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Legislature convenes with pomp, oaths of office

The 2015 Nevada Legislature convened Monday with pomp and song, a festive beginning before buckling down to tackle the tough issues of taxes and other reforms in the months to come.

Hambrick elected state Assembly speaker

Las Vegas Assemblyman John Hambrick was named speaker for the 2015 legislative session on Monday, ending the uncertainty stemming from a leadership struggle between conservative and more moderate members of the GOP caucus.

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New study ranks Nevada crater among world’s largest

About 382 million years before Las Vegas sports books perfected the prop bet, a meteor crashed down on what is now Nevada, leaving behind a bowl-shaped crater nearly large enough to swallow Clark County.

Nevada to pursue immigration lawsuit despite Sandoval-Laxalt rift

Attorney General Adam Laxalt met with Gov. Brian Sandoval to discuss a lawsuit Nevada joined with 25 other states to challenge President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration and decided to continue with the legal action, the attorney general’s office said Friday.

Former Bullhead City officer accused in sex assault won’t be prosecuted

The Clark County district attorney’s office said Thursday it will not prosecute a former Bullhead City, Ariz. police sergeant for an alleged sexual assault in Laughlin last October. The announcement came at a Laughlin Justice Court arraignment hearing for Jesse Hoag, 37.

Nevada households fare poorly in financial study

Nevada households earned poor marks in everything from subprime credit scores to financial assets in a nationwide study released Thursday.

Nevada Supreme Court overturns 2008 pedestrian arrest conviction

A unanimous Nevada Supreme Court on Thursday reversed the conviction of a pedestrian for being an ex-felon in possession of a firearm after determining he was illegally detained during a routine police stop in violation of his Fourth Amendment rights.

Report gives Yucca positive review, stops short of full endorsement

Analysts at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Thursday completed a safety review that gives Yucca Mountain generally positive marks, but stops short of recommending it be granted a license to operate as a nuclear waste site.

Fatal crash shuts down 2-lane stretch US-93 in Arizona

The highway connecting Phoenix to Las Vegas is shut down after a head-on crash that killed two people on Thursday morning, according to the Arizona Department of Public Safety.

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