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PAUL BOGER: The speaker and the governor talked about lawmakers really focusing on pandemic relief and trying to help Nevadans through this pandemic. Where is the legislature on those bills, on that pandemic relief, and what more is going to come out of the session, do you think?
TERESA BENITEZ-THOMPSON: The conversation we re going to be having is about the Governor s Office of Economic Development and abatements, because we know that we have different areas of the state that are struggling with record numbers of unemployment, and then different areas of the state that are not. So we really need to focus on and target our communities who are going to take the longest to recover. So we see that conversation as being very important to how Nevada recovers.
Progressive hopes see small advances in Carson City | Sheila Leslie
Sheila Leslie
This opinion column was submitted by RGJ columnist Sheila Leslie, who served in the Nevada Legislature from 1998 to 2012.
Progressives see opportunity for significant change during this year’s legislative session, with Democrats in charge of both legislative bodies and the governor’s office. They expect criminal justice reform, including the repeal of Nevada’s death penalty. They want something done to rein in gun violence. They want to strengthen the ability of Nevadans to vote. They want increased efforts to protect the environment and public health. They want the mining industry to be taxed appropriately. And they’re looking for improvements in our state’s education and mental health care systems, more affordable housing, and ways of shifting the burden of taxation from the backs of the poor to the shoulders of wealthy corporations that continue to siphon off our taxes for their shareho
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Nevada to revisit mail-in ballot debate after 2020 spotlight
SAM METZ, AP / Report for America
April 1, 2021
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1of3FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2020, file photo, a county election worker scans mail-in ballots as observers watch at a tabulating area at the Clark County Election Department in Las Vegas. Nevada lawmakers are considering sending mail-in ballots to all active voters in future elections after passing a law last summer that directed election officials to do so to prevent the coronavirus from spreading at polling places. A legislative committee is scheduled on Thursday, April 1, 2021, to hear a proposal to make the policy permanent.John Locher/APShow MoreShow Less