County commissioners voted 5-2 Tuesday to support raising the sales tax an additional quarter-cent to pay for more police officers.
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Longtime prison inmate advocate Tonya Brown lost again when she tried to induce the state Commission on the state Administration of Justice to back litigation that might prove the innocence of her late brother, Nolan Klein.
In a move aimed at preventing a Jerry Sandusky type sex crime scandal from occurring in Nevada, Assemblyman Pete Livermore said Thursday he will introduce a bill that could bring more reporting of sex crimes against children.
Jobs have been found for all the correctional officers laid off when the 150-year-old Nevada State Prison in Carson City closed in January.
When a high-ranking Arizona lawmaker was detained last weekend by Phoenix police after a roadside fight with his girlfriend, it looked like he was headed to jail. Then the state constitution swooped in and saved him. A Nevada legislator in a similar spot would not be so lucky.