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December 24, 2009 - 10:00 pm

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Some of the top politics and government stories the RJ covered in 2025

By Ricardo Torres-Cortez / RJ

December 30, 2025 - 10:17 am

From local government meetings to Washington, D.C., policies, the Las Vegas Review-Journal took a close look to how ordinances, federal law and politics affected the lives of Southern Nevadans in 2025.

Chief Deputy District Attorney Christopher Hamner, left, listens as Ghost Adventures Star Aaron ...

RJ writer Akiya Dillon’s most memorable stories of 2025

By Akiya Dillon / RJ

December 30, 2025 - 7:30 am

Here are five highlights from the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s breaking news reporter Akiya Dillon, who has covered police, crime, and courts.

The Nevada Legislative Building on Wednesday, April 23, 2025 in Carson City. (Liv Paggiarino/La ...

5 Nevada laws that go into effect on Jan. 1

By Ricardo Torres-Cortez / RJ

December 30, 2025 - 6:30 am

In a year that the Nevada Legislature met twice, including a special session in November, legislators passed hundreds of bills. Some of the laws take effect the first day of 2026.

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford speaks at the East Las Vegas Community Center on July 28, 20 ...

Federal court sides with Nevada, states over FEMA grants release

By McKenna Ross / RJ

December 29, 2025 - 6:33 pm

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford announced a court order blocking the Trump administration from imposing unlawful conditions on two federal emergency grants.

Nevada is among a group that will receive a nearly $150 million settlement with German automoti ...

AG: Nevada part of $150M settlement with Mercedes over emissions scandal

By Casey Harrison / RJ

December 29, 2025 - 2:45 pm

Nevada is among a group that will receive a nearly $150 million settlement with German automotive manufacturers accused of skirting emission regulations in vehicles

City of Las Vegas Communications Director David Riggleman reads the names of the victims from t ...

Top Las Vegas official steps down after 26 years

By John Katsilometes / RJ

December 29, 2025 - 1:37 pm

City of Las Vegas Communications Director David Riggleman’s final day is Feb. 2. He took his post on Oct. 4, 1999, in Oscar Goodman’s first term.

President Donald Trump listens as Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during ...

Trump warns Iran against reconstituting nuclear program as he welcomes Israel’s Netanyahu for talks

By Will Weissert, Sam Mednick and Samy Magdy The Associated Press

December 29, 2025 - 12:31 pm

The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas that Donald Trump championed has mostly held, but progress has slowed recently.

Food service workers pull completed trays off assembly lines at CCSD’s Central Kitchen T ...

40M meals per year: Inside the kitchen that feeds CCSD’s students

By Spencer Levering / RJ

December 29, 2025 - 7:30 am

CCSD’s Central Kitchen is the school district’s hub for producing and distributing meals that fed students an average of 238,000 meals per day last year.

Here’s a look at New Year’s Eve road closure information around the Strip

By Mick Akers / RJ

December 29, 2025 - 6:00 am

When the crowd of over 340,000 revelers ring in the new year this week on the Strip, many roads in and around the resort corridor will be shut to traffic.

Surveillance image on Oct. 7, 2025, showing Ashlee Buzzard and Melodee Buzzard at a car rental ...

Courtroom gasps as Ashlee Buzzard pleads not guilty to murder of 9-year-old Melodee

By Gavin J. Quinton, Los Angeles Times

December 28, 2025 - 10:38 am

Ashlee Buzzard, the California mother accused of killing her 9-year-old daughter, Melodee Buzzard, pleaded not guilty Friday morning during a brief but emotional arraignment in Santa Barbara County Superior Court.