Ira Hanson Archives - Nevada Globe

NV Dems Target Juveniles and First Amendment in SB 227

March 28, 2023 5:10 pmMarch 29, 2023 9:30 am

Senate Bill 227 (SB227) was heard this afternoon by the Senate Judiciary Committee, sponsored by Democratic legislators Senator Pat Spearman and Assemblywoman Cecilia Gonzaléz. Senator Spearman revisited her unfortunate experiences in 1969 as a young black girl growing up in Alabama in order to make the case for this ambiguous...

Bipartisan Bill Criminalizing Private Investigator Practices Advances in Legislature

March 23, 2023 11:42 amMarch 24, 2023 1:05 pm

In response to a private investigator legally placing a tracking device on two Washoe County elected officials’ vehicles, Democrats and Republicans have found common ground in introducing a bill that would ban this legal procedure unless the private investigator receives consent of the owner or lessor of the vehicle. https://twitter.com/NVGOPAssembly/status/1638626657308393472?s=20...

Entire Nevada GOP Assembly Caucus Has Signed the Education Freedom Pledge

November 18, 2021 6:04 amNovember 18, 2021 3:35 pm

With public education sprinting to the forefront among heated issues heading into the 2022 midterm elections—and having witnessed parental rights and school choice propel Glenn Youngkin to Virginia’s governor mansion—, majority of Republicans in the Nevada Legislature have signed the Education Freedom Pledge pledge. It states: “I pledge to support...