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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Nevada Newsletter for 2024-09-22 ( 7 items )  
Campaign Legal Center: New Guides to Protecting Election Certification From Interference in Battleground States (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The Campaign Legal Center issued the following news release: Campaign Legal Center, All Voting is Local, the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law, and Protect Democracy have coauthored "Election Certification Processes and Guardrails," guides to election certification and the state laws protecting the process in seven battleground states. The guides explain how state laws can protect against threats or delays to election certification and emphasize that refusal to certi more PR

High Scores for Nevada on Common Cause's 2024 Democracy Scorecard (10)
NEW YORK, Sept. 17 -- Common Cause - New York issued the following news release: * * * Members of Congress with perfect scores increase more than 15% from 2022 * * * NEVADA-- Common Cause, the nonpartisan watchdog, released its 2024 "Democracy Scorecard," recording every member of Congress' support for voting rights, Supreme Court ethics, and other reforms. "Our 2024 Democracy Scorecard shows a surge of support in Congress for reforms that strengthen the right to vote, take back the Supreme more PR

High Scores for Nevada on Common Cause's 2024 Democracy Scorecard (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 [Category: ThinkTank] (TNSres) -- Common Cause issued the following news release: * * * Members of Congress with perfect scores increase more than 15% from 2022 * * * NEVADA-- Common Cause, the nonpartisan watchdog, released its 2024 "Democracy Scorecard," recording every member of Congress' support for voting rights, Supreme Court ethics, and other reforms. "Our 2024 Democracy Scorecard shows a surge of support in Congress for reforms that strengthen the right to vote, more PR

Humane Society Legislative Fund Endorses Representative Susie Lee for Re-Election (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- The Humane Society Legislative Fund issued the following news release: Today, the Humane Society Legislative Fund, the nation's leading animal protection organization, announced its endorsement of U.S. Representative Susie Lee for re-election to Nevada's 3rd Congressional District. "Susie Lee knows that Americans love their animals," said Sara Amundson, president of the Humane Society Legislative Fund. "Her commitment to strengthening enforcement of animal welfare for  more PR

Nevada U.S. Senate Candidate Sam Brown Signs Independent Women's Voice's Stand With Women Commitment (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- The Independent Women's Voice, an organization that fights for policy solutions for women, issued the following news release on Sept. 17, 2024: CARSON CITY, NV -- Today, Independent Women's Voice (IWV) celebrates Sam Brown, U.S. Senate candidate for Nevada, for his Stand With Women Commitment and support of legislation that preserves women's rights to equal opportunity, safety, and privacy -- including single-sex spaces. By signing IWV's Stand With Women Commitment, Sa more PR

Swing State Voters Overwhelmingly Favor Marijuana Legalization, Banking Reforms (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 [Category: Sociological] -- The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws issued the following news release: Alexandria, VA: Likely voters in Arizona and Nevada strongly support allowing adults to use marijuana and other related reforms, according to polling data compiled by the market research firm The Tarrance Group. Specifically, supermajorities of voters in both states favored legalizing cannabis, removing it from its Schedule I classification under federa more PR

Western Resource Advocates: High Basic Service Charge Proposal Slashed in Sierra Pacific Power Rate Case (10)
BOULDER, Colorado, Sept. 18 -- Western Resource Advocates issued the following news release on Sept. 17, 2024: * * * The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada rejected a proposed $28.80 increase to the monthly basic service charge on Sierra Pacific Power Company's residential energy bills, instead adopting an increase of just $2. * * * CARSON CITY, Nev. - In a significant win for Nevadans, the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada today rejected a proposed $28.80 increase to the monthly basi more PR