Top nuke defender quits
By Wally EdgeBob Loux, head of the Nevada Nuclear Projects Agency, has resigned as a result of a scandal about unauthorized pay hikes for he and his staff.
Loux raised pay for employees of his agency by 16 percent last year, which was above the pay raises authorized by the state Legislature.
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