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Nevada progressives upset bills stall in Dem-led statehouse
SAM METZ, AP / Report for America
May 14, 2021
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CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) Downcast Democratic Party-aligned groups and activists rebuked leaders from their own party Friday after proposals they championed to repeal the death penalty and expand tenant protections failed to make it past a key legislative deadline.
Bills that made it through one chamber either the state Senate or Assembly must advance out of committee in the opposite chamber in order to remain under consideration in the legislative session.
Proposals to limit police use of force, crack down on housing discrimination and ban law enforcement agencies from using ticket and arrest quotas passed Friday, while efforts to limit when the death penalty can be sought and when landlords can take tenants security deposits and charge late fees stalled amid heated opposition and a lack of negotiated compromise.
Blockchains idea finally makes legislative debut
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Gov. Steve Sisolak’s proposal to create a committee to study the concept of ‘innovation zones’ received its first hearing Tuesday.
The five-member Senate committee on legislative operations and elections gave little indication of their feelings about the underlying concept of allowing private companies toestablish a new form of governmentin undeveloped areas of Nevada, a proposal the governor himselfhas inextricably linkedwith a company called Blockchains LLC.
But more than a dozen organizations from across the state used the hearing as an opportunity to publicly declare their opinions or reservations about the controversial idea.
Nevada lawmakers halve gun bill amid enforcement concerns
SAM METZ, AP / Report for America
April 23, 2021
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1of3FILE - In this Nov. 27, 2019, file photo, are ghost guns on display at the headquarters of the San Francisco Police Department in San Francisco. A gun control bill proposed by a Nevada lawmaker who survived a 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas has sparked opposition from both Second Amendment activists and police reform advocates. The state Assembly on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, passed a proposal by Assemblywoman Sandra Jauregui to ban build-your-own ghost guns. Haven Daley/APShow MoreShow Less
2of3FILE - In this July 10, 2020, file photo, Nevada Assemblywoman Sandra Jauregui attends the third day of the 31st Special Session of the Nevada Legislature in Carson City, Nev. A gun control bill proposed by Jauregui, a Nevada lawmaker who survived a 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas, has sparked opposition from both Second Amendment activists