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(AP) Nevada lawmakers want to have the pieces in place should voters approve an intermediate appellate court.The state Senate unanimously passed SB463 on Tuesday. It now goes to the Assembly.The bill lays out the process for how appellate judges would be ...
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(AP) A debate over education funding turned bitter on the Nevada Senate floor when Democrats accused Republicans of not wanting to compromise on taxes and the GOP minority leader chastised the majority for failed leadership.An intense 90-minute session began Tuesday when ...
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(AP) A California state senator has canceled a Las Vegas fundraiser after a newspaper reported that the host of the party could benefit from pending legislation.The Sacramento Bee reports ( http://bit.ly/16LqyuD) that Saturday's $3,000-per-person event for Democratic Sen. Ricardo Lara, of ...
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(AP) Donald Trump's Miss USA pageant will feature a Jonas brother and an E! News personalityPageant officials announced Tuesday that Nick Jonas of the Jonas Brothers pop act and Giuliana Rancic, co-anchor of "E! News," will host the pageant on June ...
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(AP) Donald Trump's Miss USA pageant will be hosted by a Jonas brother and an E! News personality.Pageant officials announced Tuesday that Nick Jonas of the Jonas Brothers pop act and Giuliana Rancic, co-anchor of "E! News," will host the June ...
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(AP) A bill creating a state-managed fund to distribute donations and grants to victims of human trafficking has cleared the Nevada Assembly.The lower house voted unanimously Tuesday in support of AB311. The bill now heads to the Senate.Democratic Assemblyman Michael Sprinkle ...
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(AP) A judge has ordered a psychiatric evaluation for a 25-year-old man accused of a string of five homicides in northern Nevada.Judge Robert J. Bennett granted a motion by Jeremiah Bean's public defender in Fernley Justice Court on Tuesday to require ...
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(AP) A bill requiring universal background checks for gun purchases in Nevada has passed a Senate committee.The party-line vote Tuesday in the Senate Finance Committee came after family members of Sandy Hook and the Tucson shooting victims held a news conference ...
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(AP) Utah Gov. Gary Herbert says his state does a better job than federal managers and has a bigger stake than the bureaucrats in protecting the natural resources and rugged beauty that drives Utah's outdoor recreation and tourism industry.Herbert, the chairman ...
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(AP) Two men will remain jailed without bail pending another court appearance in the death of a teenage boy who police say fell beneath the wheels of their vehicle when he refused to give up his iPad.A judge on Tuesday appointed ...
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(AP) A high-tech startup is wading into the gun control debate with a cellphone controller that would allow gun owners to know when their weapon is being moved _ and disable it remotely.There's no actual gun yet, but the technology from ...
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(AP) A Salt Lake City man who briefly escaped from Nevada police by climbing through a patrol car window is behind bars in West Wendover on a series of drug and escape charges.Police started pursuing 24-year-old John A. Ramirez-Juarez Monday morning ...
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(AP) A Las Vegas man has pleaded guilty to fraud charges in connection with the embezzlement of $5.6 million from the prominent builder of residential high-rises in the Vegas area over nearly five years. U.S. Attorney Daniel Bogden says Rocco Lazazzaro ...
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(AP) A 17-year-old Sparks man has been hospitalized with head injuries after a car crashed into a house.Sparks police say a 38-year-old woman was driving on 4th Street in Sparks when her car door flew open. As she attempted to close ...
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(AP) Reno police are looking for two armed robbers who stole cash and game systems from a video game store.Police say the suspects tied up the lone employee at the Game Force store on Plumb Lane after shoving a gun in ...
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