Five employees at the Southern Nevada Water Authority and sister agency Las Vegas Valley Water District cashed out more than $100,000 in sick and vacation leave pay in 2022.
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Law enforcement heard concerns that state Sen. Dina Neal may have used campaign funds to pay off a $20,000 house lien, the Review-Journal has learned.
Experts say the legislation to close the transfer tax loophole will not result in a significant increase in the payments.
All children who were at the Never Give Up Youth Healing Center have been removed, according to the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services.
The Never Give Up Youth Healing Center— the subject of a recent Las Vegas Review-Journal investigation into allegations of child abuse — refused to give updates to a state oversight commission on Thursday.
Nye Sheriff’s Deputy Joe McGill leads Sharon Wehrly with 63 percent of the votes so far. Wehrly’s two terms have been marred by several controversies revealed by the Review-Journal.
The Nye County district attorney has asked the state to investigate whether sheriff’s deputies should face criminal charges and whether the department withheld key evidence.
Hundreds of thousands of traffic tickets — even those for serious offenses — are reduced to parking violations, a Review-Journal investigation found. And with a siloed court system, bad drivers face little punishment.
Switching traffic tickets to civil infractions will result in far fewer being reduced to parking violations, some officials say.
Nevada courts operate in information silos, making it difficult for police and judges to know a person’s complete driving history. An improved system is planned for 2023.
Details of an internal probe and discipline of Nye County officers who did not arrest an impaired driver in 2021 before a triple-fatal crash were released this week.
In 10 years, Nye County’s David Boruchowitz has been tied to scandals: allegations, multiple lawsuits, and state and federal investigations into sexual misconduct.
FBI and state agents are trying to determine whether there was criminal pay-to-play influence in the awarding of lucrative cannabis dispensary, cultivation and production licenses.
The Nevada DMV will continue its scandal-plagued computer modernization program despite the state Supreme Court striking down a key funding source.
Nevada recorded more than 5,000 excess deaths after COVID-19 struck, according to a 50-state national study.
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An attorney said the billions in punitive damages represent the most money that has been awarded by a jury in Nevada.
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