Twenty-one city of Las Vegas employees have accepted a voluntary buyout offer to help offset the cost of settling pending litigation with the would-be developer of the defunct Badlands golf course.
Ricardo Torres-Cortez

Ricardo Torres-Cortez covers the city of Las Vegas and Clark County. He returned to the Review-Journal, where he’d interned, after a five-year stint at the Las Vegas Sun newspaper. A Mexican-born graduate of UNLV, he’s passionate about soccer, video games, books and coffee.
A proposed change to Nevada law would allow local governments to step in to fix water and sewer systems at communities with homeowner’s associations.
A District Court case that challenged the approval of a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints temple being built in northwest Las Vegas was dismissed, the city attorney’s office confirmed.
North Las Vegas is considering paying $350,000 to settle a lawsuit that alleged that a corrections officer beat and injured an inmate at the city’s jail, breaking her arm.
A new law has vastly expanded the ability of federal authorities to detain and deport migrants who end up in police custody in Nevada.
The Las Vegas City Council soon could approve a proposed housing development at the defunct Badlands golf course.
So you want to strap on an old pair of skates and take your inner child — or perhaps actual children in your family — to a place to glide away? The Las Vegas Valley has you covered.
The city of Las Vegas implemented a hiring freeze and offered buyouts to help offset a $286 million settlement with the would-be developer of the Badlands golf course.
Protesters taking part in a nationwide day of protests against President Donald Trump marched along the Las Vegas Strip on Wednesday.
The Las Vegas City Council canceled plans to vote on a settlement with the would-be developer of the defunct Badlands golf course.
A protest in east Las Vegas ended with five arrests and two damaged Metropolitan Police Department vehicles, police said.
Resources for children of migrants in deportation proceedings, education, housing and protection of workers are among the priorities for the Nevada Latino Legislative Caucus.
The Las Vegas City Council could vote to end a yearslong legal battle with the would-be developer of the defunct Badlands golf course.
A camping ban in Clark County that impacts the homeless community who loiter or sleep on public spaces went into effect Saturday.
It can be argued that the king of rock and roll is associated with Las Vegas almost as much as he is with Graceland in Memphis.