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By Ken Ritter Associated Press LAS VEGAS — A court hearing resumed Monday on complaints by dozens of businesses that Nevada’s marijuana dispensary licensing process is unfair and unconstitutional. Companies that weren’t approved for new dispensaries want to block the state from issuing the new licenses. Plaintiffs in at least seven lawsuits complain that the […]
Hearing resumes before judge in pot license lawsuits
Travelers making use of free campsites at Pahranagat Lake
He sat in a folding camp chair by the picnic table at one of the campsites at Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge and tossed the ball his dog wanted to play fetch with, over and over. A retired meat cutter with Kroger Markets in Michigan and his wife, names withheld, were camping in their RV for […]
Nevada lawmakers will let voters decide on same-sex marriage
By Michelle L. Price Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Nevada lawmakers have agreed to let voters decide next year whether to amend the state constitution to recognize same-sex marriages, add a voters’ bill of rights and overhaul the state board of pardons. The measures are among a handful of proposed changes to the Nevada Constitution […]
Nevada to get indigent defense, outdoor recreation offices
Associated Press CARSON CITY — Gov. Steve Sisolak has signed laws creating a new state outdoor recreation office, a committee studying how to improve health care and a board overseeing the legal defense of those who cannot afford lawyers. They’re included among 55 bills Sisolak’s office announced he signed Friday. One law authorizes the creation […]
Book offers historic perspective on the press
The premise of conservative commentator Mark Levin’s new book, “Unfreedom of the Press,” is that modern journalism has devolved into an opinionated, group-think pack of politically partisan propagandists who oppose President Trump at every turn and think he is a danger to freedom of the press. While we don’t think that conclusion is totally valid, […]
File suit to uphold two-thirds vote requirement for taxes
So, the governor is confident that the extension of the modified business tax rate will withstand a legal challenge, according to both the Las Vegas newspaper and the online Nevada Independent. “We’ve got legal opinion from LCB (Legislative Counsel Bureau) that, you know, a simple majority is what’s needed,” Gov. Steve Sisolak was quoted as […]
FAA awarding $840M in funds for infrastructure at 10 Nevada airports
Associated Press Officials say 10 airports in Nevada are getting a total of more than $21 million from the Federal Aviation Administration to pay for construction and capacity improvements. U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao announced this week that Reno-Tahoe International Airport will get more than $14.6 million for runway and taxiway reconstruction and […]
Legislature ends amid Democrats’ work on wish list
By Ryan Tarinelli and Michelle L. Price Associated Press CARSON CITY — Nevada Democrats who waited 27 years to control the governor’s mansion and the statehouse used the legislative session that ended Monday to pass a lengthy progressive wish list and revamp education funding. Lawmakers wrapped up at midnight after giving final approval to a […]
Little Swimmers
Candidates cyber chat with rural Nevada voters
By Michelle L. Price Associated Press MINDEN— In California, Elizabeth Warren gazed into a laptop camera, resting her chin on her hand while recounting her working-class childhood for about 200 voters scattered hundreds of miles away across Nevada. In Minden, Nevada, about 40 Democrats watched on a small television as Warren delivered parts of her […]