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No free parking: Las Vegas' most-ticketed lots: March 26, 2013; By Conor Shine; The presence of new meters that accept credit card payment is expected to alleviate parking frustrations in the city’s busy core, especially near areas like the Regional Justice Center, where five of the top six most-ticketed spots in Las Vegas can be found.

Local government phone numbers are just a click – or more – away: March 24, 2013; By Sun Staff; Navigating any website can present struggles for even the most-seasoned Web users, especially if they’re unfamiliar with the site.

Joe Downtown: Web-savvy consultants have work cut out for them with city's site: March 24, 2013; By Joe Schoenmann; By pushing services onto the Internet that used to require a visit to City Hall, Las Vegas – like other cities around the country – is trying to make life easier through technology. But also like other cities, Las Vegas’ website is so hard to figure out, many of the services city residents might want to use – downloading documents or filling out forms online, for example – either don’t exist, are hard to use or nearly impossible to find.

Joe Downtown: As work comes to temporary stop on Container Park, tenants begin to come into focus: March 21, 2013; By Joe Schoenmann; Though work on the downtown Container Park came to a stop this week, the array of businesses that will make it home is coming into focus. The mall-like structure at Seventh and Fremont streets will increase by up to 30 the number of new businesses downtown when completed.

Preferring a barista over a bar, Carolyn Goodman gets out of the mayor's office: March 16, 2013; By Danielle McCrea; Enthusiastic chatter replaces the usual low-key coffee shop soundtrack at the neighborhood Starbucks. The tables are full, people are standing, and everyone’s looking at the same woman, a tall blonde in dark glasses.

Henderson City Council failed to see red flags on stadium project; speculative arenas are practically unheard of: March 15, 2013; By Eli Segall; Building a professional sports arena or stadium without a team committed to play there is practically unheard of. Developer Chris Milam wanted to build four of them — and got the Henderson City Council’s full support. There were plenty of red flags when Milam pitched his proposed Las Vegas National Sports Complex, but city officials either failed to recognize them or ignored them.

Settlement bars developer Milam from doing business in Henderson: March 12, 2013; By Eli Segall; Chris Milam, whose proposed sports complex in Henderson led to the city suing him for fraud, has been banned from working on future developments in Henderson as part of a settlement of the case.

Early voting for municipal election primaries begins this week: March 12, 2013; By Conor Shine; With primaries for municipal elections only a few weeks away, early voting starts this week for city council and mayoral races in North Las Vegas, Henderson and Las Vegas.

Embattled Brooks no longer employed by city of Las Vegas: March 11, 2013; By Conor Shine; Embattled Assemblyman Steve Brooks is no longer employed by the city of Las Vegas. City spokesman Jace Radke, in an email early Monday afternoon, confirmed the news.

Henderson announces another round of employee buyouts: March 5, 2013; By William D'Urso; Henderson’s quest to escape its financial deficit has continued with the announcement that another round of employee buyouts is on the way.

Congregants unable to sway Henderson residents in school expansion debate: March 2, 2013; By William D'Urso; Members of the New Song Church of Seven Hills continued their attempts Saturday to convince residents of nearby homes that the church's proposed school expansion won’t cause more traffic problems or decrease home values.

Joe Downtown: City says plans for Wi-Fi moving forward: Feb. 28, 2013; By Joe Schoenmann; Within the next several months, Las Vegas will unveil free wireless Internet access in a limited downtown area. Jace Radke, city spokesman, said free Wi-Fi would be activated in two phases: The first phase will include an area bound by Charleston Boulevard on the south, U.S. 95 to the north, Interstate 15 to the west and Eighth Street to the east.

Union Village turns to Plan B after St. Rose Dominican pulls back from project: Feb. 28, 2013; By Conor Shine; Long the intended anchor tenant for the Union Village healthcare complex in Henderson, St. Rose Dominican Hospitals announced it’s backing off a role in the multibillion-dollar project after more than a year of negotiations.

Henderson alleges Milam had struck secret deal to develop homes on stadium site: Feb. 28, 2013; By Eli Segall; Developer Chris Milam secretly reached a deal in August to develop part of his sports-stadium project site in Henderson as residential homes, according to newly filed documents in a fraud case against him.

Henderson hopes to widen land-deal suit to include consulting firm with BLM ties: Feb. 26, 2013; By Eli Segall; Henderson city officials want to expand the reach of their lawsuit against developer Chris Milam and those who worked with him on a proposed sports-arena complex.

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