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BRENDAN RILEY
Prison cuts debated
- Nevada Prison Board members opted Tuesday to delay approval of $8.1 million in budget cuts outlined by Corrections Director Howard Skolnik after one panel member said he lacked enough information and wouldn't give a "rubber stamp" endorsement.
Water hearing strategy criticized
- A conservation group claimed Monday that a Las Vegas water agency wants to exclude ranchers, Indian tribes, local governments and others from full participation in hearings on the agency's bid for billions of gallons of rural Nevada water.
Transplant recipient completes Yosemite ascent
- A heart transplant survivor has added another first to her long string of mountaineering feats since getting a new heart 13 years ago - a dangerous 2 1/2-day climb up the sheer, 2,000-foot face of Half Dome, Yosemite National Park's famed granite monolith.
- A heart transplant survivor has added another first to her long string of mountaineering feats since getting a new heart 13 years ago - a dangerous 2 1/2-day climb up the sheer, 2,000-foot face of Half Dome, Yosemite National Park's famed granite monolith.
Special session debate, talks continue
- As Nevada lawmakers continued private talks on moneysaving plans in advance of their special session, Gov. Jim Gibbons said Tuesday he wants to see those plans developed rather than hear "constant criticism" from some about his own proposals.
Candidates removed from ballot
- A judge ruled Tuesday that three rural Nevada officials can't seek re-election this year because they have run up against the state's term limits law that prevents service for more than 12 years in the same elective post.
Questions arise over shortfall
- No Nevada law requires lawmakers to accept a panel's finding that the state faces a nearly $1.2 billion revenue shortfall - and a key Democratic legislator said Monday that's a good thing because the finding appears questionable.
Special session delayed
- A special Nevada legislative session scheduled to start Monday was delayed by Gov. Jim Gibbons on Friday as a panel that guides lawmakers' budget decisions delivered a grim estimate of a nearly $1.2 billion revenue shortfall by mid-2009.