LAS VEGAS (CN) — The Las Vegas Review-Journal sued Clark County on Thursday over access to what it says are public documents linked to a county investigation into a former employee.
In the suit filed in Clark County District Court, the Review-Journal seeks records the newspaper says it has requested through the Nevada Public Records Act. The documents stem from a county investigation into potential conflict of interest by Jimmy Floyd, the former manager of the Construction Management Division of the county’s Public Works Department.
The paper reported last year that a subcontracting business owned by Floyd’s wife could have gotten at least $1.5 million in county dollars for road construction. Floyd oversaw the bidding process, the Review-Journal says…