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Mugshots and the Madness
Well, it seems the good folks over at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals have decided to protect us from the horrors of prematurely viewing mugshots — as if seeing the face of an alleged wrongdoer before their conviction is akin to waterboarding them in public. The court has ruled that releasing mugshots could be…
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Carson City Man Arrested for Shooting Death in Gardnerville
In a matter of tragic consequence, a Carson City man is now behind bars, charged with the murder of a Minden resident following a deadly shooting in Gardnerville Thursday night. At approximately 10:40 p.m., a flurry of gunfire echoed through the otherwise quiet streets of Kingslane Court, prompting a swift response from the Douglas County…
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Henderson Police Chief Given the Ol’ Boot
It seems the fine city of Henderson has found itself in a bit of a pickle, and at the center of this briny affair is none other than Chief of Police Hollie Chadwick. According to a proclamation—delivered, one imagines, with all the solemnity of a judge at a hanging—Chadwick has been placed on administrative leave…
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A Most Ungentlemanly Crime
The Headless Elk and the Pursuit of Justice It is a rare and dismal occasion when a man must set down his morning coffee and reflect upon the peculiar brand of scoundrel loose upon the land. Yet here we are, faced with the sad affair of two noble elk, cut down in their prime, not…
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A Tale of Neglect, Fines, and a County's Last Stand
In Clark County, where the air is hot, the land is dry, and the rent is always too high, a curious phenomenon took hold: landlords discovered that it was far more convenient to let their buildings rot into the ground than to lift so much as a finger to repair them. This week, county officials…
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A Most Inconvenient Pursuit:
Nevada Schools, Immigration, and Children Learning in Peace It appears, dear reader, that the great state of Nevada finds itself in a struggle most peculiar—namely, whether or not gentlepersons of the federal persuasion should be allowed to prowl about schoolhouses, peering over primers and interrogating young scholars on matters of nativity. One might think that…
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Nevada to Delaware:
We’ll Take Your Tire, Your Tax Burdened, Your Corporate Refugees The great state of Delaware—long the favored haunt of corporations seeking shelter from the storm of responsibility—has taken a mighty blow to its supremacy, thanks to its own Supreme Court. The case at hand involved TripAdvisor’s parent company, which, in a fit of wisdom rarely…
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Campfire Confession
The fire popped like a rifle shot, but no one flinched. I leaned back against the log, feeling the warmth creep up my boots. The others sat close, their faces half-lit, half-hidden in the orange wash of the flames. “Listen, boys,” I said. “I ain’t much good at hunting deer.” Joe glanced up from his…
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How Politicians Scramble the Truth
The Great Egg Swindle It is a well-worn custom in the noble profession of politics that when a calamity befalls the common folk—be it flood, famine, or the sudden skyrocketing of egg prices—the first order of business is not to fix the problem but to locate a suitable scapegoat and dress him in horns. Thus,…
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DOJ Sues New York Over Green Light Law
Fraud Allegations Continue to Mount The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against New York and key state officials over the 2019 “Green Light” law, which allowed thousands of illegal aliens to obtain driver’s licenses while barring federal immigration enforcement agencies from accessing state motor vehicle records. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District…