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Wage theft “epidemic” in construction. Taxpayers paying the tab.
A new ad from Attorney General Adam Laxalt’s gubernatorial campaign alleges his opponent, Steve Sisolak, awarded a public works job to Las Vegas Paving, a union company, for $100 million, over a non-union contractor who bid $4.6 million less. But construction industry experts contend lower bids generate projects that are too often built on the […]
Rehab exec cops to the truth
If you want a revealing look inside the growth industry of our time — the drug and alcohol rehab sector — take a look at this House subcommittee hearing from Tuesday. Of particular interest is the testimony from American Addiction Center’s CEO Michael Cartwright. The company owns Desert Hope and Solutions in Las Vegas. Last […]
Judge troubled by allegations of dirty cops
A Clark County judge says allegations of police misconduct in a case that sent a convicted pimp to prison for life are “very troubling.” Judge Michael Villani sent Ocean Fleming to prison in 2012 based, in part, on the testimony of witnesses who now contend they were coached and coerced by then-Metro Vice Detectives Chris […]
Solutions Treatment sued over client death
The mother of a 23-year-old young man who died while in a residential drug and alcohol treatment home in Las Vegas is blaming rehab behemoth American Addiction Center’s business model for her son’s death. Kathy Deem is suing Solutions Recovery and Solutions Treatment, owned by AAC, saying the company advertised medical treatment it was […]
Sex sells. Who’s minding the store?
“The idea is there’s a lot of money in a very, very small space. The criminals know it. That’s why they flock to the city. Because of it you see a lot of people coming here and trafficking in women. We also have a slogan here – “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas” – […]
DHS: MGM shooting liability in hands of Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen
Despite parallel federal court battles in Nevada and California seeking to determine whether the Las Vegas Strip shooting massacre qualifies as an act of terror under the SAFETY Act, the Department of Homeland Security tells the Current the designation is up to embattled DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen. The Current looked but could not find any […]
Green Valley Ranch ordered to negotiate with Culinary
Station Casinos is on the losing end of an effort to delay negotiations with the Culinary and Bartenders Unions. The National Labor Relations Board rejected the company’s legal challenge to a union election held in November 2017. The NLRB ruling says 78 percent of Green Valley Ranch Resort’s eligible employees voted in favor of unionization, […]
Attorney calls for law change following failure to prosecute alleged baby sex offender
Sometimes confessing to a crime, even to police, is not enough to make the case. Las Vegas attorney Stephen Stubbs is defending his decision to identify an alleged child molestor on Facebook and a YouTube video post because Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson has so far declined to file charges. Stubbs says he […]
Former squatter put in charge of City of Las Vegas Public Safety
Former North Las Vegas City Manager Tim Hacker is the newly named Chief of Public Safety Services for the City of Las Vegas, where he’ll oversee the departments of Public Safety, Municipal Court and Fire & Rescue. While city manager of North Las Vegas, Hacker came under fire for squatting in a home he claimed he […]
MGM lawsuit labels mass shooting as “terrorism”
Defying every principle of tourism marketing honed over decades by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, transnational gaming giant MGM Resorts International is labeling the mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip as terrorism. As first reported by the Las Vegas Review Journal, MGM is suing more than a thousand concert attendees, some of […]
Nevada Republicans run for cover as Trump plays ball with Putin
UPDATE: Late Monday Dean Heller’s office issued a statement to some Nevada news outlets saying the senator trusted “our intelligence community’s assessment on Russian interference, not Vladimir Putin’s.” Heller’s statement made no mention President Trump. Democrats in Nevada and the U.S. are almost universal in their condemnation of President Donald Trump’s performance at a Helsinki […]
Laxalt campaign’s “Shady Steve” website prompts plea from Sisolak’s former girlfriend
UPDATE July 13: Kathleen Vermillion told the Current that her attorney, Dominic Gentile, sent a similar letter several months ago to Steve Sisolak’s primary opponent, Chris Giunchigliani, as a precautionary measure. Vermillion says Gentile declined to send a preemptive letter to Laxalt and was moved to action by the campaign website attacking Sisolak. Gentile would […]