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Ethics commission reports backlog cleared but struggles to fill associate counsel post

5831208 · September 10, 2025
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Executive director Ross Armstrong told commissioners the office has reduced older case backlogs and is timely on investigations, but the agency has received no applicants for an open associate counsel position and is monitoring a pending budget review.

The Nevada Commission on Ethics on Nov. 13 reported improved case timeliness and a small active caseload from prior years, but also told commissioners it has been unable to fill an advertised associate counsel vacancy. Executive Director Ross Armstrong said the commission has whittled its stale caseload: “When you became our executive director, we had a huge, huge backlog ... he came in there and started cranking them out,” a commissioner said in gratitude; Armstrong…

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