Ex-Montana solicitor general taking same post in Nevada

LAS VEGAS — Attorney General-elect Adam Laxalt has selected the former solicitor general of Montana to serve in the same role in Nevada. Laxalt announced Wednesday that he’d appointed Lawrence VanDyke to the post, which involves defending the state in cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. VanDyke previously served as assistant solicitor general in Texas, and as a constitutional and appellate lawyer in the firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, whic