If your cable bill feels a little heavy this month, there’s a reason. But it has nothing to do with Clark County, even though commissioners have been fielding dozens of calls from CenturyLink customers irate over additional charges.
Real estate specialist Jack LeVine has during the past four months seen an intense and growing interest in downtown real estate. It reminds him of the mid-2000s boom, when on the first day a home was listed for sale, 10 potential buyers would offer bids.
The Southern Nevada Water Authority will begin scrutinizing the wages paid to an attorney who works for the agency on bond matters, after a board member expressed astonishment at the way the Water Authority keeps track of its money.
The Clark County Commission directed staff today to consider a Chinese energy company's offer to purchase additional county land for a massive solar energy plant and solar-cell factory near Laughlin.
Gravel mined from the Clark County Shooting Range could save the financially troubled facility from being turned over to private interests or closing altogether.
The Chinese energy company seeking to build a massive solar energy plant and solar-cell factory near Laughlin wants more land for the project. ENN Mojave Energy Corp. wants all 9,000 acres of available Clark County land about 12 miles south of Laughlin, not 5,400 acres as first reported in June.
The rattling of sabers in the battle over a proposed downtown noise ordinance has grown louder with the hiring of a prominent attorney/former state senator by a downtown nightclub owner.
The Southern Nevada Water Authority approved a measure Thursday that some say could undermine years of water conservation efforts. In a 6-1 vote, the Water Authority agreed to allow homeowners and businesses to convert desert landscaping back to turf if a property owner is willing to reimburse the agency for rebates paid to induce the change to so-called xeriscape, effectively reversing a key agency water-saving program.
After three months of negotiations, Clark County is far from agreeing to a contract with its largest employee union. County officials have already filed a labor complaint against the 5,000-strong Service Employees International Union, accusing the union of “dragging its feet.”
A decision by county commissioners Wednesday promises to put a spotlight on the differences in cost between projects bid with “project labor agreements” in force — which are typically more expensive — and those without.
The public-private partners behind a proposed on-campus stadium at UNLV say they are developing a plan to build it without raising taxes. University administrators and Majestic Realty Co. have been working on a formula to allow the project to move forward.
Jaws dropped Tuesday when Clark County commissioners learned that a county conservation program has banked more than $50 million in research funds, with more than $40 million not targeted for anything.
After hours of talk about leases, failing golf courses and the American way, Clark County commissioners voted to let Bill Walters redevelop 140 acres of county-owned land that includes Bali Hai Golf Club.
The science of figuring out how someone died will be the true focus of a “reality” TV show featuring the Clark County coroner’s office. We believe it can showcase some of the unidentifieds we want identified,” the coroner said.
We all meet death one way or another. But do we really want to watch it week after week, then day after day if it goes into syndication? The Clark County Commission this week will consider a proposal that focuses on this issue.
A study of Clark County’s protections for desert tortoises and other wildlife could lead to higher fees for development and an expansion of the area covered by the protections. Although still in its early stages, a proposal to modify the county’s Multi-Species Habitat Conservation Plan could raise the fees from $550 to $1,600 an acre; expand by up to 200,000 acres the area covered by wildlife restrictions; and reduce the number of animals designated for research, from several dozen to fewer than 20.
A Las Vegas city councilman’s push to curtail noise at a downtown music venue threatens to derail development of the Fremont East District, critics say.
When Clark County Commissioner Steve Sisolak took part in a ribbon-cutting ceremony at a massive warehouse near McCarran International Airport a few weeks ago, he thought he was dedicating a new boat-manufacturing company’s facilities.
A flip comment about campaign contributions and lobbyists during the Regional Transportation Commission meeting last week left a few elected officials stunned and slightly miffed.
Hundreds of people showed up at the Clark County Government Center on Wednesday to protest a plan by Jim Rhodes to develop some 3,000 acres off Blue Diamond Road, near the Red Rock National Conservation Area.
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then one more time? Would-be arena developer Chris Milam is now courting Henderson officials in an effort to build a $2 billion stadium complex near the M Resort.
County commissioners are growing increasingly frustrated that some taxpayer-supported agencies aren’t putting a high-enough priority in hiring Nevada-based companies for work in Clark County.
Linq development to include observation wheel, entertainment district next to Flamingo
Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011
Construction will begin this month on a $500 million mid-Strip development that will include a 550-foot observation wheel — developers insist it not be called a Ferris wheel — and a restaurant-entertainment district linking the Imperial Palace and Flamingo resorts.
If it seems a little uglier on the Strip these days, don’t blame plump tourists stuffed into Spandex and Hawaiian shirts, or the fleshy advertisements everywhere you look. Police say they're now dealing with a growing number of tip-seeking costumed characters and unlicensed vendors.
Unless you enjoy deducing the meaning of a zoning-ordinance amendment or watching lobbyists prostrate themselves before elected officials to obtain development waivers, government meetings aren’t all that interesting. But one moment of levity and one of pure frustration made last week’s Clark County Commission meeting worth watching.
About six months after an arbitrator pointed out what he thought was obvious misuse of the sick-leave system, and after Clark County adopted stricter rules, firefighters aren’t calling in sick nearly as much as they used to.
The last visitor any city wants knocking on its door is the state Taxation Department. It means the city can’t balance its budget. It means the state might step in and fix the budget itself. In short, it means the city hasn’t done its job.
Recent news that North Las Vegas’ finances could be taken over by the Taxation Department, along with a story listing some of the decisions that have led to this point, prompted several calls and emails. North Las Vegas residents are angry.
Last week, state officials said they might have to take control of North Las Vegas’ finances. City officials acknowledged that if things continue the way they are, the city won’t be able to make payroll starting in October.
It could be the biggest thing to hit Laughlin since, well, ever. But word that Clark County will enter negotiations with a Chinese energy company planning a $6 billion solar-generating plant hadn’t drawn much attention Tuesday.
Clark County will begin negotiations with a Chinese company that wants to bring a massive solar energy farm and a factory to manufacture solar panels to Laughlin.
Let’s say Nevada’s attorney general agrees with Clark County and tells state lawmakers that they were wrong and must refund the $102.5 million they took from the county over the past two years. What then?
Laughlin might soon find itself at the center of Nevada’s economic recovery, as a Chinese power company is seeking approval to build a solar panel manufacturing plant, industrial park and solar array there.
Some Clark County attorneys whose jobs include working on contracts, drafting code and providing legal advice during public meetings won’t be members of a union any longer.
More than two years have passed since Clark County’s Business License Department set out to save money and make it easier for people to find jobs by reducing work-card requirements for several employment categories.
Amber Blake’s plan for the perfect Father’s Day was scuttled by a most unlikely culprit — the knee-weakening stench wafting from the Sloan Channel into her backyard.
Few would argue that trash pickup, paved streets, law enforcement, mail delivery and schools are not fitting ways to spend tax dollars. But for every Hoover Dam, flood control channel, McCarran International Airport or Las Vegas Beltway, there is a government project that divides public opinion.
An attempt by state lawmakers to prohibit doctors, lawyers and supervisors whose salaries are paid by taxpayers to unionize has laid the groundwork for a fight over exactly who is covered by the law.
There was some head-shaking over the Las Vegas Ward 3 City Council campaign of Adriana Martinez, including among some donors to Martinez’s campaign such as Clark County Commissioner Steve Sisolak.
A test of Nevada’s claim as the libertarian seat of the United States is emblazoned on the Black Hills, just south of Boulder City. In gigantic white letters, painted into the hardscrabble brown of the Mojave Desert, are the words: PRO GUN CLUB/OPEN TO PUBLIC/7 DAYS.
To hear Jason Watkins tell it, a bill to lure movie productions here using tax incentives — and the prospects for further developing a local film industry — went down the drain because of Assemblywoman Marilyn Kirkpatrick, D-North Las Vegas.
Zappos is going to pay the city of Las Vegas less than originally planned when it moves its headquarters from Henderson to the current Las Vegas City Hall building downtown.
Instead of standing outside polling places shaking hands or knocking on doors to get every possible supporter to the polls, Carolyn Goodman spent most of Election Day popping in and out of her campaign headquarters, running errands — to the bank and dry cleaners — and writing thank-you notes to donors.
Fighting against a “brand,” Chris Giunchigliani is taking her years of service into the last day of the campaign today against Carolyn Goodman, wife of Oscar Goodman, for the seat of Las Vegas mayor.
Fred Kessler knows federal voting laws so well he’s been hired 11 times to redraw electoral district lines. He’s done it twice for North Las Vegas; six times for Las Vegas; twice for the Legislature and once for Clark County.
Some Clark County commissioners want to consider a lawsuit to recoup the funds
Thursday, June 2, 2011
With the Nevada Supreme Court declaring unconstitutional the state’s pilfering of $62 million from a local agency, some county commissioners want to discuss suing the state for $180 million taken from county coffers.