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Time to rethink Nevada’s death penalty?
“They said we could not obtain lethal drugs. I do not believe that is accurate.” – Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson in March 2017, testifying against a bill to abolish the death penalty The on-again, off-again execution of Scott Dozier may be an indication that it’s time Nevada lawmakers, who appear to overwhelmingly support […]
Metro still mum on New Year’s Eve accidental shooting
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police are refusing to disclose the outcome of an internal investigation into Officer Al Beas’ New Year’s Eve accidental discharge of a police rifle on the Las Vegas Strip. A bystander was grazed by the bullet from the semi-automatic rifle, but because the shooting was accidental, not a use-of-force, the public […]
Sisolak: Don’t trust reproductive rights to Laxalt
The fact that abortion rights are codified in Nevada law doesn’t mean citizens should be complacent. That’s the warning from some Democratic candidates for office, who are using Donald Trump’s game-changing choice for the Supreme Court to hammer home the importance of November’s election. Clark County Commissioner and gubernatorial hopeful Steve Sisolak, state senate […]
Survivors: No closure from death penalty
The entry in the pregnancy journal reads “Tim watched in delivery a very beautiful experience. Baby Sara was born. We both love her very much.” Las Vegan Sandra Devere gave birth to Sara Joy on August 17, 1983. The young bartender, known to her Clark and Bonanza high school friends by her maiden name, Sandra […]
Nevada Legislature: The XX Factor
They are more detailed, compassionate and experienced at working as a committee. They’re also more prone to interruptions from family, burdened by personal responsibilities and at risk of economic peril for becoming public servants. Such are the benefits and the pitfalls of the female lawmaker, according to those who know the job best – the […]
Cash, cleanliness, black market are biggest worries on legal weed anniversary
If money is a curse, there’s a powerful hex over Nevada’s fledgling cannabis industry. Barely a year old and the legal weed business is smashing projections for sales ($433.5 million in the ten months reported so far) and tax revenue (projected at $50 million for the year, revenue has reached $55.5 million after ten reported […]
Are job drug tests for weed on the way out?
Nevadans and our visitors love legal marijuana. Sales are topping $40 million a month and tax revenue will far exceed the projected $50 million for the first year. That’s a lot of people smoking weed, eating edibles and vaping concentrates. Twenty percent of Americans now live in a state where marijuana is legal and […]
Weed legal, but can still separate families
Smoking marijuana cost Las Vegan Frederica Ballard what she says she prizes most – her two youngest children. “My children were stolen and that’s not sour grapes. It’s the absolute truth. I didn’t really believe that this kind of thing happened either until it happened to me,” she says. “I was raised a Christian in […]
Protesters plotting, planning for Trump visit: UPDATE
Updated June 22, 2018 Las Vegans are expected to brave a high of 111 degrees Saturday to demonstrate their outrage over President Donald Trump’s efforts to deter immigration by separating asylum-seeking families at the Mexican border. Trump abandoned the effort after a tidal wave of criticism further threatened the political futures of his supporters in […]
Latest path to Fountain of Youth leads to convicted felon
After years of political and religious wrangling, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently approved stem cell therapies, opening the floodgates for what’s expected to be the next frontier in regenerative healing. Now, a Las Vegas businessman who says he’s “revolutionizing stem cell therapy” is opening a new venture, despite being on federal probation for […]
Sisolak slams Trump effort to dump protections for pre-existing conditions
Efforts by President Trump and Congressional Republicans to eliminate the Affordable Care Act’s coverage of pre-existing conditions could put as many as 1.2 million Nevadans at risk, according to government estimates. Democratic candidate for governor, Steve Sisolak, says the reversal would threaten Nevada’s most vulnerable, including 160,000 children and 270,000 senior citizens. Sisolak defended the […]
Sisolak proposes crowded debates
The more the merrier! That’s what Democratic gubernatorial candidate Steve Sisolak is proclaiming when it comes to political debates this fall. In a letter to his Republican foe, Attorney General Adam Laxalt, Sisolak proposes three debates “including those from the Democratic Party, the Republican Party, the Libertarian Party, and the Independent American Party. Any nonpartisan […]