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Sandoval, Arizona governor rebuke Brown’s gun law criticism

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval and Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey defended their states’ gun laws after California Gov. Jerry Brown lambasted the two neighboring states’ laws as “wide open”and “a gigantic back door through which any terrorist can walk.”

Washington Digest: Congress approves five-year transportation bill

Congress approved a five-year transportation bill last week, ending a decade of stopgap funding extensions that had frustrated long-term road, bridge and transit planning across the country.

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Summit on Education to focus on implementing new policies

A little more than six months after Gov. Brian Sandoval signed a dizzying list of education reforms into law, policymakers and education leaders will meet Monday to consider what’s next for the Silver State.

Park Service, BLM announce fee-free days for 2016

The National Park Service will celebrate its 100th birthday in 2016 by offering free admission to all parks on 16 select days in the upcoming year, and the Bureau of Land Management is joining the party.

Sandoval says feds will honor mineral rights, maps for sage grouse protection

Gov. Brian Sandoval received assurance Friday from Interior Secretary Sally Jewell that the federal government will honor existing mineral rights and use Nevada’s updated maps when considering land-use restrictions to protect sage grouse.

Obama signs transportation bill, including millions for Nevada

Nevada will receive millions in new transportation dollars and a significant interstate designation was given to a future route linking Las Vegas and Reno under a five-year, $305 billion measure signed into law Friday by President Barack Obama.

Former Boulder City shelter manager accused of needlessly killing animals

Everything was ready for the arrest. A frantic phone call had prompted a Boulder City police detective to investigate whether the city’s head of animal control had, just for fun, been killing animals in the city’s shelter.

Nevada inmate dies at Centennial Hills Hospital

An inmate with the Nevada Department of Corrections died at Centennial Hills Hospital Saturday, according to a release.

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