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Senate Bill 287, the Nevada Press Association’s highest legislative priority, was passed Monday night in the waning hours of the 2019 session. At 11:22 p.m., with only 38 minutes left before lawmakers in Carson City adjourned for 20 months, the Senate by voice vote unanimously consented to amendments made earlier …

By Bart Pfankuch Whether writers realize it or not, we hear voices in our heads. And often, listening to them is a sensible thing to do and not a symptom of insanity. I speak not of voices of ghosts or those generated by an overactive psyche. Rather, they are the …

The 75th anniversary of D-Day is an appropriate time for us to recall the sacrifices made by those serving and who had served in our Armed Forces. To mark this occasion, the Ernie Pyle World War II Museum in Dana, Indiana, and Scripps Howard Foundation offer this reprint of three …

No Stigma Nevada: A column about Nevada’s mental health.    My Dog, My Life -By Kim Palchikoff I’m one of those people who takes a dog just about everywhere.  I hope you’re OK with that. But maybe when you see us coming, you are annoyed if not downright angry.   …

Newest Nevada Press Association board member Jen Anderson was born in Nevada because the nearest hospital to her family was in Henderson. It’s safe to say there’s still not a hospital in Mountain Pass, the former company town for MolyCorp just southwest of Primm across the California line. And Anderson’s …

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 Peter Wagner Many of today’s print advertising salespeople aren’t selling. They’re not getting face-to-face with potential customers and they are not “telling their story.” Too many print advertising professionals are simply getting by, slowing losing their customer base, soliciting new and repeat advertising by email. You and I know …

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 …