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TexasTowelie's JournalNevada bill would mandate overdose meds at schools, nix Rx
Drugs that can counter the effects of an opioid overdose would be available without a prescription and required at all Nevada public schools under a bill introduced Monday.
Members of the Assembly Health and Human Services Committee are responding to an opioid epidemic that federal estimates say has killed at least 165,000 Americans since 2000, including minors who turned to the drugs for recreation or pain relief.
Opioids are highly addictive, deadly and among the most widely prescribed drugs: OxyContin, Vicodin and Percocet. Heroin is also an opioid.
Assembly Bill 428 would mandate public and charter schools keep at least two doses of naloxone hydrochloride or other emergency opioid medications on site.
Read more: http://www.nevadaappeal.com/news/government/nevada-bill-would-mandate-overdose-meds-at-schools-nix-rx/
Nevada lawmakers take another shot at implementing annual sessions
CARSON CITY — Legislators would meet every year for limited times and be paid on a regular basis under a proposed constitutional amendment introduced Monday in the Nevada Senate.
Lawmakers have tried for years without success to change the state Constitution to allow for annual sessions.
The Constitution limits the Legislature to meeting in odd-numbered years for no more than 120 calendar days. Sessions begin on the first Monday in February.
Under Senate Joint Resolution 11, sessions would still be held in odd-numbered years beginning on the first Monday in February. But they would be confined to 90 legislative days, which could be spread out over 120 consecutive calendar days.
Read more: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/nevada/nevada-lawmakers-take-another-shot-implementing-annual-sessions
Nevada Senate bill would allow state workers to unionize
CARSON CITY — State workers would be entitled to collective bargaining under a bill introduced Monday in the Nevada Senate.
Senate Bill 486 was among dozens of bills read into the record and referred for hearings as lawmakers faced a deadline for committee introductions.
Under existing law, state workers are barred from collective bargaining.
SB486 establishes bargaining units for various occupational groups including labor and maintenance, administrative and clerical, technical, professional, peace officers and firefighters.
Read more: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/nevada/nevada-senate-bill-would-allow-state-workers-unionize
Nevada senator wants to add ethnic studies to high school curriculum
Nevada students would be required to take an ethnic and diversity studies program in high school under a measure introduced Tuesday.
“American history is more than just Benjamin Franklin and George Washington,” said Tick Segerblom, D- Las Vegas. “I think it’s important that students be taught the history, the real history.”
Senate Bill 107 would make passing an end-of-course exam in the subject a high school graduation requirement. Such a course would need to include information on African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans, European Americans, Basque Americans and “any other ethnic or diverse American communities,” according to the bill.
The Washoe County School District opposed the bill because it adds a full credit to the graduation requirement. Clark County School District officials were opposed to the bill for the same reason.
Read more: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/nevada/nevada-senator-wants-add-ethnic-studies-high-school-curriculum
Brownies and gummy bears dominate marijuana discussion in Nevada Legislature
The biggest debate during Tuesday’s pot extravaganza at the Nevada Legislature revolved around brownies and gummy bears.
Sen. Patricia Farley, I-Las Vegas, introduced Senate Bill 344, one of four marijuana bills heard by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Under SB 344, marijuana edibles could not look like an image of a cartoon characters, balloon, fruit, mascot or toy, and could not be packaged or labeled “in a manner which is modeled after a brand of products primarily consumed by or marketed to children.”
It also calls on pot brownies and cookies to be sealed in opaque packaging.
Read more: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/nevada/brownies-and-gummy-bears-dominate-marijuana-discussion-nevada
Nevada senators call on Las Vegas City Council to help end waste monopoly
Nevada state Sens. Patricia Farley and Mo Denis are contributing to the clamor for the Las Vegas City Council to delay action on an agreement with waste hauler Republic Services until there is a more comprehensive look at the waste management industry.
The senators wrote a letter to Mayor Carolyn Goodman and the City Council this week asking them to delay action on a proposed long-term contract extension with Republic. The city and the waste company have been negotiating for more than a year despite repeated calls for the contract to go through a competitive bidding process.
Farley, I-Las Vegas, and Denis, D-Las Vegas, this month introduced Senate Bill 315 “to begin a comprehensive policy discussion around this critical and, at times, controversial industry,” Farley wrote.
It’s been more than 25 years since the state has “substantively” looked at recycling and waste management issues, the letter states.
Read more: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/nevada/nevada-senators-call-las-vegas-city-council-help-end-waste
Nevada liquor wholesalers not ready to jump on board with marijuana sales
Liquor wholesalers were slated to cash in on Nevada’s new legal marijuana market.
But those companies seem spooked about jumping on the cannabis train, according to a notice from the Department of Taxation. And with recreational cannabis sales slated to start July 1, the state must look elsewhere for marijuana middle-men to make sure the new industry can operate.
Because of the lack of interest from liquor wholesalers, the department will accept marijuana distribution applications from medical marijuana license holders, according to the industry notice.
The voter-approved ballot initiative gave liquor distributors first dibs on marijuana distribution licenses, meaning they would act as the wholesalers between cultivators, production companies and retail shops.
Read more: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/pot-news/nevada-liquor-wholesalers-not-ready-jump-board-marijuana-sales
Henderson man sentenced in plot to kill organized crime rival in NJ
NEWARK, N.J. — A Nevada man who authorities say is a member of the New Jersey crime family believed to be the model for HBO’s “The Sopranos” is headed to prison for plotting the death of an organized crime rival.
Federal prosecutors say Charles Stango was sentenced Tuesday in Newark to 10 years behind bars.
The 73-year-old Henderson man pleaded guilty in December to using a telephone to plan the murder, which was never carried out. He also admitted violating the terms of his parole stemming from a New York racketeering case.
Stango was arrested in 2015 along with other alleged members of the DeCavalcante crime family. Prosecutors say the family engaged in numerous offenses, including murder, extortion and fraud.
Read more: http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/courts/henderson-man-sentenced-plot-kill-organized-crime-rival-nj
Nevada counties may have to implement e-commerce safe zones
CARSON CITY — Nevada counties would designate a sheriff’s office or police station as a safe zone for buyers and sellers of e-commerce to meet and complete transactions, providing a degree of safety under a bill an Assembly committee heard Tuesday.
Assembly Bill 297, sponsored by Assemblywoman Sandra Jauregui, D-Las Vegas, requires Nevada’s 17 county commissions to designate one of more sheriff’s offices as locations where people may meet “to complete the sale of an item … that was initiated on the internet.”
“I firmly believe that if someone is going to commit a crime in a transaction, they are less likely to do it in a police station parking lot,” Jauregui told members of the Assembly Government Affairs Committee.
In 2015, more than 1,600 Nevadans were victims of e-commerce crime, resulting in $3.2 million in losses, she said, citing FBI crime figures.
Read more: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/nevada/nevada-counties-may-have-implement-e-commerce-safe-zones
Assembly bill could clear way for presidential primary instead of caucus in Nevada
CARSON CITY — Nevada’s political parties may have the option of offering voters a presidential primary in 2020 instead of a caucus system.
Assembly Bill 293 would allow each political party to have a presidential preference primary instead of a caucus. The move could reshape how Nevada voters help pick the Republican and Democratic nominees for president.
“This just adds another option on the menu,” Assemblyman Nelson Araujo, D-Las Vegas, told the Assembly Legislative Operations and Elections Committee on Tuesday. “If both parties still opt into the caucus system that they are using today, they are more than welcome to do so.”
The caucuses for both sides are run by political parties, not county or state elections officials. In 2016, the Democratic caucus was Feb. 20; the Republican caucus was Feb. 23. Nevada has coveted status as an early voting state and the first state in the West in the presidential nomination process. Nevada Republicans picked Donald Trump in the caucus; Nevada Democrats picked Hillary Clinton.
Read more: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/nevada/assembly-bill-could-clear-way-presidential-primary-instead
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