Four years after the former department head murdered a journalist, an audit shows thousands of open cases, undisposed cremains and $623,000 in unremitted service fees.
The Trump administration called it "a robust and efficient tool to verify citizenship or immigration status." But in Missouri, it mistakenly identified hundreds of American voters as noncitizens, and in Texas, there were at least 87 errors.
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The Reno City Council on Wednesday voted 5-2 to approve an eight-year, $21.8 million agreement with Axon Enterprise that includes license plate readers to replace the city's Flock cameras.
A proposed power plant that could serve data centers in Fernley is causing upheaval in the city's planning commission, resulting in legal demands, ethics inquiries and multiple resignations.
The Reno mayoral race saw apparent record-breaking quarterly fundraising hauls while candidates seen as the favorites to win contests in Washoe County and Sparks had significant fundraising advantages.
The forecasts are likely to be welcome news for the Legislature and governor, though economists noted some reasons for revenue growth are inflation and higher insurance premiums.
Questions over data centers aren't yet causing major fissures in Nevada's labor community, but there are disagreements. Some unions want more data center projects. Others want a moratorium.
Under a seemingly simple rule the Postal Service finalized last year, mail is now postmarked when it reaches a processing facility. That means a ballot dropped in a blue box on Election Day evening may not be postmarked until the next day, making it ineligible.
City staff will present more information on a new contract at the council's next meeting. The city wants the next company to ensure data remains under city control and that there are clear privacy guardrails and automatic audit trails.
Active employees will also likely experience premium hikes if their plan includes a spouse or their family. Active workers who are the only members of their plan will likely see modest premium decreases.
Several street vendors said that the Trump administration's immigration crackdown has made them more hesitant to work with local governments, given the chance they could be confronted by local authorities and be turned over to immigration enforcement.
Google is challenging a warrant from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) that asked the company to help get a lead in a homicide case by turning over the data of individuals who searched specific keywords.