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Judge lands Nevada Supreme Court seat after no one else files

The Nevada Supreme Court had two open seats in this fall’s election. Now there is only one. Abbi Silver, chief judge of the Court of Appeals, was elected outright when no one filed against her.

Las Vegas women’s rally saw shortage of 20-somethings

I went looking for 20-something women at last Sunday’s Women’s March: Power to the Polls rally, and my search found that the overwhelming number of the estimated 20,000 people attending, to put it delicately, appeared to be “women of a certain age.”

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Nevada Taxicab authority stalled on plan to permit parallel routes

Nevada Taxicab Authority administrator Ronald Grogan is pumping the brakes on a plan to let cab drivers use so-called “parallel routes” along Frank Sinatra Drive, Koval Lane and Interstate 15 whenever Las Vegas Boulevard is congested.

Judges’ ties with Sanson have courts in tight spot

Internet radio show host, self-proclaimed veterans advocate and judicial endorser Steve Sanson is in a legal no man’s land. Local judges don’t want to hear a defamation lawsuit filed against the social media and email bomb thrower.

GOP in Texas bounces former Nevada politician from ballot

Texas voters dodged a bullet. Lynette Boggs-Perez’s efforts to resurrect her political career in Texas went belly-up on a technicality. The Republican Party of Bexar County booted her off the ballot.

Another small segment of Interstate 11 opens Feb. 1

Another small segment of Interstate 11 is scheduled to open Feb. 1, when motorists will be allowed to drive in the northbound lanes between Silverline Road and Foothill Drive, according to the Nevada Department of Transportation.

Feds’ decision on pot laws may create issues for casinos

Nevada’s Gaming Policy Committee sought guidance in November about whether the federal government would enforce federal laws that criminalized pot use, cultivation and distribution. Nevadans got their answer Thursday, but it wasn’t the one many wanted.

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