Fewer than half of Nevada’s top government entities surveyed restrict romantic relationships between supervisors and subordinates.
Investigations
Members of the Las Vegas City Council reported accepting tickets to sporting events and sponsored trips last year in their annual financial disclosure statements.
Claims of increased denials for addiction treatment are unfounded, according to UnitedHealthcare Health Plan of Nevada Medicaid.
Revisions to Medicaid rules are expected to make residential treatment for addiction more available in Nevada.
Las Vegas police punted to the federal government when it came to releasing the manifesto written by Cybertruck bomber Matthew Livelsberger. The denial raises questions about what in the manifesto is a secret.
The owner of the Alpine Motel has put the property up for sale and sold more than half of his Nevada real estate this summer worth more than $5 million, records show.
This month, Nevada officials began analyzing disease investigation data to identify businesses and specific locations where infected residents may have been exposed to the virus.
Rossi Ralenkotter, former CEO of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, had been facing two felony charges, theft and misconduct of a public officer.
While other states have identified COVID clusters, Nevada health officials have yet to name specific spreading events or clusters beyond nursing homes and other state-licensed facilities. This includes casinos.
Even after Postmaster General Louis DeJoy reveresed cost-cutting initiatives this week, Las Vegas postal union leaders say cutbacks are pushing workers to their limits.
The action comes two years after the state Ethics Commission opened an investigation of Rossi Ralenkotter as he was about to retire from the influential agency.
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The coronavirus is estimated to be the third-leading cause of death in the U.S., and its ranking in the state could rise as the year progresses.
The state reports that as of July 25, at least 347 visitors had tested positive for the coronavirus either while in the state or soon after returning home.
The talks with prosecutors could allow the former Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority CEO to plead guilty to lesser charges, according to a source.