The head of the Department of Health and Human Services in Nevada, Richard Whitley, says he'll take the responsiblility for the state placing severely mentally ill persons in homes with squalid conditions.
Governor Brian Sandoval is again pleading with the Senate to fund the Children's Health Insurance Program. He says Nevada's ability to provide coverage is coming to a preventable end because of the elimination of federal funding. He also re-iterated his support for "DACA" adding "I firmly believe pitting one group of children in need against another group of children in need doesn't serve either."
Commuters who travel from the North Valleys are seeing longer wait times when traveling southbound into Reno. NDOT says they're working on the final details, and will have an extra thru lane under construction within the next 5 years, if not sooner.
A newly released state audit shows that Nevada's most vulnerable mentally ill residents are living in taxpayer-funded homes amidst human feces; expired food and medicine; and mold, mildew and rodent infestations.