Nevada high court rejects petition from state retirement system

The Nevada Supreme Court denied a request to rehear a decision that compelled the state retirement system to disclose the benefits of employees in a high-profile public records case that began three years ago.

In a majority opinion on Monday, four justices rejected the petition from the Public Employees Retirement System, court records show. Two justices — James Hardesty and Lidia Stiglich — dissented, while Justice Ron Parraguirre recused himself.

The court in October ruled 4-3 in favor of the Nevada Policy Research Institute, which filed a public-records request in 2015 seeking retiree names, salaries, dates of retirement, years of service and cost-of-living increases so the information could be published on TransparentNevada.com.

The retirement system filed a petition on Nov. 6 for the court to rehear the case, arguing that the October opinion did not “provide adequate guidance” to public agencies when responding to public-records requests, court records show.

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