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NV Dems Want $1M More To Fund Boyd School Of Law Immigration Clinic

April 3, 2023 8:55 amApril 3, 2023 2:55 pm

The Assembly Ways and Means Committee will hear Assembly Bill AB 328 this morning and vote on the bill later this afternoon. AB 328 will provide and additional $1 million to the UNLV Boyd School of Law Immigration Clinic to assist in “free” legal defense against deportation and other services...

NV Dems: No Citizenship Required To Serve on Citizens Advisory Councils

March 29, 2023 2:43 pmMarch 30, 2023 2:13 pm

Democratic legislators continue to fight on behalf of non-citizens in the state legislature. After introducing a bill that would allow non-citizens to enroll in Medicaid, Sen. Fabian Doñate has sponsored another bill that eliminates the requirement for a member of a citizens’ advisory council of a town or a town advisory...

Poll: Majority of Nevadans Support Gov Lombardo’s Election Integrity Proposals

March 29, 2023 1:47 pmApril 5, 2023 2:31 pm

Yesterday, the Nevada Democratic Party Chairwoman, Assemblywoman Daniele Monroe-Moreno, had some choice words for Governor Joe Lombardo in response to his election integrity proposals found in Senate Bill 405: “Not even halfway through the legislative session, Governor Lombardo is making his priorities clear: rolling back voting rights. Lombardo is more...

Governor Lombardo Introduces Election Integrity Bill

March 29, 2023 9:29 amMarch 29, 2023 1:55 pm

As promised during his State of the State address, Governor Lombardo has introduced Senate Bill 405 which upends the sweeping changes to election laws the Democratic majority passed during the pandemic without a single Republican vote. https://twitter.com/JosephMLombardo/status/1620489276113960961?s=20 Lombardo’s proposal includes: photo identification to vote; the last four digits of a...

NV Dems Target Juveniles and First Amendment in SB 227

March 28, 2023 5:10 pmMarch 29, 2023 9:30 am

Senate Bill 227 (SB227) was heard this afternoon by the Senate Judiciary Committee, sponsored by Democratic legislators Senator Pat Spearman and Assemblywoman Cecilia Gonzaléz. Senator Spearman revisited her unfortunate experiences in 1969 as a young black girl growing up in Alabama in order to make the case for this ambiguous...

Senator Doñate Has HOPE To Expand Medicaid to Undocumented Immigrants

March 28, 2023 12:07 pmApril 3, 2023 2:57 pm

Yesterday, Democratic Senator Fabian Doñate introduced the HOPE Act, the “Nevada Health Opportunities, Planning, and Expansion Act”, which would expand Medicaid benefits to all Nevada residents regardless of their immigration status. According to a KFF study, non-citizens are more likely than citizens to be uninsured. The uninsured rate for recent...

NV Dems Rally For Abortion Amendment to State Constitution Amid GOP Concerns And Challenges

March 24, 2023 1:04 pmMarch 30, 2023 2:14 pm

Yesterday, a rally was held in front of the Nevada Legislature in support of SJR-7, an amendment that would enshrine abortion rights into the Nevada Constitution. Led by Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro, pro-abortion organizations like Planned Parenthood, National Organization for Women, Progressive Leadership Alliance, Nevada Women’s Lobby, NARAL, Nevada Public...