Jeff Wells repeatedly tried to get his son a job with the Clark County district attorney’s office when he was being terminated from the public defender’s office.
Arthur Kane
Named Review-Journal Investigations Editor in February 2023, Art has been a reporter, editor, producer and executive producer at top metro newspapers and a top 20-market television station. His work sparked indictments, audits and changes to state law. He has been honored with two duPont-Columbia awards, a Peabody and was a finalist for the Investigative Reporters and Editors honor. Since joining the RJ, his stories led to indictments of convention officials, the Henderson constable and a revamping of the state dental board, including the resignation of half the board and termination of the top two staffers. His stories about police misconduct and Nye County Sheriff deputies' failures to stop an impaired driver won top state awards, including Story of the Year, and Video of the Year. He also won best investigative story at the Nevada Press Association in 2021 and 2022. He was honored as Nevada's outstanding journalist in 2020 and again in 2022.
Art is also the author of "The Last Story: The Murder of an Investigative Journalist in Las Vegas" about the life and murder of his colleague Jeff German. The book was published April 30, 2024, by WildBlue Press.
The higher education institutions refused to provide documents that should be available for public inspection under state law.
Drive past a hospital or urgent care clinic and all looks normal. Take a closer look and you may see indications of the life-and-death dramas unfolding within those walls.
New data raises questions about overbilling and double billing of patients and insurance by UNLV dental school.
A former Henderson constable pleaded guilty to a gross misdemeanor without admitting guilt and promised to repay more than $80,000 to settle a case sparked by a RJ investigation.
Former DMV director Troy Dillard took a job at a company hired to modernize the agency’s computers, but the project failed, costing Nevada drivers millions.
Nevada lawmakers want to reform the way constables pay their deputies after a Review-Journal investigation uncovered Henderson Constable Earl Mitchell allegedly inflating deputy pay and expenses and pocketing the difference.