Florida gal in the desert covering courts and the criminal justice system @reviewjournal. My DMs are open for tips and book recommendations. she/her 💖💜💙
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The Resort Corridor Court coincided with a rise in court orders banning people from the Strip, which critics say targeted the homeless population. Judges ended the program in 2024. Here's why the casinos want to bring it back:
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State officials are investigating Nye County Sheriff Joe McGill’s use of law enforcement databases. Sheriff’s office employees raised concerns that McGill made 100+ searches for people’s information without reason.
My latest:
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Do people live without air conditioning in the nation's hottest desert? Yes, our @reviewjournal investigation out today has found, and it has led nearly a dozen people to their deaths: reviewjournal.com/investigat…
We took a look at how people are living through increasingly hotter Las Vegas summers without AC, and how a lack of cooling can be a death sentence. Proud to report on this with @AlanHalaly for the @reviewjournal:
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In part 2, @AlanHalaly dove into the life of the Rev. Leonard Jackson, the founder of an organization that advocated for clean energy. He died after suffering heat stress outside his home last year, in one of the top ZIP codes for residential heat deaths. reviewjournal.com/investigat…
Part 3 looks at how extreme heat is making its way into the courtroom. Experts say we should expect to see more lawsuits filed in connection with heat deaths, as attorneys allege negligence against landlords and businesses.
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I’m at the Clark County Election Department waiting on ballot boxes to arrive tonight. Official data shows nearly 35,000 people voted in person in Clark County today.
#ElectionDay - All set up and ready to go at the Clark County Election Department. We are now waiting for the poll workers to arrive with the ballot boxes from the vote centers around Las #Vegas and Clark County.
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Marlin “M.J.” Ivy also has ties to Robert Telles, who was the county’s public administrator when he fatally stabbed @reviewjournal reporter Jeff German in 2022.
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RT @reviewjournal: A candidate running for Clark County public administrator has a checkered criminal history and recently has been accused…
Marlin "M.J." Ivy, who is currently running for Clark County public administrator, has a checkered criminal history and was recently accused of threatening a man during a phone call, according to court and police records.
In the @reviewjournal:
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Ivy did not answer direct questions about his criminal history in a phone call with the Review-Journal. He said he had the court documents sealed.
“Once the record was sealed, I got a job here, I got a job somewhere else,” Ivy said. “I get jobs because my record is sealed."
This weekend marked 20 years since Nevada executed someone. Since then, Clark County prosecutors have pursued the death penalty against more than 220 people.
Defendants are rarely sentenced to death.
Reporting with @BrighamNoble in the @reviewjournal:
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Sam is a great presence in the newsroom and a wonderful person. My thoughts are with him and his family tonight 💜
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Nevada is one of a handful of states without a dram shop law. Experts told me that gaming and entertainment industry interests are why businesses are shielded from liability in DUI crashes, and why lawmakers are unwilling to examine the policy.
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.@BrighamNoble and I worked on this article for months in an attempt to explain why this court program was formed, why it ended, and why there's a push to bring it back. Las Vegas Justice Court data also revealed more about the type of cases that led to order-out orders.
UNLV has removed mention of the Office of Student Diversity Programs and the Undocumented Student Program from its website. UNLV said they have not ended, but the school has started to "restructure" some of its programs.
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Seven local judges failed to disclose trips to conservative-backed educational programs in recent years. State law requires the disclosure of gifts and reimbursements so the public knows who judges may be “beholden to,” an ethics expert said.
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