Las Vegas mayor talks Badlands settlement, city's financial position and more during first mayoral press conference

Las Vegas Mayor Shelley Berkley kicked off a series of promised bimonthly press conferences on Thursday, using the opportunity to address the imminent resolution to a decade-long legal battle with a developer that is set to cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars.

Las Vegas expects a settlement soon in litigation over the Badlands golf course, and has already begun to freeze hiring to save money, according to city officials.