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County Commission names chairman, vice chairman

By Lawrence MowerLAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

January 7, 2013 - 2:55 pm

Commissioner Steve Sisolak was voted chairman of the Board of Commissoiners on Monday. Commissioner Larry Brown was made vice chairman.

The board chairman sits in the center and manages the meetings, determining who speaks and for how long. The vice chairman fills in for the chairman when that person is absent.

Commissioners Tom Collins and Lawrence Weekly were the only commissioners who voted against Sisolak and Brown for the two-year positions.

Sisolak replaces Commissioner Susan Brager. Brown replaces Sisolak as vice-chairman.

Also Monday, commissioners Sisolak, Brown, Collins and Weekly were sworn in after easily winning re-election in November.

Sigal Chattah poses for a photo at the Review-Journal studio on Friday Aug. 19, 2022, in Las Ve ...

Acting U.S. attorney ‘is validly serving,’ federal prosecutors say in response to challenge

By Noble Brigham / RJ

September 11, 2025 - 7:22 pm

Public defenders have argued Sigal Chattah’s term expired in July and she has since been doing her job without “force or effect.”

In this photo provided by Duke University, commencement speaker Jerry Seinfeld speaks during th ...

SAUNDERS: On Israel and ‘Free Palestine,’ one great comic and lots of bad actors

By Debra J. Saunders / RJ

September 11, 2025 - 4:16 pm

Jerry Seinfeld is an outlier for saying the KKK is more honest than the pro-Palestinian call. And Hollywood’s complicity pledge doesn’t say “Hamas.”

The view north up the track along Koval Lane and the Flamingo Road bridge along the track of th ...

Las Vegas Grand Prix sued by nearby condo community

By Mick Akers / RJ

September 11, 2025 - 2:14 pm

A Las Vegas condominium complex is suing the Formula One Las Vegas Grand, Clark County and others over the impact of inaugural race in 2023.

Students walk to board a bus amid heavy police presence at the Evergreen Library after a shooti ...

Student suspected of shooting 2 at Colorado school was radicalized, authorities say

By Colleen Slevin and Matthew Brown The Associated Press

September 11, 2025 - 2:37 pm

The suspect in Evergreen, student Desmond Holly, shot himself at the school and later died, said Jefferson County sheriff’s office spokesperson Jacki Kelley.

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Utah governor pleads for public’s help in finding Charlie Kirk’s killer

By Eric Tucker, Alanna Durkin Richer, Jesse Bedayn and Hannah Schoenbaum The Associated Press

September 11, 2025 - 6:03 pm

The shooter who assassinated Charlie Kirk then vanished remained at large Thursday as investigators asked for the public’s help by releasing photos of the person they believe is responsible.

A Zoox vehicle works its way back to Resorts World on Friday, Sept. 05, 2025, in Las Vegas. (L. ...

Zoox Las Vegas robotaxi: What’s it like to ride in a vehicle without a driver?

By Mick Akers / RJ

September 11, 2025 - 1:52 pm

Zoox initial Las Vegas robotaxi launch is underway and if you’ve traveled near the resort corridor recently, odds are you’ve seen at least one traveling in the area.