A property tax in the Las Vegas Valley will continue to pay for Metropolitan Police Department officers for an additional three decades.
Ricardo Torres-Cortez
Local Government Reporter
Email: rtorres@reviewjournal.com
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.
The Clark County Commission voted to extend inflation adjustments to a fuel tax for a decade before voters in 2036 decide if they want to keep them in place.
As early as this week, Clark County and Las Vegas could affirm a property tax extension that funds one-quarter of Metropolitan Police Department officer positions, according to meeting agenda items.
‘It’s a domino effect’: Independent grocery stores took a hit during government-shutdown SNAP delays
Up to 80 percent of Mario’s regulars rely on SNAP, said Berlanga, adding that the store is the busiest during the first half of each month.
Food stamps benefits were fully restored in Nevada Thursday, a day after Congress voted to reopen the government following a 43-day shutdown, the state’s Division of Social Services said Friday.
The Nevada Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the so-called “fake electors” case can be prosecuted in Clark County, reversing a lower court decision that led it to instead be filed in Carson City.
Clark County is proposing a monthly fee per telephone line to help offset costs of 911 infrastructure improvements.
The memorial will include an open-air promenade, an amphitheater, and educational materials that will honor more than 200,000 veterans in the state.
President Donald Trump on Sunday issued preemptive pardons for six defendants accused in Nevada’s so-called “fake electors” case that charged prominent Republican Party officials in the state.
By breaking rank with fellow Democrats, Nevada’s Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen were instrumental in ending a stalemate that brought the federal government closer to reopening after more than 40 days.
Nevada has found itself in a unique position of being the only state with two Democratic senators who have split votes on a funding bill.
A complaint lodged against Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford this week accuses him of politicking on his official office’s social media account, running “afoul” of the state’s ethics rules, according to the filing.
Shoppers looking to buy cats, dogs, rabbits and a variety pigs at pet shops within the city of Las Vegas won’t be able to find them there three years from now — at least legally.
President Donald Trump on Thursday endorsed Gov. Joe Lombardo’s re-election bid, calling him, “SMART, STRONG, AND TOUGH.”
Child sex trafficking, a victim who was shot and an arson at a downtown Las Vegas motel contributed to a sharp increase of crime that led to the property’s closure, according to police.