A new law went into effect Jan. 1 that requires all local jails to explicitly allow eligible inmates to vote, but the ACLU learned through. records request that many are not complying.

The petition would cap attorney fees in civil cases at 20 percent of the total reward. If the petition receives enough support, it will go before the Legislature next year.

Lewis Stewart's reports of discomfort while urinating went largely unaddressed. He has since suffered from stage 3 kidney disease, erectile dysfunction, urine build up and pain from surgery.

Democrats need just one more vote in the state Senate to overturn Lombardo’s ghost gun veto.

Las Vegas police seized 252 ghost gun weapons before Lombardo claimed in an interview that the agency recovered only six.

Nevada’s six “fake electors” are asking a district court judge to toss out felony forgery charges brought against them by state prosecutors earlier this year over their efforts to subvert the 2020 election.

The Fred family will receive $400,000 after their home fell into disrepair after it was was seized by the government. Lawyers for the family argued that the civil forfeiture process is unconstitutional.

Richard Wright, who represented the six defendants in Clark County District Court at their arraignment Monday, told The Nevada Independent in a Wednesday interview that he plans to request dismissal of the case on venue grounds, saying Ford’s choice of Clark County is a “politically expedient” move, because the county — and its pool of potential jurors — lean more Democratic than the other potential trial sites. 

Before the Clark County grand jury ultimately decided to indict the six Nevada Republicans who cast false electoral votes for then-President Donald Trump in 2020, they heard witness testimony from a top Nevada elections official, a Postal Service inspector and one of campaign lawyers about how the fake elector scheme unfolded.

Democratic Attorney General Aaron Ford on Tuesday defended his decision to charge six Nevada Republicans with fraud-related felonies last week over the 2020 fake elector scheme, in part by announcing publicly that the investigation has been running “for years.”

Defense lawyers think a new plea bargaining policy is overwhelming the court system and disincentivizing plea deals. The county's top prosecutor says the rise is in part due to the pandemic.

Federal prosecutors have charged a Las Vegas man for making a series of antisemitic, misogynistic calls to a U.S. senator in Nevada, allegedly threatening to “exterminate” her.

Carlos Perez died in 2014 after a correctional trainee officer fired birdshot rounds in the head, chest, neck and arm. His death prompted lawsuits and changes in prison use of force policies.

By the end of 2021, Nevada’s incarcerated population reached its lowest level in two decades at less than 10,400 people, down from a recent peak of more than 14,000 in 2016, according to data published by the Nevada Department of Sentencing Policy. 

Legislators required the Department of Public Safety to launch the dashboard after they received enough funding. It was part of a broader 2021 bill that limited use of force practices.

Clark County School District has filed an emergency motion against the Clark County Education Association over a number of teacher absences throughout the past two weeks that have cancelled classes.

The Fred family has fought for years to regain permanent control of their home, which was a refuge for family members experiencing homeless. They're arguing civil forfeitures violate double jeopardy laws.

At the meeting, prison officials provided results from a dietary inspection and details about new reentry programs and food menus that Dzurenda said will revert to the portions that were available before 2019, a change he said was prompted after “one complaint from one offender — to Health and Human Services.”

Youth attendees spoke about feeling led astray by rap music and television, neglected or abandoned by leaders and over-policed in schools or neighborhoods — calling for simple solutions such as mentorship or “open gym,” which means free access to gyms inside community centers to play a wide variety of games or sports.

The vendor’s lawyer attributes the situation to confusion about a new, but not fully implemented law regulating the once marginalized street vending industry.