Two residents who live near the site of an approved housing and resource facility want to stop construction while officials consider alternate sites, according to a lawsuit.
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 department has re-entered into an agreement with ICE that allows its jail to hold certain undocumented immigrants for an extended period of time to allow agents time to pick them up.
The move will allow the nonprofit and local governments to negotiate new contracts during the next few months.
The “Harlem Nights” proposal for a resort and apartment building in the Historic Westside was shot down by the Las Vegas City Council.
With an annual base salary of about $355,000, the head of the SNRHA is slated to be one of the highest paid local public officials.
Southern Nevada municipalities this week are voting on stopgap measures to continue funding the Animal Foundation shelter in the Las Vegas Valley for up to six months.
The State Bar of Nevada wants to relitigate a disciplinary case against Clark County Commissioner Justin after an independent panel declined to strip his law license earlier this year.
Derek Myers faces one count each of DUI, reckless driving and no proof of insurance, according to a complaint provided by city officials.
Las Vegas officials haven’t been told why the U.S. Department of Homeland Security designated the city as a “sanctuary” for undocumented immigrants.
The scannable chips, offered by the county for $5, hold a pet owner’s contact information and allow for the return of lost pets.
The Trump administration hasn’t offered concrete data about how the numbers break down regionally, and hasn’t confirmed reports of enforcement operations in Las Vegas.
The agreement would let corrections officers serve ICE warrants at the Clark County Detention Center and hold migrants for an extended period, giving federal officials time to pick them up.
A hidden-camera video purports to show an employee of the Nevada Division of Welfare and Supportive Services telling an undercover journalist that, “I bend the rules a lot,” when facilitating emergency medical services for undocumented immigrants.
The city of Las Vegas is one of hundreds of jurisdictions across the U.S. that the Department of Homeland Security labeled as a so-called “sanctuary” for undocumented immigrants.
A proposed law would mandate that the Clark County School District make available public data about its police department’s use of pepper spray, stun guns and batons.