Politics
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State bill would allow immigrant parents to designate legal guardians for kids if they’re deported
Assembly Bill 460 would create a legal process that authorizes a parent or guardian to pre-designate another person to act as a child’s primary caretaker in the event they are separated from the child due to a federal immigration order. Nevada state lawmakers are considering a new proposal that would allow noncitizens to nominate a…
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AOC and Bernie Sanders urge Democrats to fight harder during stop in North Las Vegas
At a time when Democratic leadership faces pressure to push back on Donald Trump’s agenda, progressive leaders Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders say grassroots activism has never been more important. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez doesn’t necessarily care if you voted for the Democratic party in last November’s election — or even if you voted for Donald Trump. Whether…
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Do you care about IVF access in Nevada? These senators have a plan to protect it.
If passed, Senate Bill 217 would give people the right to IVF in state law.
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Trump’s plan to gut Medicaid to pay for tax cuts for billionaires ‘would be devastating for Nevadans,’ senator warns
Nevada Democratic US Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto said a Republican plan to cut taxes on the rich can only be offset by about $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid. Nevada Democratic US Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto on Monday renewed a warning that a tax cut proposal endorsed by President Donald Trump would require lawmakers to…
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‘Some people work their butts off and other people get rich’: Gwen Frisbie-Fulton’s view from rural America
My dad raised us to work hard and do good for our families, but he was also going to make damn sure we didn’t step on anyone else along the way.
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Trump administration investigating UNLV over diversity efforts
UNLV is the only Nevada institution under investigation, but several universities in neighboring states were also included in the probe. Nevada’s largest public university is under investigation by the Trump administration for its efforts to bolster diversity among Ph.D students, the US Department of Education announced Friday. The department announced it had opened investigations into…
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Nevada officials, veterans worry VA cuts could impact access to healthcare and other benefits
VA branches that cover Nevada, which is home to more than 200,000 veterans, employ a combined roughly 4,800 full-time employees and complete more than one million healthcare visits each year — leaving some worried that any cuts to the agency will impact their wellbeing. Amid recently announced plans to eliminate roughly 82,000 jobs at the…
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Report: Nearly 40K workers in Nevada still make below minimum wage
Researchers with the Rutgers University Workplace Justice Lab say that since 2005 — when Nevada’s minimum hourly wage was $5.15 — underpayment has cost workers in the Silver State an estimated $122 million annually. Although Nevada’s minimum wage has more than doubled over the past two decades, roughly 40,000 Nevadans each year still make less…
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One Nevada lawmaker’s plan to protect school kids from ICE raids
AB 217 would make it a misdemeanor for school employees to assist ICE or give them access to school grounds.
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Cortez Masto reintroduces bill to improve access to behavioral health and substance use disorder treatments
Nevada’s senior US Senator says the COMPLETE Care Act would allow primary care clinics to hire mental health professionals — a model that experts note can help doctors identify and treat mental health and substance use disorders before someone reaches a crisis. Nevada Democratic US Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto on Tuesday reintroduced new, bipartisan legislation…
