All the headlines from our Nevada Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 28 2014 // The Supreme Court ruled this week that a Georgia police officer could not be sued in Nevada over the seizure of money from two travelers at an Atlanta airport.In a unanimous decision, the justices said a lawsuit against...
Feb 12 2014 // The Leavitt Group has merged five of its agencies in southern Utah and Nevada.The merger includes Dixie Leavitt Agency, Hunt-Leavitt Insurance Agency, Leavitt Group Benefits Services of Southern Utah, Bringhurst-Leavitt...
Feb 10 2014 // Many Nevada employers will see a small increase in the premiums they pay for workers’ compensation insurance this year.The average premium increase in the voluntary market will be about 3.2 percent. Nevada employers...
Feb 6 2014 // A state board has approved paying $130,000 to settle a lawsuit filed on behalf of a former Nevada inmate who was shackled while in labor and after giving birth.The Board of Examiners on Tuesday authorized the settlement...
Feb 2 2014 // An assistant U.S. secretary of labor is criticizing a Nevada gold mine for failing to protect its workers after federal inspectors issued 61 citations and orders for health and safety violations at Elko County’s...
Jan 27 2014 // Many Nevada employers will see a small increase in the premiums they pay for workers’ compensation insurance this year.The average premium increase in the voluntary market will be about 3.2 percent. Nevada employers...
Jan 13 2014 // The future of driving is right around the corner.Hydrogen- and solar-powered vehicles are on the streets. So are cars that can get you through stop-and-go traffic while you sit back and send texts from behind the wheel....
Jan 7 2014 // Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles officials have advice for immigrants seeking a driver authorization card: study.They estimate 75 percent of applicants have failed the written test needed for the card under a new law...
Dec 6 2013 // Southwest Insurance Agents Alliance named Patrick Zerarka regional vice president of western Arizona and southern Nevada.Zerarka is responsible for membership service, development, and insurance company relations for all...
Dec 3 2013 // Donald Soderberg has been named administrator of Nevada’s Division of Industrial Relations. Soderberg is based out of the Las Vegas office and will oversee the division’s statewide operations, which encompasses...
Nov 22 2013 // Authorities say a man was killed after an accident at a construction site in south Reno, Nev. According to the Reno Fire Department, the victim was run over by a water truck Tuesday morning. He was pronounced dead at the...
Nov 18 2013 // Rural neighbors of an abandoned World War II-era copper mine that has leaked toxic chemicals in northern Nevada for decades have won up to a $19.5 million settlement from companies they accused of covering up the...
Nov 8 2013 // Rural neighbors of an abandoned World War II-era copper mine that has leaked toxic chemicals in northern Nevada for decades have won up to a $19.5 million settlement from companies they accused of covering up the...
Nov 4 2013 // People living in Nevada without legal residency can begin logging on to a state website for information about a driver authorization card program set to begin Jan. 2.Department of Motor Vehicles officials say a state...
Nov 1 2013 // A Las Vegas homeowners association agreed to pay $65,000 to a family after refusing to allow them to park an ambulance they used for their disabled son in the driveway, federal officials said Wednesday.The HOA admits no...
Oct 31 2013 // The owners and operators of a Reno, Nev. apartment complex have agreed to pay $167,000 to settle a housing discrimination lawsuit over illegal restrictions on service dogs used by the disabled. The Justice Department says...
Oct 24 2013 // People living in Nevada without legal residency can begin logging on to a state website for information about a driver authorization card program set to begin Jan. 2.Department of Motor Vehicles officials say a state...
Oct 7 2013 // Allstate Insurance Co. received a judgment of more than $7 million following a Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations investigation nearly 10 years in the making.It is the company’s first medical fraud...
Sep 18 2013 // Allstate Insurance Co. received a judgment of more than $7 million following a Racketeering Influenced in Corrupt Organizations investigation nearly 10 years in the making.It is the company’s first medical fraud...
Sep 9 2013 // The chairman of the Nevada Senate Judiciary Committee is asking the drug company that makes OxyContin to turn over information about Nevada doctors suspected of overprescribing the powerful pain medication.Sen. Tick...