Bump stocks, which allow semi-automatic weapons to fire like machine guns, were used in mass shootings like the one that killed 60 people in Las Vegas.
Politics and Government
The results from approximately 800 ballots — which included mail ballots and ballots that were cured — were included in the results drop.
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.”
Increased snowpack in the Rockies made last year a solid one for Colorado River levels. But scientists predict Lake Mead will go back down.
Nevada is the first state in the nation to give a local water agency the power to limit individual home water use.
Nevada, California and Arizona have reached agreement on a plan to dramatically reduce water use along the Colorado River.
The Nevada Assembly voted 30-12 in favor of a wide-ranging water conservation bill that could lead to caps on residential water use in Las Vegas.
If approved, the legislation would make Nevada the first state to give a local water agency permanent say over how much water residents can use.
A bill would create a new program to use satellite imagery to estimate how much water is lost to evapotranspiration from crops.
“Disastrous conditions have reshaped Lake Mead National Recreation Area’s one and a half million acres of incredible landscapes and slowly depleted the largest reservoir in the United States,” the senators wrote in a letter to the National Park Service.
The Southern Nevada Water Authority is evaluating whether changes need to be made to its lowest intake straw in order to protect water quality as Lake Mead continues to shrink.
Southern Nevada Water Authority would have the authority to impose water use restrictions on the biggest users under a bill heard by the Assembly Natural Resources Committee.
Two competing proposals to achieve federally mandated cuts to Colorado River water use are on the table, but agreement between states has remained elusive.