AB 276 is necessary because Nevada’s Public Records Act doesn’t always provide requestors with the tools they need to compel government officials to follow the law and release government records that rightfully belong to us — the public.
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Two bills are threatening to change the way protesting is conducted in Nevada and although sponsors say it’s targeted only at violent protesters, local activists fear the repercussions.
A bill limiting how local law enforcement agencies interact with federal authorities in immigration cases passed out of legislative committee Wednesday on a party-line vote.
Lawmakers heard bills about reforming the eviction process and building more affordable housing in Nevada as a Friday deadline for passing bills from committees approached.
A scaled back effort at civil asset forfeiture reform in Nevada, a perennial but habitually unsuccessful legislative objective, again met opposition in committee Monday from law enforcement.
Lawmakers in Carson City will be working hard to meet an April 9 deadline for bills to pass out of committee or be considered dead for the rest of the session.
Rival Republican and Democratic views on voting in America clashed in a legislative committee Thursday over a bill to make mail-in balloting the permanent and predominant method of voting in Nevada.
A proposal to garnish casino winnings in Nevada from people who owe child support was heard in the Assembly on Tuesday, with the state’s resort industry testifying in opposition.
Assemblywoman Sarah Peters, D-Reno, came out as pansexual in a speech on the Assembly floor, something she says she did to support the LGBTQ community in Nevada.
Nevada lawmakers on Friday took a bill in the state Legislature that would require all single-stall public bathrooms to be gender neutral.
Nevada lawmakers on Thursday took aim at law enforcement policies on use of deadly force and protest response, legislation that is a major part of Democrats’ push this session on policing reforms.
A pair of bills in the Nevada Legislature would ban the death penalty in Nevada, but they face an uncertain future even among Democrats.
The resolution, first passed in 2019, could see a constitutional amendment on the ballot to guarantee equal rights regardless of gender, race, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, ancestry or national origin.
Proposals that could allow for a safe injection site pilot program and significantly alter medical pricing in Nevada were introduced Monday among 91 new bills.
With a bill-introduction deadline looming on Monday, Carson City lawmakers are bracing for a long day.