Nearly two months after much of the Nevada Board of Dental Examiners resigned or was not reappointed, Gov. Steve Sisolak filled the board with new members he hopes will improve its operations.
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Inconsistencies continue to surface in the state’s review of casino emergency response plans. Officials mistakenly placed the Sahara Las Vegas on the non-compliant list.
A special task force created by the Nevada Division of Emergency Management put together a general guide to help state hotel-casinos prepare for almost anything.
The head of the Nevada dental board, who was terminated but inexplicably remains on the job, threatened to dismiss a complaint against a dentist after the patient talked about it to the Review-Journal.
The Nevada Board of Dental Examiners executive director and general counsel are still working for the agency despite the governor’s office stating they were terminated as of Dec. 5.
Landlord King Futt’s PFM was the subject of a recent R-J investigation into alarming eviction rates and tenants claiming the company rented them neglected homes.
A Las Vegas Justice of the Peace found the state’s case against two defendants in the Nevada Department of Transportation “Tiregate” prosecution so flawed that he dismissed charges.
The recession created a new breed of corporate landlords. Today, they’re evicting Las Vegas Valley residents at alarming rates.
A growing number of cities are requiring landlords to license their rentals and undergo regular code inspections.
The Review-Journal sought to evaluate eviction and code complaint rates among rental companies as of August 2019.
Federal prosecutors have been waiting more than a year for an appeals court to decide whether to resurrect the criminal case against Cliven Bundy and several co-defendants.
Eight years after striking a plea deal to avoid prison time for misusing campaign money, former Assemblyman Morse Arberry still owes the state of Nevada $120,345.
The Nevada Attorney General’s office has repeatedly delayed records requests for months despite a new law passed this year to make records releases more timely.
Justice of the Peace Harmony Letizia said recent defense attacks on the Review-Journal’s reporting in the LVCVA criminal case were not appropriate and irrelevant to the push to make public the full police report.
Anthony Sgro, who is defending Rossi Ralenkotter, accused the newspaper of conducting a vendetta against the former Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority CEO.