Kate Marshall Archives - Nevada Globe

From Lactating Rooms to Mail-In Voting. New Nevada Laws Take Effect in 2022

January 3, 2022 7:24 pmJanuary 4, 2022 7:35 am

As reported by the Las Vegas Review Journal (RJ): “A ban on the sale or possession of untraceable weapons heads a list of laws passed last session that take effect with the new year. Part of the weapons law, passed as Assembly Bill 286 in the spring, was struck down earlier in...

Governor Sisolak appoints bilingual educator as lieutenant governor

December 17, 2021 10:47 am

On Thursday, Sisolak filled the vacant lieutenant governor’s position by appointing Lisa Cano Burkhead. Burkhead’s a recently retired, bilingual educator and principal for 25 years in the Clark County School District. The Lt. Gov position has been vacant since September, when former Lt. Gov, Kay Marshall resigned to take a...

Special Session: Legislative Redistricting Takes a Back Seat to Process and Politics

November 13, 2021 8:19 amNovember 13, 2021 9:52 pm

The work of the people was supposed to commence on Friday during the 33rd Special Session of the Nevada Legislature. With less than 24 hours to prepare, the part time legislators and interested parties had to make it to Carson City to debate, review and propose legislative maps that will...