Casey Xavier has always cared about his community — and the positive impact he can have on it. He was elected to the city council in his hometown, Opelousas, La., at age 20, while pursuing his undergraduate degree, and within the next year was serving as the vice chair of elected officials for the Louisiana Democratic Party, Xavier said.

A trade agreement between a contractors association and a labor union could open the door for more minorities to get onto high-priced union projects.

According to records 8 News Now obtained, the Clark County School District made more than a hundred payments since 2015 in legal settlements.

More than five decades ago, Nevada gaming regulators considered any legalized gaming outside of the Silver State as a foreign business operation.

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When the regular session of the Legislature adjourned sine die on June 5, tens of the thousands of proposed bills were forgotten.

Video obtained by the 8 News Now Investigators shows the altercation between a sitting judge and her husband on Mother’s Day, 2022, that led to that judge being arrested and spending the night of May 8 in the Henderson Detention Center.  The video – at times eruptive and volatile – runs a mere 1:20, but it provides, albeit momentarily, an intimate glimpse into the couple’s chaotic home life and contentious marriage.

A revised Finra proposal that makes it harder for brokers to clear their records of customer disputes has gained the backing of previous critics because it allows state regulators to weigh in on expungement decisions.

The number of officer-involved shootings and civilians killed by members of the Metropolitan Police Department increased last year, but are trending downward over the past five years, according to a new department report.

By targeting labor law and the much-maligned administrative state, the justices showed that rolling back workers’ rights is just one tactic in their larger war.

More than 600 peremptory challenges were filed in District Court last year for attorneys to ask for civil and family court cases to be heard by a different judge.

There is no “gold standard” regarding how gaming is regulated in different jurisdictions, irrespective of the system of law that is in place. That is the conclusion of a paper in the latest edition of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Gaming Law Journal.