— Jason Frierson, Speaker, NV Assembly On April 14th, we passed an important deadline where most of the proposed legislation for the 2017 Session needed to be passed out of our legislative committees. We worked diligently through the deadline to process policies we
News… Commander-in-Chief Trump Drops ‘Mother of All Bombs’ on Afghanistan by Lauren McCauley Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) said the “unprecedented use of an MOAB…marks a new front in the almost 16 year war in Afghanistan.” Bill Introduced to Protect Fliers from Being
— by William McCurdy II, Chair—Nevada State Democratic Party I wanted to let you all know that we’ve locked in a date and location for the DNC’s Nevada stop for the “Come Together and Fight Back Tour.” I’m thrilled that Senator Bernie
— by Jason Frierson This past Monday we saw the second big deadline of the 2017 Legislative Session – the last day for Assembly committees to introduce legislation. With over 1,000 bills and resolutions introduced each legislative session, Nevada’s Assembly committees have their
by Dana Floberg, contributor at CommonDreams Internet users took a hard loss this week in the fight for broadband privacy and internet freedom — but if you listen to the Republican lawmakers who trashed our privacy rights, you’d think they’d done the opposite.
Young people who took low-paying, public-sector jobs with promise of loan forgiveness now ‘hosed’ by Lauren McCauley, staff writer at CommonDreams In a troubling development for the countless people saddled with student debt, the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) may be reneging on a
Rallies in 14 cities will feature everyday Americans speaking on how the appointment of Neil Gorsuch would advance Trump’s extreme agenda for decades to come —by Lauren McCauley, staff writer at CommonDreams Organized by a coalition of pro-democracy and civil rights groups under the
“Picking your mode [of] transportation is a consumer good that you pay for; public education is both a public good and a right.” — by Deirdre Fulton, staff writer Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has once again illustrated her limited understanding of—and respect for—public
Senate pushes forward with effort to allow states to slash funding for “lifeline” reproductive health clinics — by Nika Knight, staff writer at CommonDreams To widespread outcry, a procedural vote on a GOP effort to slash funding for the Title X family planning program,
70 days in and it’s already been pretty rough for residents of Trumpland. The “Obamacare” repeal? Couldn’t get a vote. The Muslim ban 1.0 and then 2.0? Laughed out of court. The budget? “Dead on arrival,” at least, according to Senator Lindsey
