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OPINION: The Fight For Parental Rights In Nevada’s Schools Is Just Beginning

December 6, 2024 3:06 pmDecember 6, 2024 3:20 pm

A wise professor once told me “Never mistake law for justice. Justice is an ideal and law is a tool.” Those words rang true this week as I made my way back from oral arguments in the San Francisco Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of Doe vs WCSD....

Senator Cortez Masto Urges Biden Administration to Protect Undocumented Immigrants

December 5, 2024 12:10 pmDecember 6, 2024 3:06 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 5, 2024 11:30 am

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...

Governor Lombardo, NDE Appoints Compliance Officer To CCSD In Wake of $10M Budget Deficit

November 26, 2024 12:15 pmNovember 26, 2024 4:19 pm

Reporting an estimated $10 million budget deficit, the Clark County School District (CCSD) has been appointed a Compliance Monitor by Governor Joe Lombardo and the State of Nevada Department of Education (NDE) following the district’s non-compliance with state law, NRS 387 and 388G. The appointed Compliance Monitor is Yolanda King,...