Clark County has stripped Cesar Chavez’s name from an east Las Vegas park following sexual abuse allegations against the labor leader. In its place: a name meant to honor the neighborhood that surrounds it. The Clark County Commission voted unanimously to rename Cesar Chavez Park to Mariachi Park, formalizing a change first proposed in April… Continue reading Cesar Chavez Park Has a New Name After Allegations Against Its Namesake
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A $13.9 Million Bridge Is Coming to East Las Vegas. Here’s What It Actually Connects.
East Las Vegas is getting a new bridge over the Las Vegas Wash. County officials say it’s about more than crossing water — it’s about connecting a part of the valley that’s had to make do without it. A $13.9 million road and bridge project is extending Sloan Lane with a newly paved road and… Continue reading A $13.9 Million Bridge Is Coming to East Las Vegas. Here’s What It Actually Connects.
Trump Ordered the MMR Vaccine Split Into Three Shots. The Shots Don’t Exist Yet.
The president signed an executive order this week rewriting how American children get vaccinated against measles, mumps and rubella — except the standalone shots it calls for aren’t licensed, aren’t manufactured, and according to pediatricians, aren’t backed by any evidence they’d help. President Trump signed an executive order August 10 directing Health and Human Services… Continue reading Trump Ordered the MMR Vaccine Split Into Three Shots. The Shots Don’t Exist Yet.
A Federal Judge Just Blocked Trump’s Mail Ballot Order Nationwide. It’s Her Second Ruling Against It This Year.
Less than three months before the midterms decide control of Congress, a federal judge in Boston has barred the U.S. Postal Service from enforcing any part of the president’s order restricting mail-in ballots — not just in the two dozen states that sued, but everywhere. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani issued a preliminary injunction Tuesday… Continue reading A Federal Judge Just Blocked Trump’s Mail Ballot Order Nationwide. It’s Her Second Ruling Against It This Year.
A Transit Project Cut Maryland Parkway Business Revenue in Half. RTC Says It Gave Warning.
Two years into a $378 million bus rapid transit project, Maryland Parkway business owners say the construction is close to putting them under — and the notice they got wasn’t enough. Business owners along Maryland Parkway say the Regional Transportation Commission’s bus rapid transit construction has cut deeply into revenue as work moves through the… Continue reading A Transit Project Cut Maryland Parkway Business Revenue in Half. RTC Says It Gave Warning.
ICE Is Spending Up to $20 Million on Gloves That Shock People. No One Had to Bid for the Contract.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents may soon carry gloves built to deliver a painful electric jolt on contact — a purchase the agency plans to award without competitive bidding, as scrutiny mounts over how ICE already uses force in the field. The Department of Homeland Security published a notice this week outlining plans to buy… Continue reading ICE Is Spending Up to $20 Million on Gloves That Shock People. No One Had to Bid for the Contract.
Trails for Some
Henderson has 300 miles of trails. Summerlin has more than 200. Sunrise Manor, an unincorporated community of 200,000 people on the east side of Las Vegas, has a wash trail, a broken beltway trail segment, and roads built for cars doing 45 miles per hour.
Las Vegas Built Its Way Into a Bigger Flood Problem. The Data Says So.
Southern Nevada’s flood managers built an entire underground system to keep the valley dry. A Nevada research institute says the way the region grew made flooding worse anyway. Researchers at the Desert Research Institute, along with the Clark County Regional Flood Control District and university partners, examined 70 years of flooding data across the Las… Continue reading Las Vegas Built Its Way Into a Bigger Flood Problem. The Data Says So.
A 100-Acre Golf Course Is Becoming a Neighborhood. The Wildlife Living There Wasn’t Consulted.
Desert Pines Golf Club is closing for good, cleared to make way for a mixed-use neighborhood in east Las Vegas. Residents worry about what happens to everything living there now. The Desert Pines Golf Club, a 100-acre course in east Las Vegas, is closing permanently to make way for a new mixed-use community, according to… Continue reading A 100-Acre Golf Course Is Becoming a Neighborhood. The Wildlife Living There Wasn’t Consulted.
A Downtown Apartment Project Just Cut Down the Trees Shading a Bus Stop
Several palm trees that shaded a high-traffic Arts District corridor are gone, cut down for an apartment complex rising in their place. An arborist says the trees didn’t have to die. Several palm trees along Casino Center Boulevard and Coolidge Avenue in the Las Vegas Arts District were cut down this month, leaving stumps where… Continue reading A Downtown Apartment Project Just Cut Down the Trees Shading a Bus Stop
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