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GOP files residency complaint in Assembly race

The Clark County Republican Party has filed a complaint with the Nevada secretary of state’s office alleging that Assembly District 34 candidate Meghan Smith, a Democrat, did not comply with state residency requirements and so is ineligible to run for the open seat.

Feds: Vegas doctor posed as dead patient to get drugs

A suspended Las Vegas physician has been charged with fraudulently obtaining controlled substances for his own addiction by posing for more than two years as one of his dead patients.

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Obamacare typo costs Vegas family $1.2 million

Mixups on a health plan bought through the state’s insurance exchange have left a Las Vegas family facing more than $1 million in medical bills.

Federal operation cracks down on prostitution

Las Vegas police identified 16 victims of sex trafficking, eight of them minors, during operations for the “National Day of Johns Arrests” sting.

 
Ex-lawmaker Brooks ordered held on $50,000 bail

Former Democratic Assemblyman Steven Brooks was ordered held on $50,000 bail Thursday on a domestic battery case from last year.

Vegas DAV chapter gives 2 vans to VA

Nevada’s Disabled American Veteran chapter will donate two Ford Flex vans Thursday to the Veterans Affairs Southern Nevada Healthcare System so local veterans will have transportation to area VA facilities

Women accused of trying to smuggle phone to Strip shooter

Three women accused of trying to smuggle a cell phone into High Desert State Prison for accused Strip shooter Ammar Harris appeared in a Las Vegas courtroom Thursday.

Spiegelworld sues the Cosmopolitan

Producer Spiegelworld filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit Wednesday that accuses The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas of “sabotaging” the “Vegas Nocturne” show and shuttering its performances at the Strip resort.