By Brian J. Allfrey Executive Director, Nevada Press Association & Nevada Press Foundation With only about 4 weeks left in the 2023 Legislative Session, I wanted to update the membership on where we are at. We have had a very successful session so far. The Nevada Press Association has been …
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Senators Marilyn Dondero-Loop and James Ohrenschall today were named First Amendment Champions by the Nevada Press Association for their work preventing a public notice mandate from being eliminated. In the last three weeks of the 2021 legislative session the Department of Administration introduced SB-445, a budget bill relating to state …
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Advocates of open government had a very good session in the Nevada Legislature in 2021. Only two bills containing provisions the Nevada Press Association opposed became law and their impact on transparency will be relatively minor. The other bills we fought either died in committee or were amended to our …
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For advocates of open government in Nevada, two of the most problematic bills introduced so far in the 2021 legislative session would override the state’s existing transparency standards in favor of more-secretive rules imported from the federal government. Assembly Bill 39, sponsored by the Department of Public Safety, would create …
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A bipartisan group of policymakers in the House of Representatives earlier this month introduced H.R. 7640, the Local Journalism Sustainability Act. The bill would provide a series of tax credits for news consumers, news organizations and local newspaper and broadcast advertisers, including the following: • A non-refundable tax credit for …
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Nevada will be among the states to benefit from The Associated Press’s collaboration with Report for America to add 14 statehouse reporters, providing local newsrooms with essential accountability journalism and state government coverage. Report for America, an initiative of The GroundTruth Project, will help fund the 18-month positions and recruit …
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The Nevada Press Association’s highest legislative priority in 2019 was improving government compliance with the state’s Public Records Act. The vessel for our aspirations was Senate Bill 287. The final version of SB 287 established penalties for local governments and state agencies that willfully violate the law; limited their use …
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By Richard Karpel Our primary focus this legislative session was Senate Bill 287, the public records bill we supported that was signed by the governor on June 13. We took offense on that one, participating in the Right to Know Nevada coalition and lobbying throughout the session for the bill’s …
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by Richard Karpel The Nevada Legislature has passed the halfway mark and several bills we’ve been watching closely are still alive. There are a few stinkers in there but we’ll focus again this month on two public records bills that would help make Nevada a more transparent state. Senate Bill …
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By Richard Karpel In my short tenure with NPA, I haven’t heard any members complain about how government agencies implement the Open Meeting Law (Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 241). Moreover, I attended two meetings of the OML Task Force and found the government representatives who also attended the meetings to …
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