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- His priority: Protect rural water
- From Southern Nevada, that is, which plans to import it
- Tuesday, May 13, 2008
- Sen. Dean Rhoads, the second in seniority in the Nevada Legislature, says his priority in the 2009 session will be to protect the water resources of rural Nevada.
- Tougher law tackles repairman runaround
- State commission OK’s more service contract protection
- Wednesday, April 23, 2008
- It could be 118 degrees in Las Vegas when a home air conditioner fails.
- Court rules against 51s spectator hit by foul ball
- Friday, April 18, 2008
- A foul ball will not go down in the books as a financial hit for the Las Vegas 51s thanks to a Nevada Supreme Court ruling that baseball team owners have only a limited duty to protect spectators.
- Guilty plea may be withdrawn in prostitute killing
- Wednesday, April 16, 2008
- Vornelius J. Phillips will get a chance to withdraw his guilty plea in the killing of a prostitute in Las Vegas and the running over of a Nevada Highway Patrol trooper in a high-speed chase.
- Casinos urge court to speed appeal
- Industry: Teachers’ tax petition leaves out facts
- Saturday, April 12, 2008
- The casino industry has asked the Nevada Supreme Court for speedy handling of its appeal to stop a petition by school teachers to raise the state’s gaming tax.
- Prison’s wood-fired power plant a big loser
- After 2-month shutdown, state will farm out operations
- Friday, April 11, 2008
- An $8.3 million biomass plant that was supposed to generate electricity by burning wood at a state prison in Carson City has been a failure so far.
- Oops! Governor has nine guns
- He amends statement that all weapons tested
- Thursday, April 10, 2008
- Gov. Jim Gibbons admitted Wednesday that he misspoke last month when he described to a Sun reporter how he had renewed his concealed weapon permit.
- Prison official: Tougher sex offender laws creating extra costs
- Thursday, April 10, 2008
- A bill sought by Gov. Jim Gibbons to tighten the reins on sex offenders is having “significant unintended consequences,” the director of the state prison system says.
- Not all news bad in state budget mess
- Workers to get raises, break on July health insurance premiums
- Thursday, April 3, 2008
- Gov. Jim Gibbons says 4 percent cost-of-living raises for state employees and schoolteachers due July 1 will not be affected by any cuts to address Nevada’s nearly $900 million budget shortfall.
- Slot company loses case to worker who blew whistle
- In separate suit, court says Sparks casino’s food comps can’t be taxed
- Sunday, March 30, 2008
- The Nevada Supreme Court has given wider protection to whistleblowers who report their employers’ illegal activities.
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