LAS VEGAS, Nevada, June 2 (TNStalk) -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada issued the following statements on June 1, 2023: * * * The ACLU of Nevada released the following statement following Gov. Joe Lombardo's signing Senate Bill 153 into law. SB153, sponsored by Senator Melanie Scheible, will help promote more equitable treatment for transgender and gender non-conforming people incarcerated within the Nevada Department of Corrections. ACLU of Nevada Executive Director Athar Haseeb  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, June 3 (TNStalk) -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada issued the following statement on June 2, 2023: * * * The ACLU of Nevada released the following statement following Gov. Joe Lombardo's veto of Assembly Bill 282. AB282, sponsored by Assemblywoman Shondra Summers-Armstrong, would have ensured full-time substitute teachers receive a subsidy for purchasing health insurance. * * * ACLU of Nevada Executive Director Athar Haseebullah said: "This bill would have p  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, May 29 (TNStalk) -- Battle Born Progress, an organization that says it empowers, engages and mobilizes Nevada voters, issued the following statement on May 27, 2023: * * * Just now, at 8 PM on a Friday, the Nevada State Senate Finance Committee, in a "behind the bar" meeting, introduced a bill to authorize the development of a Major League Baseball stadium in Las Vegas, utilizing up to $380 million in public taxpayer dollars to do so. Annette Magnus, Executive Director of  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, June 3 (TNStalk) -- Battle Born Progress, an organization that says it empowers, engages and mobilizes Nevada voters, issued the following statement on June 2, 2023: * * * In front of the Legislative Building in Carson City, community groups and leaders gathered to respond to Governor Lombardo's dangerous and irresponsible veto of AB520, also known as the Appropriations Act, a people-centered budget that funds services for preschoolers, foster youth, veterans, Medicaid rec  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, June 3 (TNStalk) -- Battle Born Progress, an organization that says it empowers, engages and mobilizes Nevada voters, issued the following statement on June 2, 2023: * * * Governor Lombardo refused to sign Assembly Bill 520, also known as the Appropriations Act. This measure would fund crucial services like health care, foster care, highway patrol, grant programs, and Medicaid. * * * Annette Magnus, Executive Director of Battle Born Progress, released the following stat  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, June 2 (TNStalk) -- Battle Born Progress, an organization that says it empowers, engages and mobilizes Nevada voters, issued the following statement on June 1, 2023: * * * With five days left of the 82nd Legislative Session and after days of delay, Governor Lombardo signed Senate Bill 503, the education budget for the state of Nevada through 2025. The budget will provide nearly $12 billion in K-12 education spending. He also signed Senate Bill 504 to fund state government.  more

WASHINGTON, June 1 (TNSgov) -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on May 31, 2023: The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on the U.S. Department of State to take immediate action to secure the release of Pakistani-Americans who have been detained in Pakistan after engaging in peaceful protests, including Sabohi Inam, a Nevada mother and retiree who has been a United States citizen for over 30 years. After retiring in Pakistan to   more

SACRAMENTO, California, June 2 (TNSgov) -- The Defenders of Wildlife issued the following news: What is believed to be a single wolverine was caught on camera multiple times within several days in the eastern Sierra Nevada. Experts agree that this is indeed a wolverine, marking the second of its kind detected in California since the 1920s. The wolverine was sighted in Inyo and Mono counties as well as in Yosemite National Park several days apart in May. The California Department of Fish and Wi  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, May 31 (TNSgov) -- Everytown for Gun Safety issued the following news release on May 30, 2023: * * * Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Respond * * * Nevada Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety's grassroots network, issued the following statement after the Senate announced it will not provide further consideration to Senate Bill 171. This comes after Governor Joe Lombardo vetoed the measure that would have prohibit  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 (TNSres) -- First Five Years Fund, an organization that advances ways to increase access to high-quality early childhood education for children from low-income families, issued the following fact sheet: * * * Child Care & Development Block Grant in Nevada The Child Care & Development Block Grant (CCDBG) is the primary federal grant program that allows states to provide child care assistance to low-income working families with children under age 13. The majority of these fun  more

RENO, Nevada, May 31 (TNStalk) -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following statement on May 30, 2023: * * * Please see the following statement from PETA Senior Vice President Kathy Guillermo regarding the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) citation of JKL Secure Freight Lines, which transports monkeys among laboratories in the U.S., following a PETA complaint: "Nevada-based JKL Secure Freight Lines has endangered animals and the public--and now the feds have stepp  more

RENO, Nevada, May 31 (TNSgov) -- The Western Watersheds Project issued the following news release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has taken the next major step in the environmental review process to advance the construction of 707 miles of two gigantic high-voltage transmission lines in some of Nevada's most remote, scenic, and biologically significant locations by issuing a Draft Environmental Impact Statement. The Greenlink lines are proposed to be built by the utility NV Energy and woul  more