LAS VEGAS, Nevada, May 24 (TNStalk) -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada issued the following statement on May 23, 2023: * * * The Nevada Senate voted Tuesday to pass Assembly Bill 282, which will provide substitute teachers who work 30 consecutive instructional days with a subsidy to purchase health insurance, affording more than 1,000 educators statewide the potential for health insurance. * * * ACLU of Nevada Executive Director Athar Haseebullah said: "The teacher pipeline s  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, May 25 (TNStalk) -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada issued the following statement on May 23, 2023: * * * The ACLU of Nevada released the following statement after the Nevada Senate voted on the floor to pass Assembly Joint Resolution 8, which urges Congress to remove cannabis as a Schedule I controlled substance on behalf of the state of Nevada. The resolution will now proceed to Congress and does not need approval by the governor. * * * ACLU of Nevada Execut  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, May 24 (TNSgov) -- The American Federation for Children issued the following news release on May 22, 2023: The American Federation for Children (AFC) today announced its plan to spend at least $250,000 on television and digital advertisements calling out Nevada legislators who rejected Governor Lombardo's school choice proposal and have chosen to keep Hispanic families trapped in unsafe learning environments, where "kids are bullied and chased by gangs." The legislators, as t  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 (TNSgov) -- American Rivers issued the following news release on May 22, 2023: American Rivers today applauded the three Lower Basin states (California, Arizona, and Nevada) along with the US Bureau of Reclamation for continuing to urgently work towards an agreement to voluntarily conserve up to 3-million-acre feet of water by the end of 2026, with about half of that being conserved by the end of 2024. This agreement proposes a near-term management approach that the Lower Ba  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 (TNSgov) -- The Immigration Reform Law Institute issued the following news release on May 23, 2023: Yesterday, in a unanimous decision, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a Nevada district court that had found the federal criminal reentry statute--which makes it a crime for previously-deported aliens to reenter the country unlawfully--unconstitutional. The Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI) had filed a brief in the Ninth Circuit in defense of this statute. The   more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, May 27 (TNSgov) -- The Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund issued the following news release: A federal lawsuit challenging the City of Las Vegas's use of immigration detainers has been expanded to include U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to papers filed Tuesday. The amended complaint, filed by MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) and F. Travis Buchanan, Esq. & Associates, PLLC of Las Vegas, challenges ICE's reli  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, May 27 (TNSgov)(TNScapv) -- The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions issued the following news release and letter: The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) has signed a letter expressing support for the efforts of Representatives Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Ami Bera (D-CA), and Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) for introducing H.R. 2474, the "Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act." The legislation applie  more