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Clark County may have to repay $5M to federal government

Clark County could owe the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development nearly $5 million after an inspector general audit questioned how federal grant money was spent.

Can Clark County and city officials play nice over annexation rules?

This week, commissioners and council members will consider approving an interlocal agreement that would revive expired municipal annexation rules in northwest Las Vegas, where about 4,000 acres of county land exist in unincorporated “islands” located within the city’s outer boundaries.

Sen. Dean Heller urges Obama against last-minute monument designation for Gold Butte

In a letter Thursday, U.S. Sen. Dean Heller called on the president to “abandon any plans to unilaterally designate” new national monuments in the Gold Butte area of northeastern Clark County and in the Owyhee Canyonlands of southeastern Oregon, near the Nevada border.

RTC looks to $1.9M study for Southern Nevada high-capacity transit options

A $1.9 million contract was awarded to a team of transit experts who will develop a “high capacity transit plan” aimed at relieving congestion in Southern Nevada, including a light rail route that could connect McCarran International Airport, the Strip and downtown Las Vegas.

A few Nevada candidates face no opposition

A handful of political candidates, nearly all of them incumbents running for reelection, received the best present any office-seeker could ask for Friday: a free ride to a new term in public office.

Sandoval seeks opinion on his power to slow Syrian refugee flow

Gov. Brian Sandoval on Wednesday asked for a legal opinion from Attorney General Adam Laxalt on the governor’s authority over the relocation and resettlement processes for refugees in Nevada.

Senator says education is priority for Nevada Legislature

State Sen. Justin Jones of Las Vegas said Wednesday that both Democratic and Republican lawmakers plan to make school construction and education funding a top priority when the next legislative session convenes in February.