The chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit on Thursday initiated a review of misconduct allegations against Judge Alex Kozinski — the powerful jurist who has come under fire in recent days after former clerks and other lower-level staffers accused him of subjecting them to a range of inappropriate sexual conduct or comments.

As a group of senators and representatives reach a final version of the GOP’s tax reform legislation, Nevadans have plenty to watch that could affect their bottom line.

Outside the federal courthouse in Las Vegas, where Cliven Bundy, two of his sons and a militia commander are facing charges stemming from an armed standoff with the federal government nearly three years ago, supporters gather in a field of political placards.

Financial regulation often seems complicated, and the public tends not to care because we may lack context to grasp all of the issues at stake. Still, there is one issue that the public understands: Financial regulators should not take money from the firms under their supervision.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday ordered immigration judges to expedite as much as possible the disposition of pending cases in those courts, confirming among other things that it will review the effectiveness of the magistrates in "finalizing" pending cases and that the federal government will make a heavy investment in hiring to assist them.

In El Salvador, a 9-year-old girl lived with her great-grandmother. Although gang violence flooded the streets in her home country, she felt protected by the woman.

It’s been about 17 years since Las Vegas resident Sandra Granados left the guns and danger she remembers from El Salvador for Las Vegas, finding work, raising children and living with an uncertain immigration status.

Alejandra Hernandez and her husband lived in the U.S. with prayers on their lips, thinking day and night of the daughter they had left behind in their home country of El Salvador when the girl was just 1-year-old.

This area of law is prone to abuse. It’s difficult to file a bar complaint after you’ve been deported.

Last Thursday evening, November 16, the stars of the local legal scene — Barbara Buckley, Jason Frierson, Harry Reid — gathered in an auditorium-style classroom at UNLV’s law school.

In 2014, the UNLV Immigration Clinic received a grant to provide legal assistance to unaccompanied young immigrants who have fled abuse and gang violence in Central America.

Las Vegas immigration judges are among the nation’s toughest when it comes to granting asylum, a new report from Syracuse University shows.