Former Las Vegas politician gets 28 years in jail for killing reporter

LAS VEGAS, Nevada: A former Las Vegas-area Democratic elected official who killed an investigative journalist for writing critical articles on his conduct in office two years ago and exposing an intimate relationship with a female coworker was sentenced this week to at least 28 years in Nevada state prison.

A judge added eight years to the minimum 20-years-to-life sentence that a jury set in August after findin