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AG Ford Joins Multi-State Coalition to Protect Access To Abortion Medication

April 12, 2023 4:10 pmApril 13, 2023 1:32 pm

Yesterday, Attorney General Aaron Ford (D) announced he joined a multi-state coalition to challenge the recent decision in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas that could restrict medication abortion access nationwide. On Monday, the coalition filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for...

Mandatory Sex Ed for Third Graders Unless Parents Opt-Out

April 12, 2023 8:58 amApril 22, 2023 2:31 pm

Yesterday, Democratic Assemblywoman Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod reintroduced sexuality education legislation to the Assembly Committee on Education which requires parents to opt-out of sexuality education curriculum. Current Nevada law requires parent to opt-in for their children. Starting in the third grade, Assembly Bill 357 also requires teaching statewide “evidence-based” and factual information about...

Senator Cortez Masto Encourages Bipartisanship In Address To Nevada Legislature

April 12, 2023 7:55 amDecember 16, 2023 2:44 pm

During a brief address to the Nevada Legislature and Governor Joe Lombardo, Democratic Senator Catherine Cortez Masto encouraged bipartisanship to lead the clean energy economy in Nevada in order to do “everything we can do for our working families and businesses.” “Nevada is at the forefront of leading the innovation...

Rent Control Debated In Nevada Legislature

April 10, 2023 4:24 pmApril 17, 2023 10:36 am

On Friday, Democratic State Senator Pat Spearman introduced Senate Bill 426, The Neighborhood Stabilization Act, which prohibits landlords from increasing rent during the first year of tenancy and ties rent increases to the state’s cost-of-living index, as determined by the state housing authority, for the area surrounding a unit. The...

Democrats Back National Popular Vote Interstate Compact

April 10, 2023 12:48 pmMay 18, 2023 2:55 pm

Last week, the Nevada Assembly Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections held a public hearing on AJR6 the the National Popular Vote interstate compact. The compact would require that Nevada’s electoral college votes would go to the Presidential candidate with the largest share of the popular vote. In March 2023, the National Popular...

OPINION: TrackerGate May Reveal More Than Identity Of PI Client

April 10, 2023 11:42 am

Public Figures are just that–public figures. When a citizen decides to run for public office, they choose to forego certain privacies. Tracking a public figure, whether they are actors, singers, athletes, or politicians, has been happening for centuries as it is one of the main ways the public at large...

Tax Hikes Consume Nevada Legislature

April 7, 2023 2:05 pmApril 14, 2023 10:08 am

The many reasons why people from all over the country, especially from California, move to Nevada is due to the fact that we do not have a state income tax as prohibited by the Nevada Constitution. Yet, Nevada Democrats mimic the policies of their California colleagues in the numerous tax...

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