The results from approximately 800 ballots — which included mail ballots and ballots that were cured — were included in the results drop.
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District Judge Erika Ballou has faced complaints regarding two social media posts, as well as statements she made during a sentencing hearing.
Clark County released data about votes cast from jail, but its report didn’t differentiate between jail inmates and staff.
Attorney General Aaron Ford said Nevada will be receiving upwards of $6 million in the settlement relating to allegations of “deceptive trade practices.”
Experts say redacting the records violates state law and damages government transparency.
Nevada continues to lag in moving mentally ill offenders ordered by the court into its only maximum-security psychiatric facility, resulting in backlogs at jails in Washoe and Clark counties.
A now amended bill in the Nevada Assembly would lighten the proposed workload for doctors who prescribe certain controlled substances.
Gov. Brian Sandoval’s prescription drug proposal, designed to help prevent highly addictive painkillers from being dispensed to people without a medical need, must pass out of the Senate by Tuesday to stay alive.
Vaping is hazardous and should be treated like smoking cigarettes, the Southern Nevada Health District said Wednesday in backing a proposal to tax electronic cigarettes and their components as if they were tobacco.