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Judge pauses Nevada law mandating parental notification for minors’ abortions amid appeal

In a Friday afternoon ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Anne Traum granted a request from Planned Parenthood to pause the rollout of the law while it files a motion for a stay pending appeal in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Nevada does not sign document to end DEI in schools over ‘ambiguous’ Trump admin request

The state superintendent said he can’t certify the state’s compliance with anti-DEI policy without knowing exactly what “DEI practices” means, although he said Nevada is in compliance with laws against racial discrimination.

What’s in Lombardo’s education bill? Open enrollment, charter school and literacy funding

It also establishes a new fund for bonuses for high-performing educators and includes efforts to improve student literacy a few years before a requirement kicks in that could lead to huge numbers of third graders being held back if they can’t read.

Here’s what the Nevada Legislature is doing to expand, regulate the use of AI

More than a dozen bills introduced during this year’s legislative session have sought to regulate or expand the use of AI, including to prevent its use in certain mental health settings and use it to give SNAP recipients discounted food.

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services building in Las Vegas

Is every person arrested by ICE undocumented?

Find out in our latest fact brief.

Jennifer Cole, a librarian at the South Valleys Library in Reno, in the children’s section.

Future of Washoe libraries in flux after failure at the ballot, director’s resignation

Funding is still up in the air and the Washoe County Board of Commissioners are hesitant to give libraries extra funding for fiscal year 2026, which starts June 1.

Michele Fiore appears outside the Lloyd D. George U.S. Courthouse in Las Vegas.

Trump pardons Fiore, clearing former Las Vegas councilwoman after fraud conviction

Fiore was set to be sentenced next month on her conviction of six counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Each count would have carried a maximum sentence of 20 years' imprisonment.

Sen. Carrie Buck (R-Henderson), right, and Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro (D-Las Vegas) inside the Legislature.

Will Nevada’s budget be busted? Initial forecast sparks fear of lower revenues

In this edition of Behind the Bar, public financing for Grand Sierra Resort project raises questions, and frustrations over copyright continue.

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Esther Salas, a U.S. district court judge in New Jersey.

‘We have to feel safe’: Women judges advocate for their safety as threats against them rise

Women judges, including those who have experienced violent attacks firsthand, are working to sound the alarm on solutions to better protect judges at all levels of government.

New adaptive gates have been installed at three rugged trailheads along Highway 159.

New Red Rock trail gates aim to show people with limited mobility ‘we are not fenced out’

Friends of Red Rock Canyon recently purchased and installed adaptive equipment-accessible gates at three trailheads so that those with disabilities can use specially designed trail equipment to explore some of the canyon’s more remote areas.

The oil tanker Palanca Rio arrives in Portland, Maine.

Nevada joins a dozen states in suing the Trump administration to stop tariff policy

A dozen states including Nevada have sued the Trump administration in the U.S. Court of International Trade to stop its tariff policy, saying it is unlawful and has brought chaos to the American economy.

Southwest Airlines airplanes at Harry Reid International Airport.

FAA finds safety concerns at Las Vegas airport in review spurred by midair collision in Washington

The Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday that it imposed new restrictions on helicopter flights around Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas that have already cut the number of collision alerts planes were receiving by 30 percent over the last three weeks.

The image of Elaine Wynn lights up the marquees of Encore and Resorts World Las Vegas on April 15, 2025.