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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Nevada Newsletter for Sunday February 11, 2024 ( 4 items )  

National Center on Sexual Exploitation: State-Enabled Sex Slavery Exposed by Nevada Brothel Lawsuit
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- The National Center on Sexual Exploitation issued the following news: The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) and Jason Guinasso, a Nevada Attorney representing victims of sex trafficking, filed a lawsuit (Doe v. Lombardo) on behalf of Jane Doe, a sex trafficking survivor, against four of Nevada's infamous legal brothels (Chicken Ranch, Desert Rose, Bella's, Mustang Ranch), and Mustang Ranch brothel owner/Storey County Commissioner Lance Gilman for sex trafficki  more

National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame: Opportunities Abound
IRVING, Texas, Feb. 9 -- The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame issued the following news release on Feb. 8, 2024: The National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of Fame highlighted today that five NFF High School Showcases in Houston, Arizona, Southern California, South Florida, and an inaugural event in Nevada will take place between Feb. 10 and March 9. The five events will provide hundreds of high school seniors from across the nation a chance to earn grants-in-aid  more

PROGRESSIVE ORGANIZATIONS JOINT STATEMENT ON REPUBLICAN PRIMARY
LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Feb. 10 -- Battle Born Progress, an organization that says it empowers, engages and mobilizes Nevada voters, issued the following statement on Feb. 9, 2024: * * * Following the First in the West Democratic Primary in Nevada on Tuesday, and the party-led GOP Caucus on Thursday, it is now apparent that the Presidential Election in November will once again be a showdown between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. A coalition of progressive organizations rele  more

Western Watersheds Project: Rare Springsnail Threatened by Thacker Pass Lithium Mine Takes Step Toward ESA Listing
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- The Western Watersheds Project issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2024: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that a petition from conservation organization Western Watersheds Project to list the Kings River pyrg (Pyrgulopsis imperialis) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) presented information showing that listing may be warranted. The rare springsnail lives only in 13 shallow, isolated springs near the site of the Thacker Pass lithium mine in no  more