When the Nevada Legislature came to order Monday in Carson City, among the new members were a doctor, a lawyer, a UNLV professor, and a former Indiana lawmaker - and that's just one person.

Twelve first-time state lawmakers will be among the 21 senators and 42 Assembly members when the 81st session of the Nevada Legislature convenes on Feb. 1. Two of the new members join the Senate, 10 join the Assembly; all 12 represent some part of Clark County.

The Supreme Court is a distinctly American institution. Other nations have similar courts, but they tend to be lower-profile entities. In many, judicial turnover is a matter of bureaucratic routine, not party politics.

Filling Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's seat on the Supreme Court immediately sparked a bitter partisan fight.

Filling Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat on the Supreme Court immediately sparked a bitter partisan fight.

Immigration advocates in Las Vegas slammed an appeals court decision from Monday allowing the Trump administration to end protections for more than 400,000 immigrants in the U.S.

A Pahrump man refusing to wear a facial covering upon entering Smith’s Food and Drug Store was promptly “trespassed” from the retailer by a Nye County Sheriff’s Office deputy in early August, according to the sheriff’s office.

Clark County is moving to set up protections for people whose housing security has been shaken by the coronavirus pandemic, starting with threatening landlords and others with a misdemeanor if they discriminate against certain renters.