Loopholes in local government contract regulations and a controversial court program critics say targeted homeless people are just a few of the Review-Journal’s 2025 investigative stories.
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A scandal, a meltdown, a million-dollar benefit. These were among the top stories covered by investigative reporter Mary Hynes this year.
A terminated $10 million housing grant was plagued by mismanagement, according to the former Marble Manor program director for Lutheran Social Services of Nevada.
Since the collision, the Las Vegas Review-Journal has requested recordings of 911 calls, body-worn camera footage, and crash video from the Las Vegas police.
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.
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.
An audit last month found that CEO Rossi Ralenkotter used $17,152 in Southwest Airlines cards for personal travel and Clark County Commissioner Lawrence Weekly, who chairs the board, also used $699 in cards for a trip.
The Nevada Supreme Court has refused to consider overturning a decision that could make it more difficult for MGM Resorts International to fend off lawsuits over the Oct. 1 Mandalay Bay shooting.
Longtime tourism boss Rossi Ralenkotter used $17,152 in airline gift cards given to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority for personal travel for himself and his family, an audit showed Wednesday.
Reporter Anita Hassan won the prestigious award for investigative reporting from Headliners Foundation of Texas.
The opponent of Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson on Thursday called for him to release bank statements that show a nearly $42,000 campaign theft by his close aide.
The Clark County district attorney’s office confirmed Tuesday that a criminal inquiry of Henderson Constable Earl Mitchell was initiated after a Las Vegas Review-Journal investigation uncovered questionable spending by the elected official.
After a stormy year, the long tenure of Steven Myhre as the No. 2 prosecutor in the Nevada U.S. attorney’s office has ended under secrecy.
Clark County may shut down the last two elected Las Vegas-area constable offices after a Las Vegas Review-Journal investigation last month revealed questionable spending by Henderson Constable Earl Mitchell.
Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt wants to know if the county prosecutors are planning to investigate Henderson Constable Earl Mitchell after a Las Vegas Review-Journal investigation revealed questionable use of county funds.
Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority executives, directors and contractors responded to a Review-Journal investigation last year by downplaying questions about agency spending and the independence of its board and planning aggressive damage control, emails show.
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