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A Las Vegas woman was sentenced Wednesday to 27 months in prison for submitting fraudulent mortgage loan applications in 2004 and 2005. Gail Bilyeu also was ordered her to pay about $1 million in restitution to five federally insured financial institutions.
For the first time in nearly 15 years, the city of Las Vegas on Wednesday enacted rules governing conduct at the Fremont Street Experience that won’t lead to a federal free speech lawsuit. The ordinance requires street performers, panhandlers and the like to stay 20 feet away from doors, ATMs, fire lanes and crosswalks, and 10 feet away from retail kiosks and outdoor cafes.
The Nevada Supreme Court responded succinctly Wednesday to O.J. Simpson’s request for a new hearing in his robbery case, saying: “Rehearing denied. It is so ordered.”
Gov. Brian Sandoval would jeopardize the safety of Nevada citizens with his plan to eliminate 45 parole and probation officers and increase the caseloads of the remaining officers, Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford said Wednesday. Sandoval proposes cutting the Department of Public Safety’s spending for the coming two-year budget period to $79.9 million, a 24.8 percent cut from the $106.3 million approved in 2009.
The College of Southern Nevada would lose $26.7 million if Gov. Brian Sandoval’s budget is adopted, the community college’s president, Michael Richards, said Wednesday. He said the cuts amounted to 29 percent of its state support.
Gregory Jaczko, chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, said Wednesday the agency is continuing to close out its activities on the Yucca Mountain repository, eventually including halting the work of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, a semi-autonomous arm of the agency.