In 1926, black historian Carter G. Woodson proposed the first national Negro History Week. He chose the second week in February as it included birthdays for anti-slavery notables Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. It was overwhelmingly accepted by the public, and increased
Of late, we’ve all been hearing how Nevada doesn’t have money for this and Nevada doesn’t have money for that. We all have to tighten our belts and share in the sacrifice. Well, that is, unless you’re a hungry legislator. It appears
Throughout the campaign, we listened to one Republican after another rant about less Government and getting Government out of our lives … and that if elected to Congress, that’s exactly what they’d do. Even more specifically, they didn’t think Government should have
Remember all the furor over the Patriot Act … specifically, three sections of the Patriot Act — The “Library Provision” — that provision that allows some secret court to issue confiscation orders for anything and everything that might be deemed relevant to
With the rules changed to allow pre-filing of proposed legislation, the 120-day session will start with a full trough. 128 Assembly bills have been pre-filed and 125 Senate bills have already been pre-filed. All those bills be introduced in the few days
Did you read the Sunday RGJ? As I perused the Sunday morning Reno Gazette Journal, I came across a full page picture gallery of Nevada’s 2011 Senate and Assembly members. While I couldn’t find a link to that exact gallery on the
Have you clicked on the library link in the header lately … or ever? What you’ll find on the Library page are links to a number of interesting blog sites, some from the right, some from the center, and even some from
Last year, a long needed bill finally passed the U.S. Congress despite severely distorted lies and misinformation, perpetrated on the public, regarding the details about what was and was not included in that bill. That bill was the Healthcare Reform (HCR) Bill.
New House Rules As is the case, as we begin a new session of Congress, the Republican-led House adopted its new set of rules (H.Res. 5) they claim will make it easier to keep their campaign promises: to cut taxes, repeal President
Reposted from “Friends of Black Rock” blog: Judge Recommends Humboldt County Accept Settlement for Jungo Landfill from Recology Legal Team, her Former Law Partner Nevadans Against Garbage, a grass roots organization formed to stop Recology’s (Jungo Land & Investment) Jungo Road landfill
