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A federal judge has again rejected a conservative voting rights group’s bid to block the mail-in primary election now under way in Nevada as part of an effort to guard against spread of the coronavirus at traditional polling places.
The Department of Justice says a Reno man has pleaded guilty to owning a gun while being a felon.
The Energy Department says Nevada's new bid defies its early claims that moving the radioactive material poses a threat to public health and the environment.
The United States District Court for the District of Nevada says Honorable Miranda Du will become the Chief Judge for the District Court in September.
A federal judge in Reno has agreed to expedite consideration of Nevada's latest bid for an emergency order to block any shipments of weapons-grade plutonium to the state.
Governor Steve Sisolak has sent a letter to President Trump requesting a meeting to discuss the recent shipment of half a metric ton of weapons-grade plutonium to Nevada.
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The Department of Energy disclosed last week it trucked 1,000 pounds of plutonium from South Carolina to the Nevada National Security Site over the state's objections last year.
A federal judge has denied Nevada's latest request to immediately block all future shipments of weapons-grade plutonium to a national security site north of Las Vegas. Energy Department officials say they had to keep the shipment secret until now for national security reasons.
Lawyers for the state of Nevada are in a federal courtroom seeking an injunction that would at least temporarily prohibit the U.S. Energy Department from shipping weapons-grade plutonium from South Carolina to a security site north of Las Vegas.