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I just want to add my condolences, on behalf of the Nevada Press Association, to the family of Ed Vogel, who worked alongside us here at the Press Center until his retirement and will be greatly missed. Much already has been written about Ed’s career, from the well-written obituary by …

The sale of Stephens Media, owner of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, was one of those surprises that most saw coming. As leadership changed and strategies unfolded, it certainly looked like the company was positioning itself to be attractive to a buyer. New Media Investments has been buying or investing in …

Here’s a summary of Nevada Press Association testimony during the Feb. 9-13 week of the Nevada Legislature: SB104 — It makes some changes in political advertising, primarily to exclude clothing and inexpensive items such as pencils and candy from a requirement to have “paid for by” language on them. I …

What if the Review-Journal wanted to interview Henderson employees for a follow-up story to get their reactions to the new policy?

The Las Vegas Review-Journal was past due in taking down its reader comments yesterday. Frankly, they had become worse than a joke. They were the drunk uncle at a family reunion who didn’t care that we ignored his racist, homophobic, sexist rants. Somebody needed to shut him up. It has …

Are body-cam videos public records? (Originally published November 2014 at nevadapress When police wear body cameras, are the videos considered a matter of public record? As Las Vegas Metro police prepare to join a study in which 400 officers will wear the devices, it’s an open and largely untested question …

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