Las Vegas Review-Journal

CARSON CITY — Troubled Assemblyman Steven Brooks has been put on leave with pay and banned from the Legislative Building following the adoption Monday of rules by an Assembly committee reviewing his conduct over the past several weeks.

Nevada Assemblyman Steven Brooks, already facing possible charges for threatening to harm a legislative leader, was arrested for the second time in less than a month early Sunday, this time on charges of domestic battery and obstructing an officer.

Assembly Democratic leaders took the unprecedented step Thursday of forming a select committee which could recommend the ouster of their colleague Steven Brooks for being unfit for office.

CARSON CITY - The Nevada Assembly Democratic Caucus announced late Wednesday that Assemblyman Steven Brooks, D-North Las Vegas, is no longer a member. Democrats control the Assembly with 27 members to 15 Republicans, so the loss of one member is not...