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The Nevada Independent

Cisco Aguilar

Nevada Democrats won't vote for president first in 2028. Here's what it means.

South Carolina is once again leading the nomination calendar, with the rest of the order still in flux. The party could revisit the decision four years from now.

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Guards walk inside High Desert State Prison as seen on Friday, Jan. 4, 2019.

Nevada prisons blame overdoses on the mail. Skeptics question the state's research.

To curb drug use, the Nevada Department of Corrections (NDOC) is proposing restricting physical mail from entering facilities and replacing it with electronic copies — a move that has drawn sharp criticism from criminal justice advocates who see physical mail as a morale-boosting connection between inmates and the outside world.