More than 208,000 Nevadans participated in either early voting or submitted a mail ballot as of Friday morning, according to data from the secretary of state’s office.
Politics and Government
Antisemitism will be officially defined in the Nevada System of Higher Education handbook, the state’s Board of Regents ruled.
A bill co-sponsored by U.S. Rep. Susie Lee would put the weight of the federal government behind efforts to prosecute criminals taking part in organized retail theft.
Until recently, Las Vegas mayoral candidate Irina Hansen had never aspired to run for office.
Decades in the making, residents now have another option to cross the Colorado River between Laughlin and Bullhead City, Arizona.
Michael Lasso, who helped stop an attack on a judge in a Las Vegas courtroom, will be recognized for his efforts by Mayor Carolyn Goodman.
Fernando Martinez Jr. lost 64 pounds over 77 days before he died at the Clark County Detention Center without receiving proper medical treatment, according to a federal lawsuit.
A Las Vegas firefighter/paramedic has been arrested on DUI charges and is accused of trying to run away after a pickup truck ran a red light and hit a car, critically injuring its driver.
The Metropolitan Police Department agreed to settle two lawsuits involving a jail inmate’s death and a woman who alleged assault and battery.
Within a day of the Las Vegas mass shooting in 2017, leaked photos of the gunman’s body had spread to several media outlets. No Metro officer was ever disciplined.
Metropolitan Police Department Detective Robert Sigal, the only detective in the department’s animal cruelty unit, investigates about 100 cases of felony animal abuse across the valley.
“Essential hearings and functions” will happen at the federal building again on Wednesday. The court said that “impacted parties” will be notified about hearings.
Homeless people booked into Clark County and Las Vegas jails represented between 6 percent and 15 percent of the total inmate population last year, officials said Thursday.