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Letter from State-Level Elected Leaders in All 50 States Supporting Betsy Devos for Secretary of Education
LETTER FROM STATE-LEVEL ELECTED LEADERS IN ALL 50 STATES SUPPORTING BETSY DEVOS FOR SECRETARY OF EDUCATION January 17, 2017 The Honorable Lamar Alexander Chairman U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions 428 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Dear Chairman Alexander, As one of the most critical issues impacting the future of our nation, we must have a Secretary of Education committed to the needs of all of our nation’s children. Betsy DeVos has made it her life’s mission to find, support and push for education solutions in her home state of Michigan and across the country. She is an advocate and ally for all children, and we write to you today to express our support for her nomination to this important position as her confirmation hearing approaches. We represent elected state offices from all 50 states, and as such, we each know the impact of an overgrown federal government reaching into the states to push a one-size-fits all approach to education. No two states, localities or school districts are the same, nor are the needs of the children who reside there. Betsy DeVos understands this distinction and for years has embraced a variety of education solutions to meet this need. Her support for an all-of-the-above approach to K-12 education – from charter schools, to public, private and online education – defines the school choice movement that has helped countless children across many of our states. By advancing these innovative solutions from the Department of Education, Betsy DeVos will put children first and empower not only states to lead the way in making critical education decisions, but also empower parents to choose what type of education is best for their children. -
Review and Discussion Regarding the 2017 Legislative Session with Possible Direction to Staff. (For Possible Action)
AGENDA ITEM# 12 SUN VALLEY GENERAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT DATE: 2-3-17 TO: Board of Trustees FROM: Darrin Price – General Manager SUBJECT: Review and discussion regarding the 2017 Legislative Session with possible direction to staff. (for possible action). Every two years the Nevada Legislature meets. 2017 is here and it’s that time again. In 2014, the District cancelled its Lobbying contract with Fred Hillerby. At that time the total expenses for the lobbying contract was $1,650.00 dollars a month year round (as to include committee meetings that can and do meet when the session is closed and networking). In February of 2015, the board unanimously approved the General Manager “to act in the lobbying capacity” for the District. Per this direction I have started to assemble a team to assist me with monitoring, tracking, networking, and attending sessions, committee meetings, and general networking to establish relationships with both legislators and their staff. I registered myself, Jennifer, and Maddy as paid lobbyist for this session. The cost to register is $300.00 dollars per person, a total of $900.00 dollars. As a registered lobbyist you can track 10 bills via NELLIS. NELLIS is the Nevada Electronic Legislative Information System. It allows for PLT: What is Personalized Legislative Tracking (PLT)? · PLT allows you to subscribe to BDRs, bills, and budgets that are of interest to you, and subsequently tag and create notes on your subscriptions. · The advantage of PLT is that you will receive immediate notifications of hearings, a daily status notification, and have access to tailored, exportable reports for the subscriptions you have chosen to track. -
2019 Nevada Legislative Manual: Chapter I—Members of the Nevada Legislature
LEGISLATIVE MANUAL CHAPTER I MEMBERS OF THE NEVADA LEGISLATURE LEGISLATIVE MANUAL BIOGRAPHIES OF MEMBERS OF THE NEVADA SENATE LEGISLATIVE BIOGRAPHY — 2019 SESSION LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE KATE MARSHALL Democrat Born: 1959 – San Francisco, California Educated: University of California, Berkeley, B.A., Political Science/English; University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, J.D. Married: Elliott Parker Children: Anna, Molly Hobbies/Special Interests: Hiking, family sporting events LEGISLATIVE SERVICE Served in 1 Regular Session Years in Senate: First elected Lieutenant Governor, November 2018 President of the Senate, 2019 to Current Page 5 LEGISLATIVE BIOGRAPHY — 2019 SESSION KELVIN D. ATKINSON Democrat Senate District 4 Clark County (part) Small Business Owner Born: 1969 – Chicago, Illinois Educated: Culver City High School; Howard University, Washington, D.C.; University of Nevada, Las Vegas Children: Haley Hobbies/Special Interests: Reading, watching the Raiders and Lakers, studying politics, traveling LEGISLATIVE SERVICE Served in 9 Regular Sessions and 12 Special Sessions Years in Assembly: November 2002 to November 2012 Years in Senate: November 2012 to Current Leadership: Assembly Senior Chief Deputy Whip, 2011 Senate Co-Minority Whip, 2015 and 2015 Special Session Senate Assistant Minority Floor Leader, 2016 Special Session Senate Assistant Majority Floor Leader, 2017 Senate Majority Leader, 2019 Legislative Commission: 2013; 2015; 2017 Interim Finance Committee: 2011 Assembly Committees: Commerce and -
Minutes of the Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor
MINUTES OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE AND LABOR Eighty-first Session April 9, 2021 The Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor was called to order by Chair Pat Spearman at 7:37 a.m. on Friday, April 9, 2021, Online. Exhibit A is the Agenda. All exhibits are available and on file in the Research Library of the Legislative Counsel Bureau. COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT: Senator Pat Spearman, Chair Senator Dina Neal, Vice Chair Senator Melanie Scheible Senator Roberta Lange Senator Joseph P. Hardy Senator James A. Settelmeyer Senator Keith F. Pickard GUEST LEGISLATORS PRESENT: Senator Nicole J. Cannizzaro, Senatorial District No. 6 Senator Moises Denis, Senatorial District No. 2 Senator Marilyn Dondero Loop, Senatorial District No. 8 STAFF MEMBERS PRESENT: Cesar Melgarejo, Policy Analyst Wil Keane, Counsel Lynn Hendricks, Committee Secretary OTHERS PRESENT: Brett Kandt, State Board of Pharmacy Richard Tomasso, State Board of Pharmacy Daniel Pierrott, Fingerprinting Express Liz MacMenamin, Retail Association of Nevada Warren Lowman, Administrator, Division of Internal Audits, Office of Finance, Office of the Governor Alisa Nave-Worth, DailyPay Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor April 9, 2021 Page 2 Matthew Kopko, DailyPay Terry Reynolds, Director, Department of Business and Industry John Sande IV, National Home Service Contract Association Erven Nelson, Payroll Funding Company, LLC Alfredo Alonso, Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits; Nevada Beer Wholesalers Association Jeff Frischmann, Administrator, Employment Security Division, Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation Elisa Cafferata, Director, Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation CHAIR SPEARMAN: I will open the hearing on Senate Bill (S.B.) 408. SENATE BILL 408: Revises provisions relating to the State Board of Pharmacy. -
Minutes of the Senate Committee on Government Affairs
MINUTES OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS Eighty-first Session April 7, 2021 The Senate Committee on Government Affairs was called to order by Chair Marilyn Dondero Loop at 3:40 p.m. on Wednesday, April 7, 2021, Online. Exhibit A is the Agenda. All exhibits are available and on file in the Research Library of the Legislative Counsel Bureau. COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT: Senator Marilyn Dondero Loop, Chair Senator James Ohrenschall, Vice Chair Senator Dina Neal Senator Pete Goicoechea Senator Ira Hansen GUEST LEGISLATORS PRESENT: Senator Patricia Spearman, Senatorial District No. 1 Assemblywoman Sarah Peters, Assembly District No. 24 STAFF MEMBERS PRESENT: Alysa Keller, Policy Analyst Heidi Chlarson, Counsel Suzanne Efford, Committee Secretary OTHERS PRESENT: Charles Donohue, Administrator, Division of State Lands and State Land Registrar, State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Kyle Davis, League to Save Lake Tahoe; Nevada Conservation League Kara Freeman, DrPH, RD, FAND, Nevada Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Lyndsey Langsdale, Reno Food Systems Aurora Calvillo Buffington, Chair, Southern Nevada Food Council Rebekah Stetson, Northern Nevada Food Security Council Dagny Stapleton, Nevada Association of Counties Jamie Rodriguez, Washoe County Rhona Lecumberry, Association of County Treasurers of Nevada Senate Committee on Government Affairs April 7, 2021 Page 2 Kelly Crompton, City of Las Vegas Calli Wilsey, City of Reno David Cherry, City of Henderson Michael Tassi, Director of Community Development and Services, -
The 2017 Nevada Legislative Session Review & Report Card
The 2017 Nevada Legislative Session Review & Report Card by Daniel Honchariw Nevada Policy Research Institute 1 Composite Scores Nevada Legislature 40.66% Assembly 38.78% Senate 44.06% Democrats 15.37% Republicans 82.34% Assembly Democrats 14.89% Assembly Republicans 83.30% Senate Democrats 16.44% Senate Republicans 80.90% Gov. Sandoval*** 74.92% Individual Legislative Scores Rank Legislator Party Chamber Score 1 Robin Titus R Assembly 92.96% 2 Jim Marchant R Assembly 90.28% 3 Donald Gustavson R Senate 90.18% 4 Ira Hansen R Assembly 88.17% 5 Lisa Krasner R Assembly 86.39% 6 John Ellison R Assembly 86.38% 7 Richard McArthur R Assembly 85.83% 8 John Hambrick R Assembly 85.45% 9 Michael Roberson R Senate 82.69% 10 Jim Wheeler R Assembly 82.56% 11 Ben Kieckhefer*** R Senate 82.43% 12 Keith Pickard R Assembly 81.97% 13 Al Kramer R Assembly 81.66% 14 Chris Edwards R Assembly 81.39% 15 James Settelmeyer R Senate 80.62% 24 16 Pete Goicoechea R Senate 80.47% 17 Joseph Hardy R Senate 79.84% 18 Paul Anderson R Assembly 79.53% 19 Scott Hammond R Senate 79.36% 20 Heidi Gansert*** R Senate 77.95% 21 Jill Tolles R Assembly 77.50% 22 James Oscarson R Assembly 75.83% 23 Melissa Woodbury R Assembly 75.29% 24 Becky Harris*** R Senate 74.42% 25 Nicole Cannizzaro D Senate 20.67% 26 Skip Daly D Assembly 20.00% 27 Maggie Carlton D Assembly 18.89% 28 Patricia Farley I Senate 18.60% 29 Sandra Jauregui D Assembly 16.39% 29 William McCurdy II D Assembly 16.39% 29 Daniele Monroe-Moreno D Assembly 16.39% 29 Justin Watkins D Assembly 16.39% 33 Steve Yeager D Assembly -
Power Spreads Out
by SHEILA LESLIE Power spreads out Congratulations, Nevada! Our state made witness to tears, such as lack of health care, morally fine and mentally frivolous to be Mo Denis as Senate Democratic leader and national news last week when we became autistic children who can’t get services and responsible voters.” There are probably still president pro tem. the first majority female state legislature in issues associated with the sheer poverty some Nevada men who feel that way. Women no longer will be expected to the country. It happened when Clark County derived from trying to raise a family on a Washoe County’s women were quick to feel grateful for an opportunity to lead, Commissioners filled two vacancies in the minimum wage. jump into the political arena once they were opportunities men have long taken for Assembly with women. Although the state A majority means leaving tokenism allowed into the ring. Jean Dwyer was the granted. Many female legislators paved the Senate still has a female minority, with nine behind. Women will be freed from the first woman to run for the state Legislature way to the majority and as we celebrate women and 12 men in office, there are now burden of representing their gender and be in 1916. She came in last in a field of 22 this milestone, they should be recognized, 23 women and just 19 men in the Assembly, known for policy positions rather than being candidates. In 1918, another woman from especially since many didn’t live to see a thus producing an overall female majority in the lone woman on the committee. -
Voting Record on Voting Record Small Business Issues 2016 Edition
2016 | Nevada YOUR LEGISLATORS’ VOTING RECORD ON VOTING RECORD SMALL BUSINESS ISSUES 2016 EDITION Roll call votes by your state legislators on key small business issues are listed inside. Although this Voting Record does not reflect all ele- ments considered by a lawmaker when voting, nor does it represent a complete profile of a legislator, it can be a guide in evaluating your legislator’s attitudes toward small business. Please thank those legislators who supported small business. 1. Taxes (SB483): Makes permanent the tax 5. Tort Reform (SB296): This bill also related increases from 2009 that were to be sunsetted in to product liability and would have limited claims 2011. It increases the payroll tax rate (MBT) from for punitive or exemplary damages that may be 1.17 percent to 1.475 percent, reduces the payroll assessed against certain persons, including tax exemption from $310,000 a year to $200,000, manufacturers, distributors, and sellers of a increases the state registration fee and creates a defective product. A “YES” vote was the NFIB new tax on a business’s gross receipts over $4 position. The Assembly passed the bill 22–18. The million, called the “Commerce tax.” A “NO” vote Senate passed it 16–5. The bill was vetoed by the was the NFIB position. The Assembly passed the Governor. bill 30–10. The Senate passed it 18–3. It was signed into law by the Governor. Note: This tax bill was 6. Labor (SB193 second reprint): The version of such a big issue for NFIB Members that the Nevada the bill that passed the Assembly revises provisions Leadership Council voted on May 23, 2016, to not governing overtime compensation, stating that endorse any legislator who voted for SB 483. -
2018–2020 Washoe County Community Health Needs Assessment
2018–2020 Washoe County Community Health Needs Assessment The 2018-2020 Washoe County Community Health Needs Assessment was sponsored in full by the Washoe County Health District and Renown Health in collaboration with Truckee Meadows Healthy Communities. Published January 2018 TABLE OF CONTENTS 2018-2020 Washoe County Community Health Needs Assessment Acknowledgments .......................................................................................................................................... i Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 1 Contents, Methodology, & Community Survey Demographics .................................................................... 2 Technical Notes ............................................................................................................................................. 9 Washoe County Geography & Demographics ............................................................................................ 11 Socioeconomic Status ................................................................................................................................. 17 Housing ....................................................................................................................................................... 46 Food & Hunger ........................................................................................................................................... -
Basic Information Biden Was Born on November 20, 1942 (77)
1 ● Basic information12 ○ Biden was born on November 20, 1942 (77), in Scranton, Pennsylvania. ○ In 1953, The Bidens moved to Claymont, Delaware, and then eventually to Wilmington, Delaware. ○ Biden earned his bachelor’s degree in 1965 from the University of Delaware, with a double major in history and political science. ○ Biden graduated from Syracuse University College of Law in 1968 and was admitted to the Delaware bar in 1969. ■ During his first year at Syracuse, Biden was accused of plagiarizing five of fifteen pages of a law review article. As a result, he failed the course and had to retake it. The plagiarism incident has resurfaced during various political campaigns. ● Early political career3 ○ After graduating from law school, Biden began practicing law as a public defender and then for a firm headed by Sid Balick, a locally active Democrat. Biden would go on to officially register as a Democrat at this time. ○ At the end of 1969, Biden ran to represent the 4th district on the New Castle County Council, a usually Republican district. ■ He served on the County Council from 1970 to 1972, while continuing his private law practice. ● 1972 US Senate campaign ○ In 1972, longtime Delaware political figure and Republican incumbent Senator J. Caleb Boggs was considering retirement, which would likely have left US Representative Pete du Pont and Wilmington Mayor Harry G. Haskell Jr. in a divisive primary fight. ■ To avoid that, President Nixon convinced Boggs to run again with full party support which kept several known Democrats out of the race. ○ Biden’s grassroots campaigned, managed by his sister Valerie Biden Owens, focused on withdrawals from Vietnam, the environment, civil rights, mass transit, more equitable taxation, and health care. -
Nevada REAL TORS ® Voter Cuide
Ceneral Election I November 3, 2020 ® Early Voting I October 17 - 30, 2020 Nevada REAL TORS Voter Cuide *Ballots mailed out in late September or early October. *Dates vary by county. Clark County AD41 Sandra Jauregui* SPARKS CITY COUNCIL Be sure to sign AND mail AD42 Alexander Assefa Ward 1 Donald Abbott your ballot at least 7 days STATE SENATE before Election Day. SDl Pat Spearman CLARK COUNTY COMMISSION WASHOE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT SD3 Chris Brooks District A Michael Naft District E Dr. Angela Taylor SD4 Dina Neal* District B Marilyn Kirkpatrick District G Craig Wesner SDS Kristee Watson District C Stavros Anthony SD6 Nicole Cannizzaro* District D William Mccurdy II INCLINE VILLAGE GENERAL SD7 Roberta Lange IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT SDll Dallas Harris LAS VEGAS TOWNSHIP Matthew Dent SD18 Scott Hammond JUSTICE COURT Blane Johnson SD19 Pete Goicoechea District 12 Diana Sullivan Michaela Tonking Only PAC supported races listed. The STATE ASSEMBLY NORTH LAS VEGAS TOWNSHIP Nevada REALTORS® Political Action ADl Daniele Monroe-Moreno JUSTICE COURT Other/Multi Counties Committee (NV RPAC) is supporting the candidates on this page because AD2 Heidi Kasama* District 3 Chris Lee STATE SENATE we believe they are the best choice for AD3 Selena Torres SDl9 Pete Goicoechea , our business, our children, our families AD4 Connie Munk and our neighbors. NV RPAC is a Washoe County STATE ASSEMBLY ADS Brittney Miller non-partisan PAC that conducts AD6 Shondra Summers-Armstrong STATE SENATE AD32 Alexis Hansen extensive interviews with candidates. AD7 Cameron "CH" Miller SDl5 Heidi Gansert AD33 John Ellison and focuses strictly on the candidates· ADS Jason Frierson* AD36 Gregory Hafen, II qualifications and willingness to AD9 Steve Yeager STATE ASSEMBLY AD38 Robin Titus support issues impacting the real ADl0 Rochelle Nguyen AD25 Jill Tolles AD39 Jim Wheeler estate industry. -
Minutes of the Senate Committee on Education
MINUTES OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION Eighty-first Session April 2, 2021 The Senate Committee on Education was called to order by Chair Moises Denis at 12:30 p.m. on Friday, April 2, 2021, Online. Exhibit A is the Agenda. All exhibits are available and on file in the Research Library of the Legislative Counsel Bureau. COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT: Senator Moises Denis, Chair Senator Marilyn Dondero Loop, Vice Chair Senator Roberta Lange Senator Fabian Donate Senator Joseph P. Hardy Senator Scott Hammond Senator Carrie A. Buck GUEST LEGISLATORS PRESENT: Senator Melanie Scheible, Senatorial District No. 9 STAFF MEMBERS PRESENT: Jen Sturm, Policy Analyst Asher Killian, Counsel Suzanne Efford, Committee Secretary OTHERS PRESENT: Christopher Daly, Nevada State Education Association Rebecca Feiden, Executive Director, State Public Charter School Authority Erica Valdriz, Vegas Chamber Victor Salcido, Charter School Association of Nevada Lily James Geneva Wolfe Serena Evans, Nevada Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence Kevin Finkler, President, Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity Malia Blunt Senate Committee on Education April 2, 2021 Page 2 Elizabeth Tang, Counsel, Education and Workplace Justice, National Women's Law Center Aliya Epstein Elizabeth Davenport, American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada Sarah Hawkins, President, Nevada Attorneys for Criminal Justice Abbey Pike Caitlyn Caruso Jessica Stender, Senior Counsel, Workplace Justice and Public Policy, Equal Rights Advocates Sage Carson, Manager, Know Your IX Joe Cohn, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education Tina Russom, Deputy General Counsel, Nevada System of Higher Education Kent Ervin, Nevada Faculty Alliance CHAIR DENIS: We will open the hearing with the work session on Senate Bill (S.B.) 160.