A three-member panel found no evidence that Michelle Gorelow (D-Las Vegas) committed wrongdoing when she voted to give $250,000 to an organization that hired her as executive director weeks later.
Democrats have accused Lombardo of stacking the ethics commission with allies ahead of his own case regarding him wearing sheriff s regalia during his campaign.
Emails obtained by The Nevada Independent indicate that Lombardo made the new appointments despite a former Republican commissioner expressing interest in serving another term.
Six weeks after he was appointed to a nonvoting role on the Clark County School Board, state and local leaders still don't agree on whether there's a problem with North Las Vegas City Councilman Isaac Barron simultaneously holding the role on the school board, a day job at the district and his council seat.
Gov. Joe Lombardo announced two appointments to the Nevada Commission on Ethics ahead of a hearing on alleged ethics violations committed by the Republican.