Latest Nevada Headlines
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State Farm Targets NV Energy for Subrogation Over Reno Wildfire
Jul 29 2013 // State Farm Insurance plans to seek action against NV Energy for claims stemming from a November 2011 wildfire in Reno, Nev. sparked by arcing power lines. The wind-whipped fire destroyed 26 homes and damaged 17. It also...
USDA Offering Drought Loans in 4 Nevada Counties
Jul 22 2013 // Federal agriculture officials have declared Storey County a primary natural disaster area due to drought, making farmers and ranchers in four Nevada counties eligible for emergency loans to bolster their operations. Farm...
Nevada County Pays $75,000 To Settle Police Case
Jul 16 2013 // Washoe County in Nevada has paid $75,000 to settle a civil case involving a college student who claimed a sheriff’s deputy “manhandled” her and used excessive force during an arrest at Lake Tahoe. Lauren...
Wildfire Nears Las Vegas Area
Jul 10 2013 // Fire crews burned forest undergrowth near homes in the mountains northwest of Las Vegas to protect them from one of two large Nevada wildfires while local casino owners offered rooms to evacuees. The wildfire burning...
Nevada Doctor Shortages Likely to Get Worse
Jun 25 2013 // There aren’t enough doctors in Nevada, and the shortage is likely to get worse as tens of thousands of people become newly insured under the federal health care overhaul. A study released this year by University of...
Seismologists Monitor Carson City Quake Swarm
Jun 24 2013 // Nevada seismologists and emergency managers say they’re monitoring an earthquake swarm in Carson City that has the potential to result in a major temblor. But officials from the Nevada Seismological Laboratory at the...
Nevada Assembly Approves Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
Jun 5 2013 // Nevada lawmakers want to give medical marijuana users a legal way to obtain the drug 13 years after voters legalized medicinal pot in the state constitution. The Assembly voted 28-14 Monday to pass a bill establishing...
Nevada Governor Signs Law On Driver Privilege Card
Jun 3 2013 // A bill allowing people in the country illegally to obtain driving privilege cards in Nevada was signed into law Friday by Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval, who called it a historic moment. When the cards become available on...
Nevada Assembly Approves Driver Privilege Cards
May 29 2013 // The Nevada Assembly gave final legislative approval to a bill establishing driver privilege cards for people in the country illegally. SB303 was approved on a 30-9 vote and now heads to Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval, who...
85 MPH Speed Limit Bill Dies In Nevada Assembly
May 29 2013 // A bill authorizing speed limits of up to 85 mph on some Nevada highways has died in the Legislature. SB191 passed the Senate and was endorsed by the Assembly Transportation Committee. But the bill languished on the desk of...
Nevada Senate Approves Driving Privilege Cards
May 22 2013 // The Nevada Senate has overwhelming approved a bill authorizing driving privilege cards for non-U.S. residents. Monday’s vote was 20-1. SB303 now goes to the Assembly where passage is expected. Republican Gov. Brian...
Nevada Bill Suggests Removing Part of Marijuana DUI Tests
May 10 2013 // Some Nevada lawmakers say medical marijuana patients shouldn’t be deemed impaired when driving just because they have small amounts of marijuana in their system. The idea sparked intense debate Tuesday when Assembly...
Rockwood Decreases Agent E&O Rates in Massachusetts, California, Texas
May 7 2013 // Rockwood Programs has implemented underwriting guideline changes to its P&C Agents E&O program. The modifications will result in a rate decrease in the states of California, Massachusetts, Nevada, and Texas. The...
Lawsuit Accuses Nevada Police Of Discrimination
May 2 2013 // An Elko, Nev. police officer claims she was forced to resign after three months on the job because of a hostile work environment. Cassandra Sabo is suing the city, three supervisors and the police chief in a lawsuit filed...
Nevada Capitol Police Chief Sues Over Firing
Apr 29 2013 // Former Nevada Capitol Police Chief Tom Navin is suing the Nevada Department of Public Safety, claiming he was wrongfully terminated for failing a physical. Navin, in his district court suit filed this week, contends he was...
Nevada Quake Lab Has New $4M Research Project
Apr 25 2013 // The University of Nevada’s world-renowned earthquake laboratory has launched a nearly $4 million research project aimed at making nonstructural parts of buildings more earthquake proof. Engineers at the...
Nevada Senate Approves Cellphone Tracking Bill
Apr 22 2013 // The Nevada Senate has approved a bill designed to give law enforcement quicker access to cellphone locations in times of emergency. SB268 gives cellphone carriers protections for providing information during certain...
Risk Retention Association Hails Court Ruling in Nevada Battle
Apr 17 2013 // In a decision the National Risk Retention Association says will help clear any future hurdles faced by risk retention groups in other states, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a District Court ruling that the...
Nevada Firm Pays $70k in Suit Over Pregnant Worker
Apr 17 2013 // A government contractor at the Hawthorne Army Depot in northern Nevada has agreed to pay $70,000 to settle a lawsuit over the firing of a pregnant woman and her husband. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
Nevada Jury Orders HMO To Pay $500M In Hepatitis Case
Apr 11 2013 // A Nevada jury has ordered the state’s largest health management organization to pay $500 million in punitive damages to three plaintiffs in a civil negligence lawsuit stemming from a Las Vegas hepatitis outbreak. Two...
