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Legislative Dems Propose 25 Percent Pay Increase For State Employees

March 30, 2023 2:11 pmMarch 30, 2023 5:46 pm

Going beyond Governor Lombardo’s budgetary proposal to increase state worker pay by 12 percent over two years and executive bonuses of $2,000 per year, Legislative Democrats countered his budgetary recommendations with a significant compensation and benefit increases for state workers in order to fill “unprecedented vacancies.” Currently the state job...

Lombardo Announces ‘Safer and Supportive Schools Act’ As ‘Common Sense Reforms For School Safety’

March 22, 2023 3:59 pmMarch 23, 2023 11:43 am

During his State of the State, Republican Governor Joe Lombardo urged the Nevada legislature to fix the mess they created in 2019 when they passed AB 168, a Restorative Justice experiment signed into law by former Democratic Governor Steve Sisolak, which prohibited or limited the expulsion of students. The bill also prohibited...

NV Dems Move to Enshrine Abortion Rights Into Nevada Constitution

March 19, 2023 11:40 amMarch 20, 2023 8:47 am

Citing the U.S Supreme Court’s decision on Roe V. Wade, a group of 40 Democratic legislators led by Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro introduced a measure last Thursday to enshrine abortion protections in the Nevada Constitution. “The Supreme Court failed Nevadans when it upended fifty years of law to overturn Roe...

Assm. Gray Introduces Bill Requiring Ballots To Be Received On Election Day

March 1, 2023 3:41 pmMarch 7, 2023 12:23 pm

Today, Republican Assemblyman Ken Gray (AD-39) introduced AB 230, which, if passed, will require that a mail ballot mailed to a county or city clerk be postmarked on or before the last day of the period for early voting and received before the time set for closing of the polls on...

Governor Lombardo Signs Bill, Urges Support for Charter School Transportation Funding

February 28, 2023 11:04 amFebruary 28, 2023 3:35 pm

Yesterday, Governor Joe Lombardo signed Senate Bill 124, ending a mining tax prepayment in the current the fiscal year, rather than the first year of the next biennium. This measure will effectively transfer roughly $70 million from the General Fund in Fiscal Year 2023 to the State Education Fund in Fiscal...

Sen Scheible Sponsors Bill To Put Polling Places in Jails

February 23, 2023 12:26 pm

Democratic State Senator Melanie Scheible (SD-9) has introduced legislation mandating polling places in city and county jails. SB 162 authorizes the county clerk, county sheriff and jail administrator to establish a polling place within the jail and allows same day voting and registration on the day of the election. The law...

Governor Lombardo Signals Support For Cannizzaro’s Abortion Bill

February 20, 2023 1:15 pmFebruary 21, 2023 3:39 pm

Last Thursday, in a wide-ranging and fair interview with Joe Schoenmann on KNPR, Republican Governor Joe Lombardo signaled his bipartisan support of Democratic Senate Majority Leaders Nicole Cannizzaro’s legislation, SB 131, which is unanimously sponsored by her Democratic colleagues. SB 131 seeks to codify former Governor Sisolak’s executive order issued in...