Nevada

Las Vegas faces air pollution, traffic congestion, and scarce water supplies. But the city's mayor, an unlikely New Urbanist, has big plans.

In the gaming capital of the nation, local officials are working to combat the shortage of parks and recreation facilities.

Residents fear that Yucca Mountain, in western Nevada, will become the burial ground for nuclear waste.

The City of Reno is adding over $260 million in public projects to cope with the region's growth.

State officials are trying to build one of the largest wind farms in the nation.

Plans to store nuclear waste above ground poses a health risk to citizens and an environmental risk to the state.

Homeless assistance providers will receive $3.85 Million in grants from HUD.

It takes more than stores and office buildings to revitalize a tired downtown. Las Vegas is implementing a strategy that is also a trend for many cities in the western U.S. -- building housing downtown.

A four-mile monorail system linking Las Vegas' major hotels and convention center to the airport is the "only public transportation project in the history of North America that's being built without any federal money or subsidy."

Approval of two new transportation plans earmarks $21 billon dollars in spending to solving the region's traffic problems.

An 1872 mining law lies at the heart of the dispute over who owns Searchlight, a city about 50 miles from Las Vegas.

The Southern Nevada Regional Transportation Commission unveiled plans that officials hope will cope with the growth boom.

Some experts tracking national sprawl trends have identified the top offender.

The city of Las Vegas is purchasing parcels of downtown real estate to entice redevelopment in the area.

Residents along U.S. 95 are looking for answers from the Nevada Department of Transportation.

Officials are meeting with the public to discuss future designs as the newest section of the beltway opens.

Plans to bring the World's tallest Ferris wheel to the famed strip are being finalized.

Citizens and environmentalists hail the plan, which would restrict road construction in order to prevent development.

EDS has created the first and largest temporary Metropolitan Area Network for the massive COMDEX technology conference in Las Vegas.

A race for water rights 90 miles north of Las Vegas could signal the construction of thousands of new homes.