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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...

Nevada AG Vows To Protect The Rights of Undocumented Immigrants In Contact With Law Enforcement

November 20, 2024 2:59 pmNovember 27, 2024 3:43 pm

Following yesterday’s announcement that Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford’s office “will be a bulwark” against any effort by the Trump administration “to impose unconstitutional mandates, override our system of checks and balances, or intrude upon the rights of any Nevada resident,” his office released two “Know Your Rights” documents to...

Nevada AG Ford Highlights Potential Defense Against Trump Administration

November 18, 2024 3:18 pmNovember 25, 2024 3:12 pm

Fresh off the trail from the Harris-Walz campaign, Attorney General Aaron Ford (D-NV) highlighted his concerns of an incoming Trump administration in a social media post-election statement and warns that “we will be a bulwark against any effort to impose unconstitutional mandates, override our system of checks and balances, or...

Washoe County Commissioner Mike Clark Cites Conflict of Interest, Abstains From Certifying 2024 Election

November 15, 2024 3:59 pmNovember 25, 2024 9:40 am

The majority of Washoe County commissioners certified the 2024 election in a 3-1 vote, with Commissioner Mike Clark citing a conflict of interest as reason he would abstain from voting. He was not present when the vote was taken after a brief recess for legal counsel to review Clark’s conflict...

Senators Cortez Masto, Rosen Announce Over $15M To Help Nevadans Pay Skyrocketing Energy Costs

November 14, 2024 2:01 pmNovember 22, 2024 8:11 pm

Today, U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) announced that Nevada will receive over $15 million in funding they secured through the most recent government funding bill and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) to help Nevada families lower/pay their...