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1 hr ago | The Las Vegas Sun

Nevada Assembly approves trafficking victims fund

A bill creating a state-managed fund to distribute donations and grants to victims of human trafficking has cleared the Nevada Assembly.

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2 hrs ago | Nevada Business Journal

GOED Board Sees Job Creation and Capital Investment in Nevada Increase

The Board of the Governor's Office of Economic Development last Thursday approved tax abatements for nine companies, creating nearly 330 jobs initially and increasing capital investment in Nevada by an additional $200 million.

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Related Topix: Nevada Government, Brian Sandoval, US Governors, Washoe County, NV, Las Vegas, NV, North Las Vegas, NV

7 hrs ago | Nevada Appeal

WNC graduates its largest class

Jim Grant / Nevada Appeal Western Nevada College graduate Gary Christy admires his Associate of Applied Science degree for computer networking technology.

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12 hrs ago | New Yorker

Nevada Gothic: An Interview with Claire Vaye Watkins

"Battleborn," the astonishingly wise debut story collection by Claire Vaye Watkins, takes its title from the tattoo-worthy nickname of her home state, Nevada; the stories are set in the beautiful, treacherous territory of the desert, and are populated by characters drawn to its dry washes, their psychotic delusions or lucky-strike fantasies hazily ... (more)

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Related Topix: Nevada Government, Ohio State University

Mon May 20, 2013

KSL-TV

Police expected to release 'detailed updates' on Susan Powell case

West Valley police have called a 3 p.m. news conference they say will involve "detailed updates" pertaining to the 3 ½-year-old case.

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Related Topix: Utah, Nevada Government

The Las Vegas Sun

Yerington land swap bill bogged down in House

The Nevada delegation had hoped that the Lyon County Economic Development Act, their first priority public lands bill by mutual agreement, would be moving through the House at a little bit faster clip than this.

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Related Topix: Yerington, NV, US Politics, US News, Harry Reid, US Senate, Republican, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Representative Mark Amodei, Lyon County, NV

The Las Vegas Sun

Our Legislature needs to step up and get the job done

I have been wrong for decades. I have been one of those Nevadans who believed that the Legislature should meet no more than every two years and for no more than a specific amount of time.

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Related Topix: Family, Kids, us Travel, Travel, Brian Sandoval, US Governors, Tonopah, NV, Carson City, NV

The Las Vegas Sun

Nevada Medical Board, just whom do you serve?

Earlier this year, I wrote about Dr. Sean Steele , an internist who was accused of a brutal sexual assault after a night of drinking in Las Vegas.

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Related Topix: Nevada Government, Las Vegas, NV

KTVN Reno

Things 2 Do This Weekend

We're headed into a wild weekend in Northern Nevada. This weekend the Fallon area will turn its eyes to the skies and to the marshlandswith the annual Spring Wings Bird Festival.

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Related Topix: Fallon, NV, Life, Hobbies, Bird Watching, Winnemucca, NV, Imlay, NV

KTVN Reno

Nevada Jobless Rate Down to 9.6% in April

Data released Thursday by the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation shows the jobless rate is down two percentage points year-over-year. It's also down slightly from 9.7% in March.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Harry Reid, US Senate, Democrat, Las Vegas, NV, Sparks, NV, Small Business, Personal Finance

KTVN Reno

Behind the Scenes: Firefighters Practice for Upcoming Season

With fire season already underway across the western United States, it's only a matter of time until Northern Nevada gets its share.

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Related Topix: Fire, Natural Disasters, Wildfire

Sun May 19, 2013

The Las Vegas Sun

Time to look south

As the Legislature rushes to close its business in the final two weeks of its session, lawmakers and Gov.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Brian Sandoval, Las Vegas, NV, Clark County, NV, Carson City, NV, Washoe County, NV

Nevada Appeal

Patient wellbeing keeps Carson nurse working well into her own senior years

Ruth Wherry sat at her daughter's dining table on Wednesday wearing brightly colored scrubs, a stethoscope slung over her shoulders.

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Related Topix: Nursing, Long Term Care, Health

Las Vegas Herald

Nevadans help California fuel $600 million Powerball jackpot

Robert Constantion, of Las Vegas, right, is almost at the ticket counter after a nearly four-hour wait at the Lotto Store just inside the California border at Primm, Friday, May 17, 2013.

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Related Topix: Lottery

Sat May 18, 2013

The Las Vegas Sun

Bills live and die on deadline day in Carson City

Nevada Senate Minority Leader Michael Roberson, R-Las Vegas, left, talks with Sen.

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Related Topix: Carson City, NV, Las Vegas, NV, US Governors, Brian Sandoval, Jerry Brown

The Las Vegas Sun

Last-minute amendment could create the state drink

Presidential candidate John Edwards toasts Star Hotel bartender Natalie Carter with a house specialty, a Picon Punch, while making a campaign stop in Elko Thursday, Jan.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, John Edwards, Las Vegas, NV

Fri May 17, 2013

Reno Gazette-Journal

Measures to be introduced requesting more than $88M

Bills requesting more than $88 million in supplemental and one-shot appropriations -- some of them not included in the governor's proposed budget -- are being introduced in the Nevada Legislature this week.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Jim Gibbons, State Prisons, Southern Nevada Correctional Center, Prison, US Governors, Jim Gibbons , North Las Vegas, NV

CBS Local

Fewer Nevadans Seek Employment In April

Nevada's unemployment dropped to 9.6 percent in April. That's down nearly 2 percentage points over the year.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Dean Heller, Las Vegas, NV, Carson City, NV

Reno Gazette-Journal

California, Nevada visitors fuel $550M Powerball jackpot

The numbers sum up the frenzy that has taken over the Golden State since it became the newest in the nation to join the madness over Powerball, which saw its jackpot soar Thursday to $550 million.

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Related Topix: Lottery, California Government, California, Nevada Government

The Las Vegas Sun

Photo: Fisherman Dave Hamel, center, reels in a Lahontan

Single Sign-On: You can use Facebook account to log in to LasVegasSun.com. Fisherman Dave Hamel, center, reels in a Lahontan cutthroat trout at Pyramid Lake in Nevada on April 18, 2013.

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