Politics

North Las Vegas State of the City Set for Thursday

Submitted by Natalie Cullen, Online Editor

Monday, January 13th, 2014, 3:27pm

North Las Vegas Mayor John Lee will give his first State of the City address Thursday.

The speech will start at noon at the Aliante Casino and Hotel, 7300 Aliante Parkway. Tickets can be purchased by calling (702) 633-1005.

The city is still facing financial issues from the Great Recession. Leaders announced last week that previous administrations had used millions of dollars from the city's utilities to cover shortfalls in the general fund.

The Las Vegas City Council just agreed to explore more ways to combine services with North Las Vegas in an effort for both cities to save money.

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Submitted by Adam Candee, 8 News NOW

Tuesday, August 20th, 2013, 12:23pm

The departing manager indicates the new mayor wouldn't let him do his job.

North Las Vegas’ new mayor and former city manager have different stories when it comes to dissecting last week’s big shake-up in City Hall.

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Submitted by Adam Candee, 8 News NOW

Thursday, August 8th, 2013, 2:49pm

The financially troubled city takes another blow.

A state committee on local government temporarily turned aside a request by financially-troubled North Las Vegas for access to an additional $4.3 million for its budget this fiscal year.

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Submitted by Adam Candee, 8 News NOW

Thursday, June 6th, 2013, 12:45pm

The financially troubled city puts off a decision that appears inevitable to some.

The North Las Vegas City Council decided to postpone until June 18 a vote on a resolution declaring a state of financial emergency for a second year in a row to close its budget deficit.

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Submitted by Adam Candee, 8 News NOW

Wednesday, June 5th, 2013, 11:34am

Barron gets 58 percent of the vote to take an easy victory.

Isaac Barron routed fellow high school teacher Jared Hardy at the polls Tuesday, collecting more than half the votes cast in North Las Vegas’ Ward 1 and becoming the municipality’s first Latino City Council member.

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Submitted by Adam Candee, 8 News NOW

Tuesday, June 4th, 2013, 1:12pm

North Las Vegas, Henderson Voters Go to Polls

It will be a light day at the polls in terms of races and likely turnout as well.

After primary municipal elections around the Las Vegas Valley in which most incumbents won re-election, only North Las Vegas and Henderson voters will go to the polls in just two races for Tuesday’s general election.

Read more at the Las Vegas Review-Journal

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