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Nevada officials fighting new report over Yucca impact

Nevada officials dispute the findings of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff’s latest impact report for the planned Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository.

Las Vegas woman in middle of brain death battle

The battle over maintaining life support for a 20-year-old Las Vegas woman continues this week in Reno. It focuses on the question of when is a person considered dead.

House votes for tougher screening of Syrian, Iraqi refugees

he House last week approved legislation to require tighter screening of Syrian and Iraqi refugees seeking to enter the United States out of fear that ISIS might try to exploit the current program, which has allowed 2,174 Syrian refugees to come to the United States since Sept. 11, 2001.

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Nevada fight for legal pot won’t be cheap — POLL

Nevada’s medical marijuana industry has barely gotten off the ground. But already, people on both sides are quietly preparing for a public fight over what would be an even bigger revolution.

Experts urge statewide water metering, conservation to fight drought

A state panel Friday finalized short-term and long-range recommendations for dealing with drought, from requiring meters on all water outlets in Nevada to stepping up drought monitoring and conservation efforts.

Sandoval ranks among most popular US governors

Gov. Brian Sandoval may be suffering some political fallout for the $1.4 billion tax plan he pushed through the 2015 Legislature, but a poll of Nevada voters shows he is one of the most popular governors in the country.

Nevada’s public pension fund finances improve

Nevada’s public pension fund covering about 103,000 active state and local government employees saw its financial health improve in 2015 over the previous year, and now stands at 73.2 percent fully funded.

Sage grouse protection is harmful, Nevada critics tell judge

Critics of public land-use plans designed to protect sage grouse told a federal judge Tuesday the regulations are having a chilling effect on rural Nevada communities.

Laughlin man gets 25-year sentence in killing of father

A Laughlin man convicted of second-degree murder for killing his octogenarian father was sentenced Tuesday to 18 to 45 years in prison.

Reid waits to take stand on Syrian refugee moratorium

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid is taking a wait-and-see attitude to the growing chorus of Republican leaders seeking a moratorium on Syrian refugees allowed into the United States.

Sandoval names lieutenant governor to Nevada homeland security panel

Gov. Brian Sandoval on Tuesday appointed Lt. Gov. Mark Hutchison to the Homeland Security Commission and also re-established the Homeland Security Working Group, a panel of subject matter experts to assist the panel.

Nevada AG Laxalt frozen out of sage grouse lawsuit hearing

Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt, who ruffled the feathers of Gov. Brian Sandoval when he joined a lawsuit challenging sage grouse protections, won’t be allowed to argue Tuesday when a federal judge considers an injunction to block new public lands regulations, the judge ruled.

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