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- The Henderson City Council, which has had to trim the ranks of employees and dip into its reserves to make ends meet, will decide Tuesday whether to spend as much as $25.4 million on the planned Henderson Space and Science Center.
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- Friday, June 5, 2009
- Gregory Rose, the city manager of North Las Vegas, is breathing only a bit easier in the wake of Tuesday’s municipal election.
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- Thursday, June 4, 2009
- Some win, some lose. Such is life in politics. In a small town the losses can feel all the more personal. People you know reject you. Angelo Carvalho felt the pain Wednesday after absorbing a 14 percentage point beating in the North Las Vegas Ward 3 City Council race.
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- Saturday, May 30, 2009
- Henderson mayoral candidate Steve Kirk featured a former electrician who uses a motorized scooter on a mailer as an example of someone he helped with a small problem -- and someone his opponent, Councilman Andy Hafen, ignored.
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- Friday, May 29, 2009
- For weeks, after being identified as a target of a 1994 FBI investigation — that didn’t pan out — into suspected political corruption, North Las Vegas mayoral candidate William Robinson had been keeping a low profile.
- Henderson hopefuls spill a little about fired manager
- Tuesday, May 26, 2009
- Henderson mayoral candidates Andy Hafen and Steve Kirk had plenty to say in recent interviews about the firing of former City Manager Mary Kay Peck.
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- Friday, May 22, 2009
- In deciding which of the two Henderson mayoral candidates has the best vision for the city’s future, there’s one place Henderson voters need not look: at the candidates themselves.
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