August 24, 2021
The Nevada Supreme Court building Monday, March 4, 2019.
The court declined to wade into an electoral controversy despite pleas from the state’s top election official and attorney general after Washoe County initially voted against certifying recount results from the June primary.
The ruling could kill a long-stalled proposal to build a sprawling master-planned city north of Las Vegas.
Nevada’s shield law precludes Las Vegas police and prosecutors from going through Jeff German’s things.
The complaint is nearly identical to the ACLU lawsuit that was recently dismissed in Nye County District Court.
The Nevada Supreme Court reversed the conviction and sent the case back to Washoe District Court.
The court ruled that state laws cannot completely legalize marijuana use because the drug remains illegal under federal law.
Justices asked pointed questions about a fast-track appeal of a school vouchers ballot measure that a state court judge rejected.
A key question has hung for decades over public employees who are elected to the Legislature: Should a person who makes the law also enforce the law?
Robert Rose served at lieutenant governor 1975-79 and on the Supreme Court 1989-2007.
Sean Maurice Dean is being held at Northern Nevada Correctional Center in Carson City.
Justices were asked to overrule a ruling the debate belongs in the Legislature.
Chief Justice Jim Hardesty announced Tuesday that he will not seek re-election.
The Department of Motor Vehicles will refund the $1 technology fee collected on most transactions over the past year in cash. The plan was approved by the Legislative Interim Finance Committee last week.
A legislative decision capping tax credits for low income education scholarships did not violate the state constitution.
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