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Governor Lombardo Signals Support For Kash Patel As FBI Director

December 9, 2024 11:52 amDecember 14, 2024 2:12 pm

Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo (R) took to social media last Friday afternoon calling for needed reforms at the FBI and expressed he was “looking forward to hearing Mr. Patel’s ideas for the Bureau.” “We must bring universal and unequivocal justice back to the heart of our nation’s top law enforcement...

Senator Cortez Masto Urges Biden Administration to Protect Undocumented Immigrants

December 5, 2024 12:10 pmDecember 12, 2024 5:10 pm

Nevada Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D) is urging the Biden Administration to protect undocumented immigrants in the wake of President Donald Trump’s promise to begin mass deportation efforts after his inauguration. https://twitter.com/SenCortezMasto/status/1864516797984330254 Masto joined her democratic colleagues Senators Alex Padilla (CA) and Ben Ray Lugán (NM) in sending a letter...

Vice Chair of Judiciary Committee Under Active State Bar Investigation

December 3, 2024 1:38 pmDecember 10, 2024 2:18 pm

Today, Democratic leadership released their committee assignments for the upcoming 2025 legislative session (see below). One notable assignment from Assembly Leader Steve Yeager is his selection of Assemblywoman Elaine Marzola as the Vice Chair of the Judiciary committee. https://twitter.com/nvassemblydems/status/1863999506913874344 https://twitter.com/NVSenateDems/status/1860045151118459386 As reported by The Globe, Assemblywoman Marzola is under an...

Governor Lombardo Urges Congress To Reauthorize Farm Bill

December 2, 2024 6:38 amDecember 7, 2024 1:22 pm

Today, Governor Joe Lombardo joined 16 Republican governors in a joint letter to Congress expressing his concerns about the delayed passage of an updated Farm Bill, also known as the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018. In December 2018, President Donald Trump signed the bill into law and was reauthorized through...

NV Dept of Education Adds Anti-Grooming Bill to Legislative Docket

November 27, 2024 5:07 pmDecember 7, 2024 1:23 pm

The Committee on Education, on behalf if the Nevada Department of Education, has submitted Senate Bill 59 for consideration in the next legislative session. The bill revises provisions NRS 391.330 governing the license of educational personnel. The provisions include the prohibition of “grooming” and acts of sexual impropriety. The description...

Governor Lombardo Calls For Serious Reforms Upon Election Certification, ‘Nevadans Deserve Timely Election Results’

November 26, 2024 4:16 pmDecember 5, 2024 11:31 am

Today, three weeks after “Election Day,” the Nevada Supreme Court certified the 2024 General Election results, making the statewide results official. Through pandemic-era legislation passed unilaterally by the Democratic majority, ballots can be received and counted for three to four days after Election Day. The deadline for curing ballots was...

Commissioner Justin Jones Faces Disbarment For Destroying Evidence

November 25, 2024 9:36 amDecember 2, 2024 6:39 am

Clark County Commissioner Justin Jones (D-District F) faces disbarment or suspension of his law license in the wake of a federal judge’s decision that found him liable for destroying evidence, lying to the court, and a subsequent State Bar investigation. Attorneys for the State Bar met with Jones last Thursday and...

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