Gov. Steve Sisolak on Wednesday named two Democratic state lawmakers and a former chair of the Nevada Gaming Control Board to a new compliance board to regulate the state’s blooming cannabis industry.
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Colton Lochhead covers pot and politics for the Review-Journal, where he started as an intern covering crime and breaking news in 2012. Raised in Las Vegas, the life-long desert rat graduated from Bonanza High School before earning his journalism degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
The man suspected in a series of homicides in Northern Nevada this month had worked as a landscaper for two of the people he is accused of killing, according to a police report filed Monday in Reno.
The man police say killed four people in Northern Nevada was given a bail of $500,000 at a hearing Thursday, but prosecutors said there is no chance for him to be released due to an immigration hold.
The man who police said killed four people in Gardnerville and Reno this month also pawned several pieces of jewelry belonging to the victims, according to a criminal complaint filed in Carson City on Wednesday.
Days after a man who authorities said is in the U.S. illegally was arrested in connection with four slayings, Nevada’s congressional delegation has not weighed in as the killings add fuel to the debate over immigration and border security.
Hundreds of people marched and rallied in Nevada’s capital Tuesday to kick off a week promoting school choice.
Authorities investigating four recent Nevada killings say murder charges are pending against a man suspected of being in the U.S. illegally.
Minutes after laying out an ambitious agenda in his first State of the State address, Gov. Steve Sisolak spoke with the Review-Journal about his goals for his administration and how he plans to follow through on his promises for Nevada.
The form of plutonium that the federal government wants to ship to a site less than 100 miles from Las Vegas is more dangerous than the material used to trigger nuclear explosions, Nevada officials testified in a lawsuit seeking to block the shipment Thursday.
Gov. Steve Sisolak proposed significant increases in funding for health care and education in Nevada, including a 3 percent pay raise for teachers, and expressed his desire to increase minimum wage in his first State of the State address to lawmakers Wednesday night.
Gov. Steve Sisolak will focus heavily on education, health care and jobs when he delivers his first State of the State address before the Nevada Legislature Wednesday night in Carson City.
Gov. Steve Sisolak has tapped Reno City Councilman David Bobzien to lead the Nevada Department of Energy, the governor’s office announced Tuesday.
Temporary financial relief may be coming for Nevada college students impacted by the federal government shutdown.
Lawmakers are set to get their first real crack at tweaking Nevada’s new marijuana laws when the legislative session kicks off next month.
Gov. Steve Sisolak said Wednesday that he will appoint Sandra Douglass Morgan as chair of the board, which oversees the state’s gaming licensing, audits, investigations and enforcement. She will replace former state Sen. Becky Harris.