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- Finding replacement for Judge Teuton likely to take months
- Friday, Nov. 20, 2009
- CARSON CITY – It will be several months before a replacement is named for Clark County Family Court Judge Robert Teuton, who was ordered out of the job by the Nevada Supreme Court this month.
- Judge in Station Casinos case refuses creditors' request
- Friday, Nov. 20, 2009
- RENO – A federal bankruptcy judge has refused, for the time being, a request by the unsecured creditors of Station Casinos to hire another firm to aid in seeing whether there was any fraud or unsavory dealings in the handling of its finances.
- At 13 percent, jobless rate falls for first time this year
- Friday, Nov. 20, 2009
- CARSON CITY – For the first time in more than a year, the jobless rate fell in Clark County but a state official says the economic problems of Nevada are far from over.
- Board denies leniency for woman in 'trick roll' strangling
- Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009
- CARSON CITY – The state Pardons Board has denied the request for clemency from a female inmate who at age 15 strangled a man in a Las Vegas hotel room while posing as a prostitute in a trick roll caper.
- Court suspends lawyer accused of improper handling of $319,000
- Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009
- CARSON CITY – A Las Vegas lawyer accused of misappropriating $319,000 from one of his clients has been suspended by the Nevada Supreme Court. The court said documents show Ronald Serota “poses a substantial threat of serious harm to the public."
- 12,000 Nevadans qualify for extension of jobless benefits
- Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009
- CARSON CITY – Some 12,000 unemployed Nevada workers who had exhausted their weekly jobless benefits will qualify for another 20 weeks of payments under legislation signed by President Obama earlier this month.
- Report: Nevada's tax system hits poor the hardest
- Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009
- CARSON CITY – Nevada’s tax system hits hardest at low and middle-income wage earners and gives the rich a break, according to a new tax study. Nevada’s tax system is the nation’s eighth most regressive, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy said in the study released today.
- Board denies pardon request of man accused in father's death
- Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009
- CARSON CITY – The state Pardons Board has denied the request of Conan Pope to be pardoned of the crime of killing his father.
- Court denies appeal for Nevada death row inmate
- Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009
- CARSON CITY – The Nevada Supreme Court denied the latest appeal of death row inmate William B. Leonard, convicted of killing a fellow inmate at the Nevada State Prison in October 1987.
- Counsel: Medical board wrong on role of assistants
- Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009
- The Legislature’s chief attorney says allowing medical assistants to administer dangerous drugs under a doctor’s supervision — a practice the medical board recently endorsed and which could be set forth in a proposed regulation — violates state law.
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- Rockin' Reverend makes it into Carson City finals
- Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008
- Prison director withdraws pay cut plan
- Wednesday, July 16, 2008
- CARSON CITY — The 450 correctional officers on the swing shift at state prisons won’t be losing the additional money their paid to work at night — at least not immediately.
- Snake Valley water hearings won't happen until late next year
- Tuesday, July 15, 2008
- Opponents of Southern Nevada Water Authority’s plans to pump water from Snake Valley in Eastern Nevada to fast-growing Las Vegas will have more than a year to build a case against the pipeline.
- Justices grill attorney for Legislature: Why wait to challenge term limits?
- Monday, July 14, 2008
- Bill Swackhamer, former Assembly speaker and secretary of state, dies
- Friday, July 11, 2008
- UPDATE: Gaming win plummets in May figures
- Thursday, July 10, 2008
- State grants more water for Las Vegas
- Wednesday, July 9, 2008
- CARSON CITY – State Engineer Tracy Taylor is granting the Southern Nevada Water Authority additional permission to draw 6.1 billion gallons of water from eastern Nevada a year for use in the growing Las Vegas area.
- Federal court agrees Nevada man made mistake trying to fool tax man
- Monday, July 7, 2008
- Supreme Court: Halverson, three other judges must run for reelection
- Thursday, July 3, 2008
- Nader to qualify for Nevada presidential ballot
- Thursday, July 3, 2008
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