A total of eight corrections officers have been placed on paid administrative leave while the state investigates the brazen escape of a man convicted in the 2007 Luxor bombing.
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Taylor R. Avery covers county and state government and politics. A proud alum of the Silver State's oldest student newspaper, the Nevada Sagebrush, Taylor previously interned with the Nevada Independent, the Los Angeles Times, the Reno Gazette-Journal, USA TODAY and the Chicago Sun-Times. Born and raised in Elko, she earned degrees in journalism and political science at the University of Nevada, Reno before completing a master's degree in Public Affairs Reporting at the University of Illinois Springfield.
The Nevada DMV offices in Henderson and Las Vegas will be closed Saturday due to a fiber optic cable outage in Northern Nevada.
A judge dismissed a lawsuit challenging the Nye County’s ballot hand-counting procedures Wednesday because documentation referenced in the complaint was not provided.
The GOP rally event is exactly two weeks before the beginning of early voting in Nevada and could mean the difference in tight races for some of the state’s top spots.
Assemblyman Richard McArthur faces off against political newcomer Darby Lee Burns in the race for Assembly District 4.
First term Assemblywoman Shondra Summers-Armstrong will face off against political newcomer Kathryn “Kat” Rios in the race for Assembly District 6.
First-term Assemblyman Cameron Homer “C.H.” Miller will face off against former Virginia police officer Anthony “Tony” Palmer in the race for Assembly District 7.
Assemblywoman Rochelle Nguyen will face off against Republican Sandie “Gisela” Hernandez in race for Assembly District 10.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Nye County in an attempt to block its ballot hand-counting procedures.
The National Federation of Independent Business announced its endorsement of U.S. Senate hopeful Adam Laxalt during a small event in Reno Tuesday.
A testing facility that allegedly intentionally manipulated cannabis testing results will face disciplinary action after state regulators denied the company’s motion to dismiss the action Tuesday.
A District Court judge granted Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo’s motion for sanctions against Reno attorney Joey Gilbert on Wednesday.
Nevada filed a motion to continue a licensing effort for Yucca Mountain in the hopes of finally killing the decades-old plan to bury high-level nuclear waste in the state.
A face off between Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto and Adam Laxalt remains uncertain after a debate in Reno was canceled.
Republicans who oppose abortion vow they would nonetheless protect Nevada’s statute guaranteeing abortion rights if faced with a federal bill to ban the practice nationwide.
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