Lutheran Social Services of Nevada filed for bankruptcy after a prospective buyer for the nonprofit’s building walked away from the deal, the organization’s board stated.
Investigations
New federal data estimates that about 6,700 households in the Las Vegas metro area don’t have working air conditioners. According to the coroner, that has led to death.
Experts say there’s no silver bullet to prevent heat deaths in Southern Nevada. But academic research and lived experience provide clues as to what’s happening on the ground.
With a changing climate and improved death accounting, extreme heat has become a common flash point in expensive, time-consuming wrongful death lawsuits.
Nevada has no state law requiring air conditioning, but the law does require landlords to fix existing AC units.
The rejected agreement with ex-public works official Jimmy Floyd included a willful violation and fine.
The shocking case involving eighth graders at The Alexander Dawson School challenges notions of private schools as safe havens and raises questions about what constitutes justice.
Businessman Girard Brown “Jerry” Henderson created the foundation that funded the Summerlin private school.
Nevada is one of a few states lacking a “dram shop” law that allows people to sue a business for overserving a patron that causes a DUI crash.
Businesses, which face no liability for overserving patrons who cause DUI crashes, rely on alcohol awareness training as a preventive measure.
For nearly a year, Clark County has refused to release important documents regarding a public works official and the award of lucrative contracts to his wife.
Clark County may try to acquire the headquarters of Lutheran Social Services of Nevada, which has suspended its operations.
CCSD on Thursday abruptly put the brakes on a plan to equip its school buses with cameras to help catch motorists who unlawfully blow by the vehicles as they load or unload students.
The Clark County School District estimates that its program to automate traffic citations would generate $40 million in annual revenue.
Two former board members and an ex-CFO of Lutheran Social Services of Nevada want the community that founded the nonprofit to regain a say over it.