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RJtv: Angry crowd opposes Blue Diamond Hill plans, plus It’s not a giant Ferris wheel

August 17, 2011 - 6:16 pm

RJtv for Thursday is online now at www.lvrj.com/rjtv featuring video from Wednesday’s meeting of the Clark County Commission, where some 300 people gathered to oppose a plan to build homes near Redrock Canyon. RJtv also has video of a 500-foot-tall Ferris wheel-like project from Caesars Entertainment. These stories and more are just a click away at lvrj.com/rjtv and don’t forget our iPhone-friendly version at www.lvrj.com/rjtvip

The Clark County Detention Center at 330 S. Casino Center Blvd., is pictured, on Thursday, Apri ...

Las Vegas police entering formal agreement with ICE to turn over undocumented inmates

By Ricardo Torres-Cortez / RJ

June 3, 2025 - 7:53 pm

The Metropolitan Police Department is re-entering into an agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to allow officers to conduct immigration duties.

Ramona Esparza-Stoffregan, former principal of Valley High School, addresses the audience after ...

Appointed Clark County School Board trustees to get voting rights in 2027

By Katie Futterman / RJ

June 3, 2025 - 7:21 pm

The appointed trustees on the Clark County School Board will have voting rights starting in 2027, thanks to a sweeping education bill.

Elon Musk attends news conference with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White H ...

‘A disgusting abomination’: Musk rips Trump’s spending bill

By Jonathan J. Cooper and Chris Mergerian Associated Press

June 3, 2025 - 5:16 pm

Elon Musk blasted Donald Trump’s”big, beautiful bill” of tax breaks and spending cuts on Tuesday, testing the limits of his political influence as he targeted the centerpiece of Republicans’ legislative agenda.

Gov. Joe Lombardo talks to the Review-Journal at his Las Vegas office Monday, March 24, 2025. ( ...

7 bills Lombardo vetoed in 2025 Nevada Legislature

By Jessica Hill and McKenna Ross / RJ

June 3, 2025 - 5:22 pm

Here’s seven of the bills Gov. Joe Lombardo has vetoed — so far.

Palestinians carry bags filled with food and humanitarian aid provided by the Gaza Humanitarian ...

Israel challenges Hamas numbers amid new Gaza aid distribution system

By Mohammad Jahjouh, Samy Magdy and Fatma Khaled The Associated Press

June 3, 2025 - 1:43 pm

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said it distributed 21 truckloads of food at the Rafah site on Tuesday, while its other two operational sites were closed.

Secretary of the Senate Brendan Bucy organizes bills during a floor session on the final day of ...

Senate chaos killed 2 Lombardo bills, film studio proposal

By Jessica Hill and McKenna Ross / RJ

June 3, 2025 - 4:12 pm

The Nevada legislative session ended with a hold-up from Senate Republicans. A bill to bring a film studio to Las Vegas died, as did three of the Gov. Joe Lombardo’s five signature bills.

An artist rendering of the Athletics' planned Las Vegas ballpark, shown during a March 6, 2025, ...

A’s tax revenue fund for Strip ballpark approved by Clark County

By Mick Akers / RJ

June 3, 2025 - 10:31 am

Clark County commissioners approved the creation of a custodial fund to handle revenues from a special tax district set up around the Athletics ballpark site on the Strip.

Wayne Kuhl, a McDonald's chef, wraps a snack wrap at McDonald's Headquarter in Chicago, Thursda ...

Here’s why McDonald’s is bringing back beloved Snack Wrap

By Dee-Ann Durbin The Associated Press

June 3, 2025 - 9:17 am

Nine years after McDonald’s discontinued the Snack Wrap in the U.S., customers have continued to order it at drive-thrus.

Scott Vivier was sworn in as the Henderson Fire Department's new fire chief on Tuesday, Oct. 1, ...

Which Henderson city government employees made the most?

By Mary Hynes / RJ

June 3, 2025 - 6:00 am

Fired or now retired officials were among the top paid city of Henderson employees last year, public records show.

‘Reba’s Law,’ which would reform Nevada’s animal cruelty laws, passes Senate

By Jessica Hill / RJ

June 3, 2025 - 6:47 pm

The bill aiming to increase animal cruelty penalties known as “Reba’s Law” passed the Nevada Senate, a major hurdle for the bill that was once thought to be dead.