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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 …
Read More »Public-notices bill dies on deadline
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 …
Read More »New Voices bill passes its first test
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 …
Read More »Put notices online? We already do that.
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 …
Read More »Broadcasters’ bill is a real threat
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 …
Read More »Newspaper Day at the Capital, March 23
Mark your calendars for Newspaper Day at the Capital, which is set for March 23 during the 2017 session of the Nevada Legislature. All Nevada Press Association members and their employees are invited. It’s a once-every-other-year chance to represent our industry before elected representatives, learn about the process of proposing …
Read More »Bill would expand use of body cams
Sen. Aaron Ford’s initiative to bring body-worn cameras to all police agencies in Nevada (SB176) would use fees on telephone service to fund them. Here’s the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s story and the Nevada Independent’s live-tweet coverage of Monday’s hearing in the Senate Government Affairs Committee. I spoke in favor of …
Read More »Records bill gets plenty of questions
A bill from the Attorney General’s Office, AB42, seeks to bring some clarity and organization to the Nevada public-records act, but instead it seemed to create confusion and raise doubts among Assembly Government Affairs committee members. I testified in support, but with my own reservations. The bill came out of …
Read More »Public notice bills coming up with alarming regularity
Already this session I’ve testified in opposition to three bills in front of Nevada legislators that propose to reduce public notices. On a fourth, we’re taking a neutral stance. First up was SB10 from the Treasurer’s Office, which was heard a couple of weeks ago. It would change how unclaimed …
Read More »First public-notice bill is heard
The first public-notice bill to be heard in the 2017 legislative session came up Monday — on short notice, interestingly enough — in the Senate Judiciary Committee. Senate Bill 10 is proposed by the state Treasurer’s Office to change how unclaimed property is listed in newspapers around the state. I …
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