Las Vegas newspaper argues Public Records Act applies to county investigation

The Las Vegas Review-Journal filed suit over documents connected to an investigation into the misappropriation of taxpayer dollars

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LAS VEGAS (CN) — The Las Vegas Review-Journal scored a win Wednesday in its battle to get documents Clark County says are confidential.

Clark County District Judge Bita Yeager ordered the county to provide interviews and investigatory summaries related to its probe into potential conflict of interest by Jimmy Floyd, the former manager of the Construction Management Division of the county’s Public Works Department. It has two weeks to give the judge that information, which she will review to determine whether any employee names warrant omission before reaching the newspaper.

A follow-up hearing set for June 3 will focus on county emails linked to the investigation.

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