Legislature

NPA names two senators this year’s First Amendment Champions

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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Nevada officials want to import lower transparency standards from the feds

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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Bill introduced in Congress to provide tax incentives supporting local journalism

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 to get statehouse reporter through new collaboration

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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NPA names six as 2019 First Amendment Champions

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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