ROCKVILLE, Maryland, May 16 (TNSgov) -- The American Kidney Fund issued the following news release: The American Kidney Fund (AKF) applauds Nevada for making living organ donor protections state law with SB 132, signed into law May 10 by Gov. Joe Lombardo. The Living Donor Protection Act, which will go into effect Jan. 1, 2024, prohibits life, disability and long-term care insurers from discriminating against living organ donors by refusing to insure them, limiting their coverage or charging th  more

HENDERSON, Nevada, May 17 (TNSgov) -- Battle Born Progress, an organization that says it empowers, engages and mobilizes Nevada voters, issued the following news release on May 15, 2023: The Assembly Floor voted to pass Senate Bill 171 (SB171), to prohibit the owning, purchasing, or possessing a firearm upon conviction of a misdemeanor or gross misdemeanor hate crime. The bill was passed 27 to 14. * * * Annette Magnus, Executive Director, of Battle Born Progress, issued the following statemen  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, May 16 (TNSgov) -- Battle Born Progress, an organization that says it empowers, engages and mobilizes Nevada voters, issued the following news release on May 15, 2023: The Senate passed AB354, which prohibits guns at polling locations, vote centers, election sites, ballot drop-off locations, and ballot tabulation areas. Additionally, AB354 clarifies language from the 81st Nevada Legislative Session defining the definition of frame or receiver and bringing the language up to  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, May 12 (TNSgov) -- Battle Born Progress, an organization that says it empowers, engages and mobilizes Nevada voters, issued the following news release and letter: Governor Joe Lombardo was one of 24 other signatories on a letter from the Republican Governors Association attacking the Biden Administration's Title IX rule, which prohibits state bans on trans women from competing in women's sports. No such bill has currently been proposed in the Nevada Legislature, but House R  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, May 18 (TNSgov) -- Battle Born Progress, an organization that says it empowers, engages and mobilizes Nevada voters, issued the following news release on May 17, 2023: On Wednesday, May 17th, 2023, after Governor Lombardo vetoed critical safety measures to protect Nevadans, Assembly Majority Floor Leader Sandra Jauregui and Senator Dallas Harris were joined by gun violence prevention advocates to express their disgust for Lombardo's actions. Assembly Bill 354 (AB354): soug  more

TUCSON, Arizona, May 16 (TNSgov) -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on May 15, 2023: The Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal notice today of its intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to protect the critically imperiled Railroad Valley toad under the Endangered Species Act. This rare toad is found at just one spring-fed wetland complex in Railroad Valley, Nevada. It has an estimated distribution of only 445 acres and is iso  more