Nevada continues to deny public records requests
By Michael Scott Davidson, Las Vegas Review-Journal
The state of Nevada refuses to divulge how much it has paid former employees for their unused sick and vacation leave.
Since October, the Las Vegas Review-Journal has sought comprehensive information documenting how much money individual employees received when they retired, resigned or were fired. The request, if fulfilled in its entirety, would encompass employees spanning from department executives to rank-and-file workers such as DMV clerks.
The Review-Journal is seeking the records to better understand which former public employees financially benefit the most from policies that allow them to accrue and then collect hundreds of hours of unused time off.