Nevada

Everything. Sorry, that’s not fair. The Nevada Department of Corrections did, in fact, provide an entire paragraph to the press on inmate Carlos Perez in November. Name. Age. Number. The fact that he was dead. The news release ends with this statement: “There is an ongoing investigation and no further …

from RANGE magazine: National recognition for western publisher Caroline “CJ” Hadley, publisher of RANGE magazine, has been nominated to the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame. Her acceptance as a candidate is the first step in the painstaking process of selecting the four or five women who will be honored at …

Elizabeth Thompson, editor of the Territorial Enterprise, addresses the crowd inside Adele’s during the launch party Thursday evening. MacAvoy Layne readies for his welcome as Mark Twain.  It’s always news when a newspaper launches, and the resurrection of the Territorial Enterprise has plenty of story lines. There’s the history itself, …

Testimony on two bills requiring the use of body-cams by Nevada police departments showed how much of the devil is going to be in the details. One bill, AB162, comes from Assemblyman Harvey Munford. The other, SB111, from Sen. Aaron Ford would apply only to Clark and Washoe counties, but …

The Nevada League of Cities and Municipalities has doubled down on its attempt to make public records more expensive and less accessible in an amendment  proposed Wednesday during the first hearing on SB28. As I described earlier, the bill attempts to change fundamentally Nevada’s public records law by greatly expanding …

I’m the guy who tried to cancel Alley Oop. So when I read on Jim Romenesko’s blog about an 8-year-old boy who called an editor a ‘s—hole’ for canceling several of his favorite newspaper comics, I could relate. Alley Oop was created as a comic strip in 1932. When I …

After a couple of busy weeks, let me catch up on bills that were heard in committees of the Nevada Legislature Feb. 16-25. [Here are Week 1 and Week 2 recaps.] AB113 — Changes the provisions for when a juvenile’s court records may be sealed. It doesn’t change the public’s …

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 …