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Senate opposes longer trucks on highway

The Senate last week voiced its opposition to a trucking industry proposal that would allow longer double-trailer rigs on all the nation’s highways, citing issues of safety and state rights.

Nevada Republicans pick McDonald as chairman again

The Nevada Republican Party tapped Michael McDonald as the party’s chairman Saturday, giving him a third term at a central committee meeting in Las Vegas.

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Battle over sage grouse in Nevada heads to federal court

The showdown over sage grouse in Nevada heads to a federal courtroom, where lawyers for the attorney general’s office and rural interests will ask a judge to block federal land-use restrictions intended to protect the bird and its habitat.

1 dead in rollover crash near Jean

A man is dead after a single-vehicle rollover Saturday morning on Interstate 15, south of Las Vegas, according to Nevada Highway Patrol.

Supreme Court asked to reopen case in 1994 Las Vegas slaying

Lawyers for a Las Vegas man serving a life sentence for a 1994 murder he says he didn’t commit urged the Nevada Supreme Court on Friday to reopen the case based on new evidence they say exonerates their client.

Nevada on track to comply with EPA’s new carbon dioxide regs

A state official said Thursday that Nevada is “well positioned” to comply with the new carbon dioxide reduction requirements by 2030 recently mandated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Family of dead High Desert inmate negotiates with Nevada AG

CARSON CITY — Lawyers for the family of a Nevada inmate shot and killed by a corrections officer a year ago at High Desert State Prison are in negotiations with the attorney general’s office to try to reach a settlement, court records show.

Brothel manager: Industry alive and kicking

The manager of the Mustang Ranch brothel in Northern Nevada is calling out the Los Angeles Times over an article last month that suggested the state’s legal sex industry is “outdated,” “distasteful” and on its last legs.

Council vote backs developer’s control of old Boulder City Hospital

The fate of the old Boulder City Hospital now rests solely in the hands of owner and developer Randy Schams, who wants to demolish the historic building and construct homes on the property.

GOP lawmakers call for new approach to wild horse overpopulation

Republicans in Congress want the Bureau of Land Management to answer for an “ineffective” strategy that has failed to halt the explosion of wild horse and burro populations both on the range and in captivity.

Nevada raises pay for techs working with autistic children

The state Health and Human Services Department has announced that it has raised the rate to recruit technicians needed for a new Medicaid-sponsored autism program to $31.31 per hour, up from an initial proposal of $29.61 per hour.

Nevada ranks among worst for integrity in state government

It seemed like a simple rule: Don’t get involved in a political campaign while serving on Nevada’s Ethics Commission. After all, legislators created the commission as the main safeguard against misconduct by candidates and elected officials. To run for office while policing others would seem to be a clear conflict of interest.

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