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Medical marijuana dispensaries coming to Nevada

After 13 years of waiting, medical marijuana patients in Nevada will soon have a legal way to obtain the drug without growing it themselves. Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval signed SB374 into law Wednesday. The measure establishes the framework to make pot available to medical marijuana card holders, imposing fees and ...

Trial continuing in hepatitis C case in Las Vegas

Trial continued Wednesday in Nevada state court after a failed bid for a mistrial by a lawyer for the former physician-owner of a medical clinic where prosecutors say at least seven patients were infected by hepatitis C in 2007, including one who later died. Clark County District Court Judge Valerie ...

Surrounded by attorneys, James Brown, second from right, talks during a news conference, Wednesday, June 12, 2013, at the ACLU headquarters in Las Vegas, about currently living with his daughter, Shotzy Harrison, far left, of Winston Salem, N.C., after being discharged by doctors from a mental health care facility in Las Vegas and given a one-way bus ticket in February to Northern California.  The ACLU and a Sacramento, Calif.-based lawyer, Mark Merin, filed the lawsuit Tuesday on behalf of Brown and nearly 1,500 other people they claim were bused since 2008 to almost every state in the country. Defendants are six state agencies including the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services, the Division of Mental Health and Development Services and the Bureau of Health Care Quality and Compliance, plus eight individual hospital and state agency administrators. The lawsuit makes nine claims, including negligence and breach of fiduciary duty. It seeks an immediate court order to stop Nevada from sending psychiatric patients out of state, unspecified damages for Brown and others, and a declaration that patients' civil rights were violated. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Nevada ACLU backing suit against 'patient dumping'

A psychiatric patient has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit in Nevada accusing state officials of giving him a one-way bus ticket to Northern California, where he arrived, scared and disoriented, without money and identification in a city where he didn't know anyone and had never been. "I'm a victim ...

Tax credits for filmmakers become Nevada law

Gov. Brian Sandoval's signature Tuesday means filmmakers now have more reasons than the rugged mountains and fabulous Las Vegas to shoot their movies in Nevada. The Republican signed the bill granting transferrable tax credits to major filmmakers in an effort to bring a new industry to the Silver State along ...

USA Basketball invites 27 to summer minicamp

San Antonio's Kawhi Leonard, enjoying a strong NBA Finals, is one of 27 young players scheduled to attend USA Basketball's minicamp in July. Cleveland All-Star Kyrie Irving and Portland's Damian Lillard, who succeeded him as Rookie of the Year, were also among the players announced Wednesday. Indiana's Paul George and ...

UNR prof arrested at school board meeting in Reno

A university professor was arrested outside a Washoe County school board meeting where he said he wanted to press concerns about the mistreatment of his daughter with a disability. Larry Dailey, who teaches journalism at the University of Nevada, Reno, says his First Amendment rights were violated when district police ...

Passengers, JetBlue settle suit over pilot rampage

A lawsuit accusing JetBlue of negligence after a pilot had a meltdown on a New York-to-Las Vegas flight has been quietly settled. Airline spokeswoman Jenny Dervin says the lawsuit was settled in late April. Terms were not disclosed. A spokeswoman for the attorney representing 34 passengers confirmed Wednesday the lawsuit ...

Hepatitis A linked to frozen berries sickens 87

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says an outbreak of hepatitis A linked to a frozen berry mix sold at Costco has grown to 87 people with illnesses in eight states. The CDC said Tuesday that illnesses have been reported in Arizona, California Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah ...

Gov. Sandoval signs final 4 state budget bills

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval signed four bills Monday that officially funded state government and public employee salaries for the next two years. The Republican governor signed 30 bills, including the remaining four budget bills. The largest budget bill was funding education, and that was signed shortly after the 2013 Legislature ...

This Monday June 10, 2013 photo provided by the Nevada Highway Patrol shows a 26-vehicle pileup on Interstate 80, three miles west of Winnemucca, Nev. A sandstorm in rural northern Nevada caused the 26-vehicle pileup that killed one person, seriously injured several more, and sapped already-thin emergency resources Monday evening, officials said. (AP Photo/Nevada Highway Patrol)

27-car Nev. sandstorm pileup kills 1, hurts others

Twenty-seven vehicles slammed into each other during a sandstorm that blinded drivers on Interstate 80 in rural northern Nevada, killing a truck driver, seriously injuring several other people and sapping already thin emergency resources, officials said. Humboldt County sheriff's dispatchers called in virtually every medical, law enforcement and fire worker ...

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