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.
Politics and Government
Five-year projections, which the Bureau of Reclamation releases three times a year, are showing that snowpack may have boosted Lake Mead.
Police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, cast Donald Trump as a threat to democracy and threw their support behind Pres. Joe Biden during an event in Las Vegas Wednesday.
Henderson and North Las Vegas filed a petition in March challenging a policy change that affected nonvoting school board members’ power during meetings.
Environmentalists have filed an application with the federal government to list the Amargosa toad, found only in the Oasis Valley northwest of Las Vegas, as an endangered species.
Wynn Resorts CEO Matt Maddox, the author of a comprehensive plan to open Las Vegas, met with President Donald Trump Wednesday as a participant in a business roundtable.
Nevada’s stay-at-home order, which was set to expire Friday, will be extended, Gov. Steve Sisolak said in an interview with ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Wednesday.
The rule had denied small casinos access to $350 billion in funds allotted for small businesses shuttered by the coronavirus outbreak.
Nevada and states with small businesses that are ineligible for paycheck protection loans because they receive revenue from gaming pushed again for help.
A rule change that would allow more small gaming businesses to take advantage of the Paycheck Protection Program has not satisfied Nevada lawmakers in both parties, who say those businesses are still being treated unfairly.
As the economic impacts of dealing with the coronavirus spread, Nevada Sens. Jacky Rosen and Catherine Cortez Masto are working to ensure the gaming industry is included in any relief bill.