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A former NRA president and another gun rights activist were tricked by a parent of a victim of the Parkland mass shooting into delivering a speech to a fake dress rehearsal for a graduation ceremony.
Nevada is one of only 13 U.S. states that prosecutes minor traffic violations as criminal offenses, rather than as civil infractions.
Press Release: Nevada Assembly Passes Legislation to Decriminalize Minor Traffic Violations Bill Would End Widespread Practice of Arresting & Jailing People Who Can’t Afford Minor Traffic Ticket Yesterday, the Nevada Assembly approved legislation that would decriminalize minor traffic violations — making them civil infractions and ending the widespread practice of issuing warrants when an individual can’t afford to pay the fines and fees imposed. Nevada is one of only 13 U.S. states that prosecutes minor traffic violations as criminal offenses, rather than as civil infractions. AB 1...
Measure to prevent 'suicide-by-cop' among scuttled policing reforms
Nevada progressives upset bills stall in Dem-led statehouse SAM METZ, AP / Report for America May 14, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Downcast Democratic Party-aligned groups and activists rebuked leaders from their own party Friday after proposals they championed to repeal the death penalty and expand tenant protections failed to make it past a key legislative deadline. Bills that made it through one chamber — either the state Senate or Assembly — must advance out of committee in the opposite chamber in order to remain under consideration in the legislative session....