Quenga said the primary goal of prison industries is to transform offenders into productive citizens who have a skillset. But Neal argues that the current arrangement at NDOC is counterproductive – mainly because offenders often come home penniless and at-risk.

All three Clark County sheriff candidates — Stan Hyt, Kevin McMahill and Tom Roberts — spent most of their law enforcement careers serving on the Las Vegas police force.

The U.S. Department of Justice has sued former gaming executive Steve Wynn for not registering as a foreign agent.

The lawsuits echo claims made by former President Donald Trump, who in the days following the 2020 election erroneously said that his campaign observers were denied access to ballot-counting rooms.

Democratic Assembly Speaker Jason Frierson was confirmed by the U.S Senate Wednesday to serve a four-year term as U.S. attorney for Nevada, ending an elongated nomination period.

Unless you’re one of the nearly dozen lawmakers who also currently work for a government agency, Thursday’s Nevada Supreme Court ruling was excellent news.

Well-funded Democratic incumbent Steve Wolfson is defending his work as two challengers for the powerful Clark County district attorney position allege sentencing inconsistencies, poor leadership and lack of progress toward criminal justice reform on Wolfson's watch.

While the decision relates to standing, it is a signal that the state’s highest court is ready to finally make a clear decision on a contentious separation-of-powers question that has gone unanswered.

Between 2017 and January 2022, 4,000 parole violators and 6,000 probation violators were admitted back into custody with no new conviction - nearly 40 percent of people admitted to the prison agency during those years. 

Longtime circuit court judge Johnnie Rawlinson says she may be ready to step back and take so-called senior status — but only if Nevada’s two U.S. senators back her preferred replacement. 

Now, more than a year later, Assefa will be given the opportunity to counter those claims in court, after pleading not guilty on Thursday to charges stemming from his alleged theft of thousands of dollars from his campaign and repeated lies about his residency on government forms.

Dawn Yohey, a representative from the Department of Health and Human Services, said she expects the funds to be deployed by the end of summer or early fall, following the finalization of a statewide needs assessment next month.

Following the indictment, Assefa is set to be arraigned in Clark County District Court on April 14.

The Nevada Supreme Court said a lower court lacked jurisdictional standing when it ruled in 2020 on case involving gaming regulators and Steve Wynn.

The state’s high court ruled Thursday that Nevada health officials do not have to release diabetes manufacturer records because of a federal trade secret law.

Bettencourt said it's better for Floyd's team to be proactive, even though it's unlikely Nevada will carry out an execution given the expiration of the drug used for lethal injections.

The report was presented to a legislative subcommittee Tuesday as one of several legislative branch audits of executive departments conducted over the last year. 

The findings could answer policymakers’ broader questions, including whether society is safer with high levels of imprisonment and whether rehabilitative strategies are working.

A decision by Senior District Judge Robert Estes on Wednesday will have the likely effect of keeping the new legislative district maps — which favor Democrats — in place for the 2022 election.

CCEA members filed the lawsuit in late December, asking the court to block Cegavske’s proposed actions and asserting that she had “no discretion under law to refuse to permit Petitioners to withdraw their respective initiative petitions.”