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  2. Home rule in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A city organizing under Home Rule adopts a Home Rule Charter, which must be consistent with and is subject to the Constitution and laws of Nebraska. Lincoln and Omaha are Nebraska’s only current Home Rule cities. [6] Grand Island adopted a Home Rule charter in 1928; it was repealed by the voters on April 2, 1963.

  3. Government of Nevada - Wikipedia

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    The Governor's Mansion in Carson City. The governor of Nevada is the chief magistrate of Nevada, [2] the head of the executive department of the state's government, [2] and the commander-in-chief of the state 's military forces. [3] The governor has a duty to enforce state laws, [4] and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the ...

  4. Gun laws in Nevada - Wikipedia

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    Open carry. Nevada is a traditional open carry state with no permit being required to carry openly, as well as complete state preemption of firearms laws. Effective June 2, 2016 SB 175 [ 27] and SB 240 [ 28] (duplicate provisions) is legislation that prohibits counties, cities, and towns from enacting ordinances more restrictive than state law.

  5. Devils Hole - Wikipedia

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    Description. Devils Hole is a geothermal pool within a limestone cavern in the Amargosa Desert in the Amargosa Valley of Nevada, east over the Amargosa Range and Funeral Mountains from Death Valley. It is at an elevation of 730 m (2,400 ft) above sea level [ 1] and the water is a constant temperature of 33 °C (91 °F). [ 2]

  6. Local government in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Most U.S. states and territories have at least two tiers of local government: counties and municipalities. Louisiana uses the term parish and Alaska uses the term borough for what the U.S. Census Bureau terms county equivalents in those states. Civil townships or towns are used as subdivisions of a county in 20 states, mostly in the Northeast ...

  7. Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial District Court of Nevada - Wikipedia

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    IV, V; Nev. Rev. Stat. § 171.123 (3) Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial District Court of Nevada, 542 U.S. 177 (2004), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a statute requiring suspects to disclose their names during a valid Terry stop does not violate the Fourth Amendment if the statute first requires reasonable suspicion ...

  8. Murder in Nevada law - Wikipedia

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    Murder in Nevada law constitutes the unlawful killing, under circumstances defined by law, of people within or under the jurisdiction of the U.S. state of Nevada.. The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that in the year 2021, the state had a murder rate somewhat above the median for the entire country.

  9. List of brothels in Nevada - Wikipedia

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    According to the Nevada Brothel List site, there were 21 legal brothels in Nevada as of February 2018, [ 1] down from its peak of 35 in the early 1980s. [ 2] As of September 2023, there are only 19 legal brothels open in Nevada in just 6 of the state's 17 counties. [ 3] While prostitution is legal in parts of Nevada, it is illegal outside these ...