Author: TheNevadaGlobeStaff

Metro Police Awarded $300,000 State Grant to Bolster Valley Traffic Safety Enforcement and Impairment Crackdowns

LAS VEGAS, NV — The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department has secured significant new state resources to combat dangerous driving across the valley after being awarded a $300,000 traffic safety grant from the Nevada Department of Public Safety’s Office of Traffic Safety. The formal award announcement—released Wednesday morning under public...
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HIDE THE DORITOS: Whitmer Hits Vegas for Ford as GOP Revives Grant-Fraud, Clemency Controversies

LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer landed in Las Vegas Tuesday to campaign alongside Democrat gubernatorial nominee Aaron Ford, giving Republicans an opportunity to unload opposition research on two Democrats carrying their own political baggage into the final two weeks of the midterms. Whitmer joined Ford, Sen. Elizabeth...
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Nevada Regulators Clear Commercial Permits for up to 8,000 Autonomous Taxis Across Clark County Roads

LAS VEGAS, NV — Autonomous mobility took a massive leap forward across Southern Nevada after state transportation regulators authorized commercial permits allowing between 7,000 and 8,000 driverless robotaxis to operate across public streets throughout Clark County over the next 12 months. The regulatory determination—issued by the Nevada Transportation Authority (NTA)—clears...
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