LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — After a daylong session at the Smith Center for the Performing Arts, the Las Vegas City Council listed public safety, economic development, health care and housing as top priorities for the next five years.
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The choices almost directly mirror those made by a different City Council in February 2020, just before the COVID-19 pandemic struck.
But council members added housing to the list this time in the wake of surging home prices, high interest rates and a lack of affordable housing that's left many locals struggling to find a place to live.
During the session — facilitated by former Clark County manager and universi