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.
Reps. Susie Lee and Steven Horsford joined 13 other House Democrats in urging President Biden to take executive action on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Candidates in Nevada’s closely watched Senate and House races are raking in the cash, their first quarter financial reports show.
Democratic Rep. Susie Lee had called on Gov. Joe Lombardo to endorse a bill that aims to expedite projects on public lands. Nevada’s Republican governor did just that.
Federal community project funds that Rep. Lee helped secure will go toward an elevator to help low-income individuals with mobility issues access housing.
Sens. Jacky Rosen and Catherine Cortez Masto and Reps. Susie Lee, Dina Titus and Stephen Horsford signed onto a bill to protect access to in vitro fertilization.
Sen. Jacky Rosen and Rep. Susie Lee were named on a CQ Roll Call list of members of Congress who most frequently crossed party lines last year.