Below is a list of many of the bills and bill drafts that we were tracking at the Nevada Press Association during the 2017 session, which concluded June 5. We have two primary interests — open government (meetings, records and public notices) and the newspaper industry, when it may be …
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I left Joe Crowley Theater on Tuesday evening without much encouragement that freedom of the press, as we know it, is alive or well. The occasion was a talk by RonNell Andersen Jones and David Greene, moderated by Patrick File, on threats to the First Amendment. The title of the …
Read More »Nevada’s open meeting law may be found in Chapter 241 of Nevada Revised Statutes. “In enacting this chapter,” the law says, “the Legislature finds and declares that all public bodies exist to aid in the conduct of the people’s business. It is the intent of the law that their actions …
Read More »Here’s a statement from the ACLU of Nevada last week on the death of its open-records bill. It did not get a vote before Friday’s deadline. The Nevada Press Association supported the bill and was working with the sponsors to try to make it work. The ACLU of Nevada was …
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A bill sought by Nevada broadcasters, which would have enabled them to move public notices out of newspapers and onto their websites, died Friday without a vote in the Senate Government Affairs Committee. SB218 was sponsored by Sen. Aaron Ford, D-Las Vegas, who let the bill expire because it didn’t …
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At the end of the day, Senate Bill 420, which is the Nevada version of New Voices legislation, was recommended for approval on Thursday by the Senate Committee on Education, the first step toward giving more protection to the rights of student journalists. The bill is sponsored by Sen. Nicole …
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A bill in front of the Nevada Legislature would have a profound effect on public notices in the state, and I want to make clear what it would and wouldn’t do. Public notices are a crucial component of a three-pronged foundation that keeps government open and transparent, along with public …
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The Las Vegas Review-Journal and the Reno Gazette-Journal are showing their investigative skills with a pair of eye-opening series this week. The Review-Journal on Sunday — highlighting a new design for the paper and web site — dug into some over-the-top spending of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Bureau. …
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There are commonalities and that could be a good thing Peter W, Wagner, Founder, The N’West Iowa REVIEW The March edition of FORTUNE magazine forecasts a difficult future for America’s department stores. From total sales of $230 billion in the 1990s. the figure dropped to $155 billion last year. “But …
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The Nevada Broadcasters Association’s bill, SB218, is a real threat — to newspapers, of course, because it would remove public notices from them, but also to public notice in general. The bill was heard Wednesday by the Senate Government Affairs Committee. Introduced by Sen. Aaron Ford, D- Las Vegas, it’s …
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