Jelindo A. Tiberti

The entrance to the Blue Diamond Hill Gypsum Mine near the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area on Monday, June 7, 2021. (Jeff Scheid/The Nevada Independent).

Dealmaking, lobbying and delays: Inside the political fight over homes at Red Rock

As a lawsuit over a Red Rock housing project makes its way through federal court, the case filings read as a who’s who of Las Vegas politics. They shed light on the transactional nature of the Clark County Commission and how one of the state’s most powerful local governments decides land-use questions.

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