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Sen. Rosen Urges Federal Support for $10B High Speed Rail Connecting Vegas To So Cal

March 24, 2023 12:02 pmMarch 28, 2023 5:12 pm

In a letter written to the US Department of Transportation (USDOT) , Democratic Senator Jacky Rosen urged USDOT to be ready to receive and review the Nevada Department of Transportation’s application related to the project. The $10 billion, 260 mile, electrified high speed rail from Brightline West would connect Southern...

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...

Lombardo Announces ‘Safer and Supportive Schools Act’ As ‘Common Sense Reforms For School Safety’

March 22, 2023 3:59 pmMarch 23, 2023 11:43 am

During his State of the State, Republican Governor Joe Lombardo urged the Nevada legislature to fix the mess they created in 2019 when they passed AB 168, a Restorative Justice experiment signed into law by former Democratic Governor Steve Sisolak, which prohibited or limited the expulsion of students. The bill also prohibited...

Reno Councilman Reese Charged with Ethics Violations

March 22, 2023 1:27 pmApril 5, 2023 2:33 pm

Reno City Councilman Devon Reese (he/him) has been cited by the Nevada Ethics Commission for two of five ethics violations after a complaint was filed. (see below) When not serving as an At-Large councilman, Vice Mayor Reese is a practicing attorney with Hutchinson and Steffen which, according to the complaint,...

OPINION: Las Vegas Needs A Children’s Hospital

March 22, 2023 8:02 amMarch 22, 2023 1:28 pm

When a baby is born, mothers anxiously await that first cry. That wasn’t an experience I had. When my daughter Tatiana was born, she couldn’t cry or breathe independently for the first year. Born with a severe laryngeal condition, my little girl needed a trachea and round-the-clock medical attention, followed...

Lombardo: Biden’s Avi Kwa Ame Designation Is A ‘Historic Mistake’

March 21, 2023 11:48 am

Republican Governor Joe Lombardo slammed the “unilateral” action of the Biden administration to designate Avi Kwa Ame as a national monument, referring to the action as a “Washington Knows Best” policy that is a “historic mistake that will cost Nevadans for generations to come. This morning, the Governor’s office released...

AB 231 Changes The Definition of Money, Increases Government Control

March 21, 2023 8:51 amMarch 21, 2023 11:49 am

Assemblywoman Shea Backus has introduced Assembly Bill 231 which updates provisions of The Uniform Commercial Code and changes the definition of money on pages 18 and 19 of the bill. Essentially, the bill paves the way for federal government Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), and, according to critics of the...