Nevada News

By BRENDAN RILEY Associated Press Writer The Nevada Supreme Court and the 2009 state Legislature are expected to conduct separate reviews of a new law on sex offenders that has been rejected in part by a lower ... via Nevada Appeal

More than 30,000 cable customers in northern Nevada were without television, Internet and telephone services for about six hours after a tractor-trailer took down at least two power poles.

Full service was restored late Friday night to Charter Communications customers in Carson City, Minden, Gardnerville, Fallon, Fernley, Stateline and South Lake Tahoe, Calif., company spokesman George Jostlin said Saturday.

The accident occurred at about 4 p.m. Friday when the rig pulled down some cable wires and power poles near the entrance of Washoe Lake State Park just north of Carson City. Read more

Entertainment CARSON CITY - With three months left in the fiscal year, the state of Nevada has spent all but $1.3 million of its $10 million total budget for gasoline and diesel. via KOLO-TV Reno

“Whether it's a request for a rehearing or whether we should accept the decision and move forward, all those things need to be considered and scoped out before a decision is made on how to proceed”

Nevada's governor and attorney general are weighing legal options, including a rehearing bid, to soften the impact of a Nevada Supreme Court ruling that could push the state's $900 million tax revenue shortfall ... via North Lake Tahoe Bonanza

“The one thing we don't want to have happen is to spend a lot of time, resources, energy and political will to put out a 900-page (plan) that lands with a thud”

Gov. Jim Gibbons is gathering names of Nevadans interested in serving on a panel modeled after former President Reagan's Grace Commission that in 1984 produced nearly 2,500 ideas for cutting government waste, ... via Reno Gazette-Journal

“If we went with the higher amount, we wanted to have something to show for it, like more classes and more teachers”

Nevada college students will pay between 5 to 10 percent more in tuition in the next two years, the Board of Regents decided Friday. via RGJ.com

“Commencing a lawsuit to disseminate their position to the public or to prevent a question from being placed on the ballot in the first place does not fall under the limited exception provided for in (the statute)”

Proponents of two ballot initiatives that ask voters to reallocate hotel room tax dollars away from the Las Vegas Convention and Authority said municipalities challenging the proposals are violating Nevada law ... via RGT Online

“In interpreting initiatives, this court is required to make every effort to preserve the initiative power of the people”

Rejecting pleas from lawyers for major Nevada casinos, a judge on Thursday endorsed a revised petition from a teachers' union that would raise Nevada gambling taxes to provide about $250 million a year for ... via KLAS-TV Las Vegas

“We've just been having a slowdown in the housing market, and jobs associated with the construction industry”

By SANDRA CHEREB * Associated Press Writer * April 2, 2008 Nevada's population grew at a slower pace last year than in 2006, according to a report released Wednesday by the state demographer's office. via Reno Gazette-Journal

“I want to be accurate about it because the amount is significant”

The state is scrambling to gauge the impact of a new Nevada Supreme Court ruling that, if pursued by hotel-casinos and other businesses it benefited, could push the state's soaring revenue shortfall closer to ... via North Lake Tahoe Bonanza

Nevada regents will consider a committee recommendation this week to increase tuition at the state's two universities, four community colleges and the state college. via KVBC-TV Las Vegas

Wealthy Reno businessman and powerbroker Harvey Whittemore urged the state water engineer on Monday to approve his plans to pump rural Nevada water to a huge, $30 billion development he's building about 50 miles north of Las Vegas.

While critics questioned whether Lake Valley would dry up when groundwater is pumped from there more than 100 miles south to Whittemore's Coyote Springs project, Whittemore said he's being 'extraordinarily conservative' to ensure that doesn't happen.

The federal government, which controls most of the land in Lake Valley, already has dropped its opposition to Whittemore's plan to send up to 12,000 acre-feet of water a year to Coyote Springs. That occurred after Whittemore agreed to an elaborate monitoring plan to ensure that BLM resources in the valley wouldn't be harmed. Read more

One of the most entertaining whoppers told about Nevada is that it's a good thing this state exists out on the leading edge of the libertarian frontier. via Lahonton Valley News

A new interpretation of Nevada election laws by Secretary of State Ross Miller will make it harder to recall officials and could complicate efforts to get several statewide initiatives on the ballot. via KLAS-TV Las Vegas

“I'm hoping that at least this will help him reconsider his position”

U.S. Sen. John Ensign said Thursday he's trying to get the federal Energy Department to consider a project that would help a coal-fired power plant proposed by Sierra Pacific Resources for eastern Nevada. via RGJ.com

“Somehow, there needs to be some solution because there's already a shortage of GI doctors in Las Vegas. Without the 14 physicians, it's going to be a real difficult time for patients in Las Vegas.”

The Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada at 700 Shadow Lane is among clinics that have lost contracts with major health insurers. via Las Vegas Review Journal

Associated Press Backers of two ballot initiatives aimed at limiting government say they're withdrawing the petitions and will try to achieve their goals through a law change by the 2009 Nevada Legislature. via Nevada Appeal

“We told the Legislature what would happen and they passed these new laws on the last day of the session.”

Dorla Salling said board members regularly work into the evenings on weekdays and may start meeting on weekends to reduce the backlog, but are up against 2007 legislative changes speeding up release eligibility ... via SF Gate

“We can say with 100 percent certainty that large earthquakes are going to happen in Western Nevada”

Nevada is getting older and, like many Nevadans, is spreading out as it ages. That spreading, coupled with a constant grinding along the San Andreas fault as the Pacific Ocean floor tries to move northwest ... via Reno Gazette-Journal

A blue-ribbon panel voted 18-2 for a plan changing the way Nevadans pick judges, from open races to appointments followed by elections in which voters would decide whether a judge should be retained. via KLAS-TV Las Vegas