Capital punishment may no longer be a part of Nevada’s criminal justice system.
Politics and Government
While Gov. Brian Sandoval’s new budget appears to favor northern Nevada in priorities for capital construction, a review of spending on major building projects over the past 15 years shows an equitable distribution of funding with the south.
A report detailing priorities for Assembly Republicans outlined the need to bolster Nevada’s higher education gap through expanding access and investments.
A panel of state lawmakers expressed skepticism Friday over the need for a bill to require schools and child care facilities to notify parents if a child enrolls who has not been vaccinated.
Federal immigration agents were rarely seen at the Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas to pick up inmates subject to deportation proceedings before the beginning of the year. Now they’re there almost every day.
After two years without a state-required certification, the constable of North Las Vegas may not have to worry about the obligation much longer.
More than 100 disabled athletes will compete in the sports trials in a variety of sports at Nellis Air Force Base and UNLV over the next nine days.
Analysts at the Homeland Security Department’s intelligence arm found insufficient evidence that citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries included in President Donald Trump’s travel ban pose a terror threat to the United States.
U.S. Rep. Dina Titus on Friday called on Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval to issue an executive order barring state police and corrections officers from making arrests based solely on an individual’s immigration status.
Restrooms in new public buildings would have to include baby changing facilities under a bill introduced Friday in the Nevada Legislature.
Clark County is accepting applications for its recreational marijuana panel.
Several major news outlets found themselves blocked from attending a Friday White House press briefing with Sean Spicer, the Press Secretary.
President Donald Trump assured attendees at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday that he will cleave to the conservative positions that put him in the Oval Office.
Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt told a national gathering of conservatives Friday that protecting private property rights from government is an American principle that is under siege.
Six years ago, the crowd was less than adoring, occasionally laughing at and booing the longtime former Democrat. Today, the intro music is more likely to be “Hail to the Chief” when President Donald Trump takes the stage Friday at the Conservative Political Action Conference. The audience will have changed its tune, too.
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