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WEB4 days ago · Nevada Current is a nonprofit online source of political and policy news and commentary. We seek to demonstrate how policies, institutions and systems make life harder for Nevadans than it needs to be; document how things got that way, and; explore what it might take to fix them.
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WEB4 days ago · BY: Dana Gentry - June 28, 2024. A proposed constitutional amendment to protect the right to an abortion has qualified for Nevada’s November ballot, Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar announced Friday. The Nevadans for Reproductive Freedom petition has 127,865 verified signatures, Aguilar said – more than the 102,362 required by state law.
Nevada women of color more likely to earn less than $17 an hour, …
WEB23 hours ago · Women of color make up 37% of the 418,444 workers in Nevada making less than $17 an hour, compared to 19% of white men, Oxfam found. The report noted that in Nevada, 42% of Hispanic women, 34% of Black women and nearly 29% of Asian and Indigenous women are lower-wage earners. “Low wage workers, who are disproportionately women of color, are ...
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WEBABOUT US. Nevada Current is a nonprofit online source of political and policy news and commentary. We seek to: Explore what it might take to fix them. The Current is an affiliate of States Newsroom, the nation’s largest state-focused nonprofit news organization, supported by grants and donations. The Current retains full editorial independence.
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WEBJun 27, 2024 · BY: Thom Reilly - July 9, 2024. Over the course of Nevada history, no one party has dominated the state’s politics, and its electorate has remained surprisingly balanced in its political leanings. Since becoming a state in 1864, Nevada has had equal representation with its federal delegation: 14 U.S. senators from each of the major parties ...
Nevada sheds two-tiered minimum wage, puts $12 per hour floor …
WEBNov 11, 2022 · Nevada’s unusual minimum wage system will soon be a thing of the past, unofficial election results show. As of Friday, the Nevada secretary of state was reporting that 54% of voters approved Question 2, which sets the state minimum wage at $12 per hour for all employees and removes a provision that allows employers to pay workers $1 less per hour if they offer health insurance.
Nevada's minimum wage ekes up to $11.25 July 1, will top out at …
WEBJun 27, 2023 · Some Nevadans will get a slight raise July 1 as the state sees its minimum wage increase from $10.50 to $11.25 an adjustment still well below the amount needed to afford average prices of rent and child care. Nevada lawmakers in 2019 passed legislation to gradually increase the minimum wage each year until hitting $12 […]
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WEBJun 26, 2024 · BY: Dana Gentry - June 28, 2024. A proposed constitutional amendment to protect the right to an abortion has qualified for Nevada’s November ballot, Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar announced Friday. The Nevadans for Reproductive Freedom petition has 127,865 verified signatures, Aguilar said – more than the 102,362 required by state law.
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WEBJun 19, 2024 · Northern Nevada residents voiced their opposition Tuesday to NV Energy’s proposal to increase its shareholder return by increasing the basic monthly service charge from $16.50 to $45.30, beginning Oct. 1. The utility recently increased the monthly service charge in Southern Nevada by almost 50%, from $12.50 to $18.50.
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WEBApr 18, 2024 · Relax, GOP. A veto-proof Democratic legislature won’t fix NV’s upside down tax system. (Sadly) BY: Hugh Jackson - April 4, 2024 Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo’s top priority over the next seven months until the 2024 election will be exactly the same as his top priority over the last 8 months since the 2023 legislative session ended: Do whatever he can to help the Better Nevada PAC that ...
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