all those who worked with him,” police Chief Hollie Chadwick told the Las Vegas Review-Journal in a statement.
The city of Las Vegas approved an “order out corridor” for the downtown tourist district that could ban convicted misdemeanor offenders from the area with a court order.
While the city of Las Vegas doesn’t know how many sidewalk food vendors operate within its jurisdiction, it estimates that only about 25 of them might seek upcoming licensing.
A district court judge ruled that a developer is entitled to the fair-market value of land that the City of Las Vegas took to block a planned development.
The 1-mile procession started at Flamingo Road and headed south toward Tropicana Avenue. Toshiba Plaza outside T-Mobile Arena hosted a rally after the parade.
The Las Vegas City Council is expected to ratify a new employment contract for incoming City Manager Mike Janssen.
The Las Vegas City Council on Wednesday postponed a possible vote on regulations for the upcoming cannabis consumption lounges.
The North Las Vegas City Council appointed a new member, although the council split with the new mayor over who should fill the vacant seat.
Nevada Assemblywoman Rochelle Nguyen could be elevated to the state Senate next week.
Las Vegas Councilwoman Victoria Seaman said she was appalled with what she saw at the Animal Foundation shelter after she showed up for an unannounced visit, which she classified as an inspection, earlier this week.
The six-month application window for prospective short-term renters in unincorporated Clark County is scheduled to open next month.
