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.
Nevada
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.
U.S. Rep. Dina Titus, who represents a safe Democatic seat in Las Vegas, is joining about 100 fellow Democrats in the U.S. House in calling for an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.
House Democrats are pushing protections for the LGBT community with a bill ordering the State Department to report discrimination and manage special asylum programs.
The House Homeland Security Committee approved a bill by Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., Wednesday to translate airport signs into multiple languages to assist tourists and others who don’t speak English.
Congress voted to condemn President Donald Trump for “racist’ comments Tuesday in wake of war of words between him and four minority women lawmakers.