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Nevada Democrats are ramming through legislation to make last year’s chaotic “emergency” voting procedures permanent.
On Wednesday, the Democrat-controlled General Assembly approved a measure that would legalize ballot harvesting and make universal mail-in voting a permanent fixture of elections, both changes that were initially implemented to be temporary last year.
Assembly Bill 321, now moving on for consideration in the upper chamber, requires registered voters to opt out rather than opt in to receiving a mail-in ballot. The law sets up ballots to be sent out automatically as they were in the fall, where nearly all votes cast were by mail, according to the Nevada Secretary of State’s office.
In nearby Montgomery County, Council Member Will Jawando introduced a bill the same day that would require officers to complete a training course on racial equity, social justice and de-escalation tactics.
A few days prior, officials in Prince William County, Virginia, greenlighted additional funds for a police department pilot program in which officers and behavioral health clinicians co-respond to certain 911 calls.
The changes are part of ongoing efforts to reshape the role of policing.
The District’s six-month pilot program begins in June and is one of the 90 recommendations included in the city’s police reform commission report titled “Decentering Police to Improve Public Safety.”
A new state law that went into effect May 1 allows public workers to unionize for the first time in nearly three decades. But first, city council has to say "yes."
Virginia minimum wage increase sparks debate
VCU student: $9.50 an hour is not that much of a difference, but. it makes a difference
The change comes as many business owners are still feeling the economic toll of the pandemic, so some critics are especially concerned about the timing of the move. However, others say it s been a long time coming.
By: Tyler Layne
and last updated 2021-05-02 19:53:29-04
RICHMOND, Va. For the first time in more than a decade, Virginia has raised the hourly minimum wage for workers sparking a debate over the benefits and downsides.
The change comes as many business owners are still feeling the economic toll of the pandemic, so some critics are especially concerned about the timing of the move. However, others say it s been a long time coming.