Open government

On February 18, 2026, the Nevada Press Association formally submitted a letter opposing proposed public records fee increases before the Carson City Board of Supervisors. These proposed changes, listed under Agenda Items 14 and 15, would significantly increase the cost of accessing public records in Carson City — and in …

NPA condemns removal of journalists who refused to accept unconstitutional reporting conditions.   The Nevada Press Association is deeply troubled by the removal of Las Vegas Review-Journal reporters and a photographer from a Clark County courtroom Wednesday after they declined to accept a judge’s condition restricting what they may report, …

The Nevada Press Association strongly opposes Assembly Bill 137, which seeks to eliminate the requirement for public notice in newspapers prior to the auctioning of property stored in self-service storage facilities. AB 137 represents a significant erosion of consumer protections, public transparency, and individual property rights. The bill would eliminate …

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 …

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 …

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 …