Gov. Joe Lombardo approved spending an additional $25 million on a program to build homes for residents of a sunken North Las Vegas neighborhood.
Lombardo on Thursday signed a bill that allocates more money to develop a new subdivision for residents of Windsor Park, a historically Black neighborhood that has grappled for decades with widespread structural damage.
Nevada lawmakers passed the bill during a special session of the Legislature that ended Wednesday night.
Lombardo had signed a bill in 2023 that allocated $37 million for the project, and construction of the new housing tract , along Carey Avenue just west of Martin Luther King Boulevard, has already started.
The bill, introduced by State Sen. Dina Neal, D-North Las Vegas, allowed Windsor Park homeowners to exchange their hous

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