Citing mismanagement, Lutheran Social Services of Nevada employees and board members quit more than a year before the nonprofit paused its food programs for the poor.
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Attorney general’s office said the lawsuits’ costs are minimal, but the Review-Journal doesn’t have the receipts.
Nevada’s attorney general, who is running for governor in 2026, was out of state for about 137 days last year. Gov. Joe Lombardo spent about 30 days out of state.
A review panel found credible evidence of ethics violations by Jimmy Floyd, Clark County’s former head of construction management.
A Nevada Court of Appeals ruling paves the way for some retired first responders to receive disability compensation, potentially costing taxpayers millions.
Clark County fired Jimmy Floyd following its probe of a conflict of interest involving his wife’s firm but declined to say if others were disciplined.
A background check on Shane Tamura had not been been completed before he purchased the AR-style weapon used to fatally shoot four people in Manhattan.
For this story, board President Evelyn Garcia Morales once again did not respond to requests for an interview. The district’s communications office again did not grant an interview.
Eli Segall’s top investigative stories included real estate scams and a tribal nation’s big-money land deals on the Strip that didn’t sit well with everyone back home.
Investigative reporter Briana Erickson’s top five stories of the year included mistakes at the Henderson jail, an officer accused of racism and a county office discriminating against a former police officer.
Investigative reporter Mary Hynes broke stories about a potentially fatal fungal infection and a holiday trip to the beach by school district personnel in 2023.
Thuan Luu added the Review-Journal to an ongoing defamation case he filed against a therapist and his estranged wife.
Henderson has agreed to pay the Review-Journal $20,000 in legal fees after a judge sided with the newspaper in a dispute over video from the city jail.
Some of Detective Kevin LaPeer’s fellow officers accused him of hurling a racial slur and urging the killing of Mexicans and Black Lives Matter protesters.
Teacher shortages prompt the district to spend $159,000 on recruitment trips, but it doesn’t track how many teachers are hired as a result of the travel.
Government employees’ salaries are routinely requested public records, but the Lyon County School District denied access to that information earlier this year.
Frail patients are discharged to unregulated facilities or sent home in the middle of the night in ride-hailing vehicles without a guardian or caregiver first being notified, records show.
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