The House in a party-line vote last week passed an amendment that roiled the debate over immigration. Lawmakers voted 224-201 to stop President Barack Obama’s policy that grants temporary legal status to young people who were brought into the country illegally as children.
Sam wrote in with a question about a fast-developing area out in Henderson: “Can you find out why there is no dedicated right turn lane at the southwest corner of Via Inspirada and Volunteer Boulevard?
WET ‘N’ WILD, THE WATER PARK THAT OPENED LATE LAST MONTH, invited reporters to tour the place before opening weekend. A reporter asked about rumors that the park had reached, or almost reached, the limit for season passes. Nonsense, the marketing people said.
Add mental health to the list of things for which students will be checked. New legislation means that students at two schools each in Clark and Washoe counties will undergo mental health screening next school year.
Jury selection in the trial of James “Whitey” Bulger began last week in Boston, with all the media attention you’d expect from the final legal comeuppance of an aging organized-crime monster suspected of having a bloody hand in 19 murders.
The 27th special session of the Nevada Legislature ended quickly after it began, with lawmakers endorsing a bill allowing the Clark County Commission to increase the sales tax to raise money for more police.
I knew from the start state Sen. Mark Hutchison, R-Las Vegas, was going to be a good lawmaker. You could tell from his campaign: earnest, respectful and policy-driven.
On Thursday, Showtime restores to its rightful glory the world-famous Plaza showroom, once the proud home of “Nudes on Ice,” “Natalie Needs a Nightie” and “Mind with the Dirty Man.”
Boyd Gaming Corp. on Friday lost an attempt to end lawsuits brought by survivors of two employees who died on the job at The Orleans six years ago.
RENO — A man was shot and killed Friday in south Reno by two Washoe County sheriff’s deputies.
CARSON CITY — With vetoes of three more bills, including one that might have led to more Democrats voting, Gov. Brian Sandoval now has vetoed 12 bills approved by the 2013 Legislature.
A 16-year-old boy was transported to the hospital after he was found unresponsive in a backyard pool, according to Las Vegas Police.
The Bureau of Land Management announced Friday that it is extending the public comment period on its proposed revised rule to regulate hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas on public and Indian trust lands to Aug. 23.
A fire in a lounge on East Charleston Boulevard early Saturday caused an estimated $100,000 in damage Saturday morning.
A mourning father videotaped his daughter’s memorial at a Henderson park late Friday night as candlelight pushed back the darkness that was dotted by balloons.
Progress in the Nevada Legislature, whatever the cause, is notoriously incremental. Seismic shifts in policy are the rare exception, not the rule.
Democratic lawmakers want fully subsidized full-day kindergarten in every elementary school in the state, as well as reduced class sizes across the board. The unmentioned but far more urgent issues: Where will school districts put all those kindergartners and all the new teachers required? And where is the money coming from for that space?
For all the focus on education during the 2013 Legislature, for all the platitudes about the importance of transforming and improving our schools, Nevada’s K-12 system is essentially unchanged for the next two school years. Lawmakers could have done much better.
Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight contender Fabricio Werdum exacted revenge for a 2006 loss with a verbal submission victory Saturday night over Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira at UFC on Fuel TV 10 in Fortaleza, Brazil.
■ WINNING/LOSING PITCHER: Rainiers, Erasmo Ramirez (1-1); 51s, Matt Fox (1-2)
Junior right-handed pitcher Michael Wagner, a Centennial High School graduate who attends the University of San Diego, was selected in the 15th round on the final day of the Major League Baseball Draft. He taken by the Chicago Cubs with the second pick of the round, the 438th overall selection.
Party in the Poconos 400, Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Pa.
Until a few weeks ago, Mills Lane wasn’t sure if he could make the long trip from Reno to Canastota, N.Y., where he is being inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. What’s more, the former referee wasn’t sure he wanted to.
An article in Saturday’s Las Vegas Review-Journal incorrectly described a state legislator’s comments about legislation vetoed by Gov. Brian Sandoval. Sen. Kelvin Atkinson, D-North Las Vegas, had said the measure to give the Public Utilities Commission authority over rural electric cooperatives was in response to contracts negotiated by Valley Electric Association with Creech Air Force Base.
Erin Brockovich-Ellis, a consumer and legal advocate who came to fame in 2000 when Julia Roberts played her in a movie about her life, was arrested for boating while intoxicated at Lake Mead Friday, Lake Mead officials confirmed Saturday.
