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Nevada Senate Takes Up Mental Health Gun Laws

As the dust begins to settle from a scuffle in the Nevada Legislature over gun control, only two substantial plans remain that would overhaul firearms policy in the state.

2013/04/21

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Texting And Walking Bill Slated For Committee Talk

If AB123 passes its committee and makes it into law, it would be illegal for pedestrians to read, browse the internet or enter data with hand-held devices while crossing roads in the state.

2013/02/28

In Nevada’s Recession Apex, Cash Woes Abound

The alarming billboards appeared overnight on the street corners and empty lots of North Las Vegas, the hardest recession-hit city in the hardest-hit state in the nation.

2011/08/17

Closures For Fourth Of July

Federal, state and local government offices are closed today for the Fourth of July holiday.

2011/07/04

Nevada Student To Compete In Geographic Bee

Photo By: Boston Globe/Getty Images A 13 year old from Las Vegas is representing Nevada in the annual National Geographic Bee. Asimwe Oben-Nyarko is an eighth-grader at Schofield Middle School in Las Vegas. He […]

2011/05/12

Pay Cuts Could Hurt Nevada

Governor Brian Sandoval’s proposed pay cuts and salary freezes for state workers could save money, but may hurt Nevada in the long run. That’s what state workers told the Assembly Ways and Means Committee yesterday. […]

CBS Las Vegas–2011/03/10

What’s Open And Closed For President’s Day

All federal, state and local government offices are closed for President’s Day today. Courts are also taking the day off, and there will be no mail delivery. All local libraries will be closed for the […]

CBS Las Vegas–2011/02/21