Washoe County filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Postal Service and Postmaster General Louis DeJoy this week, seeking to block plans to downsize operations and relocate its outgoing mail processing facility from Reno to Sacramento.
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Seven jails are now fully in compliance with a law that requires the facilities create a process for inmates to vote while in jail.
Workers in Nevada will see a bump in the state’s minimum wage this summer.
Imprisoned for a Las Vegas fatal DUI, former NFL player Henry Ruggs is in a prison work program that placed him at the Governor’s Mansion.
Senior U.S. District Judge Larry Hicks died after he was hit by a vehicle near the district courthouse in downtown Reno, the Reno Police Department said. He was 80.
The Southern Nevada Water Authority board voted unanimously Thursday to pull water rights applications associated with a controversial, multibillion-dollar pipeline plan.
The race to represent the Republican side of the ticket for Assembly District 5 in November is being run by Mack Miller, Mitchell Tracy and Retha Randolph.
Cameron “C.H.” Miller and John Stephens III are competing to replace Assemblywoman Dina Neal, who is seeking a state Senate seat this year.
Four Democratic candidates will square off in the June mail-in primary to earn a spot on the general election ballot in November. A Republican is running unopposed.
Voters will choose between a teacher, an arborist, a nonprofit program coordinator and a community relations professional in the June 9 Democratic primary in Assembly District 18.
Gov. Steve Sisolak signed a directive Thursday that protects money received through federal stimulus legislation from garnishment in Nevada.