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    It was almost a year ago that Jorge Gomez was shot and killed by several police officers in downtown Las Vegas. It was the night of a protest over the George Floyd killing. And just moments earlier, a police officer had been shot more than a mile away on the Strip and was fighting for his life.    Gomez was armed. That was his right, as Nevada has liberal open-carry weapons laws. The protest he was at had, at times, grew violent. Police shot and killed him near the federal courthouse on Las Vegas Boulevard.  Support comes from   Originally, police said he pulled one of the three pi...

Nevada is about to get more than twice what it usually gets in federal housing trust fund grants. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto D-NV., made the announcement last week. It is good news in a state that faces a steep affordable housing deficit, but how far will $6.7 million go as families scramble for an affordable place to live? Depending on who you ask, State of Nevada contributor John L. Smith said, there is a shortage of between 71,000 and 80,000 affordable housing units. “That’s a huge problem. It’s a challenge for families. It’s a challenge for individuals of low income,” he s...

Las Vegas Weekly A casino executive mysteriously disappears. Hikers find a body in the desert. An ignition key sets off a car bomb. Fortunately, these are stories from Las Vegas ’ past, not its present. But mob-related murders—some solved, others enduring mysteries—still loom large.  “There ’s a lot of mythology surrounding organized crime, ” says Geoff Schumacher, vice president of exhibits and programs at the Mob Museum in Downtown Las Vegas.  “One of the reasons for that is it can be hard to know exactly what happened; the mob was not very good at keeping notes . … A l...

Getting to know Jeff Long, the man behind Kansas' Les Miles fiasco.

  But with the Legislature in session, we’re learning more about a plan by Blockchains LLC., to create its own government on thousands of acres of land outside Reno. If it all comes together, residents will be able to use BitCoin currency in local businesses.   “There’s a lot of rumors about it," contributor John L. Smith said, "There’s very little public information.” Support comes from Smith said that right now there aren't a lot of details about exactly how the zones would work, but it is an "innovative" idea.  Smith believes it is keeping with a long tradition in Nevada...