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Whips Illegal + Reno Needs Expansion + Motorcyclist Hospitalized
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First, today's weather:
Partly cloudy throughout the day. High: 79 Low: 50.
Here are the top stories today in Reno:
- The Reno City Council introduced an ordinance Wednesday that would make the use of whips in downtown Reno illegal. The Reno City Council introduced an ordinance Wednesday that would make the use of whips in downtown Reno illegal. It also states that it is illegal for anyone to crack the whip to "injure, annoy, interfere with, or endanger the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of others" within city limits. (Reno Gazette Journal)
- Mayor Ed Lawson says contractors are on track to build over the last open plot of land in five years. This outcome would result in the City of Reno slowly crumbling. Nevadans pay a discounted property tax rate of 35 percent the full rate and Senator Julia Ratti's proposal to raise property taxes, which could ease growth, was rejected. Mayor Lawson says growth is the only option to sustain city services until the property tax rate in Nevada increases. Reno faces two options: to expand its boundaries or grow vertically. (KOLO)
- A motorcyclist was hospitalized after rear-ending a truck in Spanish Springs on Tuesday evening. Both the motorcyclist and the truck driver were impaired at the time of the crash. (KRNV My News 4)
- The Reno city attorney's office dismissed charges Monday against four homeless advocates ticketed during a protest at City Plaza. (KRNV My News 4)
- A Reno man dies after he lost control, went off the roadway and hit a bridge support column on Highway 395. (KTVN)
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Today in Reno:
- Civil Service Commission Meeting - City of Reno (3:30 PM)
- Art for Recovery - The Stacie Mathewson Behavioral Health & Addiction Institute (4:00 PM)
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— Rachel Kilimnik
About me: Rachel is a born-and-raised New Yorker who recently relocated to the mountains in the west. She is a freelance copywriter for the content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and is assisting Patch.com with community newsletter curation. During her free time, you can find Rachel roller skating, making pottery, drinking tea, and tending to her growing collection of houseplants.