Tag Archives: State: Nevada

MSNBC (AP): “[Personhood] Amendment language has been cleared, with petition drives under way, in Colorado, Mississippi, Montana and Nevada. Amendment language will be filed later this month in California and Florida.”

Mercury News (AP): “Monday marked the first day Nevada couples could begin registering as domestic partners in advance of a new law that takes effect in October.”

Las Vegas Sun: “Several Las Vegas taxi companies and adult clubs are firing back in a lawsuit over commissions topless and nude clubs pay to cab drivers for bringing them customers, and both sides appear to be digging in for a long legal fight.”

The Hill: “Wall Street baker John Chachas has filed the paperwork to run for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) seat, according to the Wall Street Journal . . . ”

Debra Cassens Weiss reports in the ABA Journal: “The Nevada Supreme Court says a Las Vegas man should be able to get the word ‘hoe’ on his license plate, despite an Urban Dictionary definition that says it is slang for ‘whore.’”

Las Vegas Now: “A major bust at a local adult strip club has resulted in 13 dancers being arrested for soliciting prostitution. Police allege the dancers were doing much more than dancing.”

Fox5vegas.com: “The bill, AB380, was one of few that passed without argument through the state Legislature this year. It enacts a $500,000 fine for sex traffickers prostituting children younger than 14, and a $100,000 fine for trafficking prostitutes 14 to 17 years old.”

Richard Lake and Lynnette Curtis report in the Review-Journal: “Shared Hope International, a Virginia-based nonprofit working to prevent sex trafficking and provide support for boys and girls in the industry, organized the rally and march as part of its launch of a national campaign to draw attention to the issue.”

Baptist Press: Austin R. Nimocks, an attorney with the legal group Alliance Defense Fund — which opposes “gay marriage” — said earlier this year, “All non-partisan research and plain common sense tells us that children need a mom and dad, so the issue is bigger than a ‘personal relationship.’ In the end, the question is this: Which parent doesn’t matter: a mom or a dad?”

The Assembly’s 28-14 vote — the bare two-thirds majority needed — followed the state Senate’s vote a day earlier to enact the measure into state lawbooks over the conservative Republican governor’s objections.”

Las Vegas Review Journal: “As promised, Gov. Jim Gibbons on Monday vetoed the bill that would allow same- and opposite-sex couples to become legal domestic partners with many of the rights and privileges of married couples.”

AP: “The bill provides that domestic partners have the same rights as married couples in matters such as community property and responsibility for debts. It applies to both gay and straight couples.

AP: “Half of all Nevadans in a newspaper poll say they oppose same- and opposite-sex domestic partnerships.”

Mercury News (AP): “A Nevada Senate panel voted unanimously Wednesday for an Assembly-approved proposal allowing civil lawsuits when victims of childhood sex crimes learn there’s pornography depicting the crimes against them.”

AP: “A proposal allowing civil lawsuits when victims of childhood sex crimes learn there’s pornography depicting the crimes against them was challenged Friday by a critic who said that as written it offers a ‘field day’ to defense lawyers.”

Religion Clause Blog: “After the ACLU of Nevada criticized the draft as an unconstitutional infringement on free speech, Nevada’s chancellor of public higher education called for the policy to be rewritten.”

Las Vegas Sun:
“The chancellor of Nevada’s public higher education system said he will ask UNLV to rewrite a proposed campus policy that the ACLU of Nevada’s general counsel has called unconstitutional.
The proposed policy, which the university was aiming to implement in July, outlines how members of the university community should deal with possible hate crimes and ‘bias incidents.’”

“On a 12-9 vote, the Senate has approved a bill to give gay partners the same legal rights as married couples.”

Las Vegas Sun: “Nevada is prohibited by its constitution from joining states, most recently Vermont and Iowa, where gay marriage is legal. But legislation is making its way through Carson City that would give same-sex couples who enter domestic partnerships the same benefits as married couples.”

Contra Costa Times (AP): “Responding to reporters’ questions, the Republican governor said Tuesday that he will veto SB283, the domestic partner measure now under consideration in the state Senate, if it reaches his desk because ‘I just don’t believe in it.’”

Las Vegas Review-Journal: “Under SB207, the Nevada Equal Rights Commission would be required to investigate complaints filed by those reporting such discrimination. The bill now goes to the Assembly for more hearings.”

Reno Gazette-Journal: “She said Goldfinger customers park in her parking lot and urinate and vomit on her property. They also have left behind broken glass and marijuana cigarette butts and turned her lot into a “party” zone.”

FoxNews: “A Nevada school district agreed to pay $400,000 to a Muslim girl and her friend over allegations that other students threatened to kill her in the stairwell for wearing a religious head scarf and the staff did nothing to stop it.”

Dallas Morning News: “The main reason the board rejected the application: Kahn wasn’t a resident of Nevada. Even his pledge to move there didn’t sway the panel.”

Online Casino Advisory: “The Nevada Gaming Control Board has put a stop to gambling at the longest-established gay bar in Las Vegas. Regulators have pulled the gambling license at Snick’s Bar due to reports of sex acts among the customers at the lounge . . . ”

KLAS-TV.co: “A governmental agency at Lake Tahoe has reinstated health care insurance benefits to domestic partners of employees after hearing complaints from the American Civil Liberties Union and others.”

AP:  The American Civil Liberties Union is protesting a local governmental agency’s vote to rescind health care insurance benefits to domestic partners of employees. Lee Rowland, northern coordinator for the ACLU’s Nevada chapter, said her organization will consider its options …

. . . New Hampshire’s state motto is ‘Live Free or Die.’ But is New Hampshire the most free place to live in the United States? Apparently it is, according to a new study, Freedom in the 50 States: An Index of Personal and Economic Freedom . . .

LA Times:  A group that advocates separation of church and state is protesting a Nevada city’s decision to provide funding to a church that Mark Twain helped build as a fledgling writer in the 1860s. Americans United for Separation of …

Baptist Press: “Pennsylvania is the most pro-life state in the country, while California is the least, according to the 2009 rankings by Americans United for Life (AUL). . . . ” AUL press release: Pennsylvania Most Pro-Life State in America, …

In the past two weeks, at least four major companies canceled meetings worth hundreds of thousands of dollars — not because of costs but because of appearances. Even President Barack Obama questioned the propriety of flying off to Las Vegas if taxpayers were helping foot the bill.

The Religion Clause Blog reports on two recent Title VII cases.  One involves: “In Trenton, New Jersey, a federal jury awarded $10,000 in damages against United Parcel Service for failing to create an exception to its grooming guidelines to accommodate …

The Religion Clause Blog reports: “AP reports that yesterday a Nevada federal district court judge refused to issue a preliminary injunction to prevent Barrick Gold Corp. from beginning to dig a 2,000-foot deep open pit mine on Nevada’s Mount Tenabo …

“The kids I am seeing are 13-, 14-, 15-years-old who are being pimped out by criminals,” Voy said. “The youngest was 12. The majority are victims, but a unique kind of victim. They don’t realize they are victims.”. . .

Mercury News reports: “A poll found Las Vegas lawyer Kris Pickering and rival Washoe County Family Court Judge Deborah Schumacher in a tight race for a Nevada Supreme Court seat, with incumbent Chief Justice Mark Gibbons well ahead of his …

Warning: offensive ads and/or photos OnlineCasinoAdvisory.com reports: The hope is that the lure of exposed female flesh will bring new gambling patrons to the casinos. Las Vegas has long prized its nickname, Sin City. But, even though gambling and sex …

The ACS Blog reports that “the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) has been accused of submitting multiple voter registrations with false names.”

Gaypolitics.com reports: The Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund today announced it has endorsed 100 openly LGBT political candidates in 2008, making this endorsement slate the group’s largest ever. “I think reaching this milestone is a testament to a new attitude in …

Reuters reports: IN THE 1990s, casinos in Las Vegas tried to clean up their image to appeal to families. But this corporate strategy has been reversed these days . . . “It brings the sexy angle to the casino business… …

Jeff Simpson has this article on the In Business Las Vegas site. It begins: : I feel like I’m too young to be a curmudgeon, but some casino trends bring out the Andy Rooney in me. One such trend is the …

The Religion Clause Blog reports: “In Riback v. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Deparment, (D NV, Aug. 6, 2008), a Nevada federal district court ruled that Steve Riback, a Las Vegas police officer who is an Orthodox Jew, must be given …

WKRN reports: “A Nevada grand jury has indicted the man accused of shooting three people in a strip club melee involving former Tennessee Titans’ cornerback Adam ‘Pacman’ Jones.”

Las Vegas Now reports: “A federal judge is deciding whether or not the troubled Crazy Horse Too Strip Club should be granted a liquor license or not. Last week, the Las Vegas City Council denied a liquor license for the …

“We do know that polygamy is practiced in Nevada. Whether or not it’s criminal is a different story,” she said . . .

Top state and federal law enforcement officials from Utah, Arizona and Nevada met Wednesday in Las Vegas to discuss cooperating in the investigation of polygamy-related crimes.

The Review Journal reports: A panel that oversees the state employee health insurance program voted Thursday to extend coverage to the domestic partners of plan participants despite budget problems that could make the $2.7 million cost unaffordable. The vote of …

LasVegasNow.com reports: The shooting incident of a Metro officer Thursday actually started inside the Penthouse Gentlemen’s Club on Russell Road. Workers and guests ran for cover when the suspect opened fire . . . A 22-year-old adult entertainer, who asked us not …

It is estimated that there are as many as 10,000 prostitutes operating illegally in Las Vegas, in an industry that may be worth as much as $6 billion a year . . .

George Will has this commentary on Townhall discussing the gambling and casino related activities of America’s third richest American.

More than 400 children were found working as prostitutes in Las Vegas during a single month last year, according to a national report that calls the city a hub for child sex trafficking.

At issue is whether judges have too much discretion in deciding how much alimony should be paid, for how long, and whether they unfairly favor ex-wives.

Attorneys for The Rutherford Institute have agreed to act as co-counsel with the Nevada ACLU in a religious discrimination lawsuit involving a Las Vegas police officer who was prohibited from wearing a head covering and growing a beard.

"I wasn’t being disruptive," he said Monday afternoon while sitting with his mother on the couch in their Spring Valley home. "I don’t believe we are ‘one nation under God’ as the Pledge says. I don’t believe in God. So …