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On Friday, March 21 — just a week away — more than 40,000 medical students around the country will find out where they will be serving their residencies. About 300 of those graduates are from UNLV, UNR and Touro University, but there aren't enough residencies in the state to keep them here ..read more
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2d ago
Nevada's two Democratic senators split their decisions Friday ahead of a vote in the U.S. Senate to avoid a potential partial federal government shutdown ..read more
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3d ago
If it seems like death penalty cases drag out in the courts already, new legislation introduced on Thursday would ensure that the process slows down even more ..read more
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3d ago
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- A proposal in the Nevada Legislature would require public transit companies to install safety barriers and panic buttons amid an uptick in driver assaults. Democratic Assem. Linda Hunt introduced Assembly Bill 361, which would amend state law to apply to bus agencies in counties with 100,000 people or more. Key parts ..read more
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3d ago
As state lawmakers went through a minor part of the prisons budget on Thursday, Democratic Assem. Howard Watts heard something he just didn't like ..read more
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4d ago
Prescription medication costs are forcing some hard choices for many Nevadans. Two years ago, a proposal that offered hope sailed through the Democrat-majority Nevada Legislature only to be vetoed by Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo ..read more
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4d ago
Three months before the scheduled trial of a man charged with torturing an English bulldog named Reba, a proposed overhaul of the state's animal cruelty law was introduced on Monday ..read more
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4d ago
The wait time for inmates needing a mental health bed to regain competency was down to an average 74 days compared to 78 when the 8 News Now Investigators reported on the statewide problem last fall ..read more
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4d ago
Traffic cameras to catch drivers in the act of running red lights would be allowed under a bill introduced Tuesday at the Nevada Legislature ..read more
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4d ago
About $37 million is allocated to build 93 new homes for people in Windsor Park, a North Las Vegas neighborhood that began sinking decades ago. Now as deadlines are looming, lawmakers learn that construction has yet to begin ..read more