The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department participated in a "collaborative reform" process with the Department of Justice in 2012 after experiencing a high number of officer-involved shootings. Here is a statistical portrait of what has changed since.

With a seemingly unending barrage of days with triple-digit heat and air conditioning running nonstop, it isn’t hard to imagine most southern Nevadans looking at their monthly power bill and wishing the cost was a bit lower.

Leaders of local trade unions say the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority isn’t holding up its end of a bargain brokered ahead of the 2016 special legislative session. The alleged promise? A project labor agreement for the convention center expansion.

With the House on recess for the month, the Senate resumed work this week, confirming two judges and teeing up a legislative package that funds the Departments of Defense, Health and Human Services, Labor, and Education.

Ruling in a closely-watched case, Nevada's top water regulator denied the Southern Nevada Water Authority permits for a controversial project to pump groundwater 250 miles from Eastern Nevada to Las Vegas Friday afternoon. But the decision is far from finalized and will likely go before a judge. The Nevada Division of Water Resources, led by State Engineer Jason King, also took the unusual step of appealing its own decision.

At an event marking the Raiders’ search for a possible Northern Nevada training camp site, Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Steve Sisolak took a few questions on his environmental stances and his voting record, which is the subject of a new negative TV ad from Republicans.

The Oakland Raiders, moving to Las Vegas in 2020, toured three potential summer training facilities in Reno on Thursday, but the team’s president did not commit to establishing a presence in Northern Nevada. The stadium has long been a source of tension in Northern Nevada, where lawmakers have argued that the stadium — and the tax dollars — will only benefit Las Vegas.