Cy Ryan

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New laws affect millions in Nevada: The nearly 20 statutes cover minimum wage, taxes, social issues and more; Wednesday, July 2, 2008; Almost 20 new laws that were approved by the Legislature last year took effect this week. Among the changes: More than 50,000 low-paid workers in Nevada are going to get a raise.
More need Medicaid; less money is available: Patient access to doctors could be affected by cuts; Saturday, June 28, 2008; The 187,000 people enrolled in the state medical assistance program may have to wait longer to see a doctor or specialist.
Judge must apologize to woman he jailed: Tuesday, June 17, 2008; Las Vegas Municipal Judge George Assad is going to have to apologize formally to a woman he jailed for two hours because her boyfriend did not show up in court to pay four-year-old traffic tickets.
What gets cut?: When legislators meet to tackle shortfall, everything, apparently, will be on the table; Saturday, June 14, 2008; Gov. Jim Gibbons’ call for a special legislative session is unprecedented in the history of the state, according to Nevada historians. This is the first time, historians say, that an off-year special session has been called to deal with a statewide budget shortfall. So here’s a primer on the proposals that could be discussed.
State mulls mental health fix: Privatizing: Gibbons meets with interested companies; Wednesday, June 4, 2008; With Nevada facing a potential 14 percent budget cut, the state is considering the possibility of turning all or part of its mental health system over to private companies to reduce costs.
Contract for wood could fire up dormant power plant: Prisons facility has gone unused for lack of fuel; Friday, May 30, 2008; An $8.3 million wood-burning prison energy plant that has been a failure so far may soon move ahead full steam. The biomass plant was built to supply electricity to the Northern Nevada Correctional Center and the Stewart Conservation Camp, both of which are south of Carson City.
Teens report safer schools, but riskier driving: Tuesday, May 27, 2008; More students at high schools and middle schools in Clark County feel safe on campus, but they may be putting themselves at risk in other ways — notably, by traveling in cars driven by someone who has been drinking.
Wilderness road upgrade has to wait: Environmentalists left out of deal get their say; Thursday, May 22, 2008; Environmentalists have won a round in their seven-year battle to limit reconstruction and traffic on a road into the pristine wilderness area of Jarbidge in Elko County.
Petition seeks OK for hemp in energy research: Backers fight association with marijuana; Thursday, May 15, 2008; Two years after voters rejected a proposal to allow Nevadans to possess 1 ounce of marijuana for personal use, a plan has surfaced to permit research into using industrial hemp, a relative of marijuana, to generate energy.
His priority: Protect rural water: From Southern Nevada, that is, which plans to import it; Tuesday, May 13, 2008; Sen. Dean Rhoads, the second in seniority in the Nevada Legislature, says his priority in the 2009 session will be to protect the water resources of rural Nevada.