LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Feb. 24 (TNSgov) -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada issued the following news release on Feb. 23, 2023: The ACLU of Nevada's first priority bill of the 2023 session of the Nevada Legislature seeks to make police traffic stops safer for people who are differently abled. Assembly Bill 161, cosponsored by Assemblyman Cameron CH Miller and Assemblywoman Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod and brought on behalf of ACLU of Nevada, is set for a hearing today. The ACLU of Nevada o  more

FAIRFAX, Virginia, Feb. 24 (TNSgov) -- The Brain Injury Association of America issued the following news and letter: The Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) has released a letter that calls on the Nevada Athletic Commission to put an end to the "sport" of slap fighting as it poses a great danger to its participants to develop traumatic brain injury. BIAA is joining a growing chorus of individuals and organizations concerned about the health and safety of participants of The Power Slap.   more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Feb. 21 (TNSgov) -- Battle Born Progress, an organization that says it empowers, engages and mobilizes Nevada voters, posted the following news release on Feb. 20, 2023: This morning, the Nevada Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor heard testimony on Senate Bill 131, introduced by Senate Majority Nicole Cannizzaro, that seeks to protect both abortion providers in Nevada, and out-of-state patients seeking an abortion, from prosecution by other states with restrictive bans   more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Feb. 24 -- Freedom for Immigrants, a nonprofit that monitors human rights abuses faced by immigrants, issued the following news release on Feb. 23, 2023: Five individuals currently or previously detained in federal immigration detention at the Nye County Jail and Nevada Southern Detention Center in Pahrump, Nevada, have come forward to report a troubling pattern of retaliatory transfers and medical abuse detailed in a new federal civil rights complaint filed today by a coalit  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 23 (TNSconf) -- The Society for Human Resource Management issued the following news release: The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) announced Zig Serafin, Chief Executive Officer of Qualtrics will join the SHRM Annual Conference and Exposition 2023 (SHRM23) as a Main Stage speaker for the Opening General session. The largest HR conference in the world, SHRM23 will take place in Las Vegas, Nevada and virtually June 11-14th, 2023. Zig will lead the Opening Ge  more