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Nev. court OKs term limits, blocks some candidates
- Some veteran public officials seeking re-election have been blocked from serving new terms because the state Supreme Court has upheld term limits in a ruling delivered just one day before the start of Nevada's early voting. FDIC takes over 2 more banks, closing 28 branches
- The 28 branches of 1st National Bank of Nevada and First Heritage Bank, operating in Nevada, Arizona and California, were closed Friday by federal regulators. Court ruling favors Tahoe taxpayers
- A lower court ruling that rolled back taxes for a group of Lake Tahoe residents involved in a six-year battle over their land and property values was upheld Friday by the Nevada Supreme Court. Court says worker comp OK in suicide cases
- In a precedent-setting case, the Nevada Supreme Court held Thursday that worker comp benefits can go to families of people who kill themselves if an industrial accident broke down their "rational mental process" and left them suicidal. Death sentence upheld
- The death sentence for a man convicted in the stabbing death of a Las Vegas jewelry store owner during a 1985 robbery was upheld Thursday by the Nevada Supreme Court. ACLU backs petition votes
- The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada says the state Supreme Court should let voters have their say on two initiative petitions seeking to divert Las Vegas convention authority room tax revenue to state needs, including education. Nevada's fiscal woes among worst
- Nevada's economic downturn now ranks as one of the worst among the 50 states, according to a National Conference of State Legislatures report. Study warns of water problems
- A new study predicts that climate change will create devastating drought in this state and throughout the Southwest and continue to drop the levels of already low Lake Mead and Lake Powell, threatening the water supply for 2 million Nevadans. Governor favors solar energy
- Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons believes solar energy should be used in all future state buildings. Mining claim fee increase proposed
- The state Minerals Commission has voted to increase Nevada's annual mining claim fee by $2, to $8.50 - but Gov. Jim Gibbons says he hasn't signed off on the plan yet.
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