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City council votes to eliminate energy-efficiency rules from building code

Las Vegas has gotten a small measure of wonkish celebration from city planners and some elected officials ever since then-Mayor Oscar Goodman signed a pledge in 2005 “to promote climate protection...
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The new Attic at 1010 N. Main St. PHOTO: KRISTY TOTTEN

The Attic launches an Indiegogo page to fund a wheelchair lift

The Attic has launched an Indiegogo fundraiser to raise $12,000 to install a wheelchair lift, as required by state law. The store is ready to open but must meet this accessibility requirement at...

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The new Attic at 1010 N. Main St. PHOTO: KRISTY TOTTEN

The Attic to reopen in a new location

The good news is The Attic will be back in business shortly, hopefully by August if all goes as owner Mayra Politis plans. The bad news is, they need to buy a wheelchair lift to comply with...

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Huntridge Revival announces supporter perks

So you’re thinking of contributing to the effort to save the Huntridge Theatre from its slow decline into crumbling irrelevance — what will it get you? Besides the hoped-for result of a revived and...
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Gun-safety advocates protest Sandoval's veto of background checks for gun purchases

They’re not done yet, advocates for “gun safety” said Thursday as they protested Gov. Brian Sandoval’s veto of a law requiring background checks for many gun sales. The veto quashed yet another...
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There's some "East Village" for ya

Open Letter to the "East Village"

DEAR “EAST VILLAGE,”
 
I note with some interest that a group of investors in the downtown area are rewriting place names. Specifically, you, the area of east of downtown along Fremont...

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Attorney General says city energy-efficiency proposal violates state law

A proposal from Las Vegas City Councilman Bob Beers to eliminate energy-efficiency requirements for rehabbed buildings older than four years — a proposal that would affect would-be re-dos in...

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Dave, Ainjil and Sofia

New life: After being told she couldn't conceive, violence survivor Ainjil Reyes delivers a girl

EIGHT. That’s how many gunshot wounds Ainjil Reyes sustained — and survived — in a horrific 2008 machine gun attack carried out by her estranged husband.

Her boyfriend, Jonathan “Caine...

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A tense exchange between Bob Beers and a critic

As we document in the May 30 CityLife, a proposal from Las Vegas City Councilman Bob Beers to eliminate energy-efficiency building codes from refurbished or repurposed downtown buildings constructed...
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Changes in progressive leadership coming

As the Nevada legislative session winds down, several of the key players from the progressive bench are bowing out of future policy fisticuffs. 
Scot Rutledge, executive director of the...

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