A new internal state audit raps the Department of Corrections for overcharging prisoners on supplies and medical co-pays, high overtime costs during the pandemic, and lax oversight on how it assigns state-owned vehicles to staff.
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The justice had a key role in pushing for the creation of the Court of Appeals, and in bringing a new Supreme Court building to downtown Las Vegas.
Time spent on house arrest could count as time served toward inmates’ sentences under a bill before the Legislature for the second session in a row.
A state spending panel Tuesday approved a settlement with a woman who spent more than three decades in jail before DNA evidence cleared her of a 1976 Reno murder.
A Carson City judge on Monday sided with Republicans, saying certain portions of two bills passed in 2019 were unconstitutional because they increased state revenue without getting two-thirds support from lawmakers.
Nevada will unconditionally pardon anyone with a now-outdated conviction for low-level marijuana possession, a move that could apply to more than 15,000 people dating to the mid-1980s.
Former state Senate Majority Leader Kelvin Atkinson, who pleaded guilty to misusing campaign funds, was granted early release from federal prison for medical reasons and will serve the rest of his sentence on house arrest.
Frank LaPena who spent decades in prison after being convicted of being the mastermind behind the murder of a Caesars Palace executive’s wife, was granted a pardon by the state Pardons Board on Wednesday.
A bill that would withhold from public disclosure parts of internal police reviews of critical incidents such as officer-involved shootings ran into a skeptical Senate committee Tuesday.