300-350 people who have been on the receiving end of the billion dollar cuts, including people with disabilities, teachers, state workers, and parents of autistic children, protested at Nevada’s state capitol building to tell the Governor and Legislators that further reductions in the state budget are unacceptable.
Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada (“PLAN”) presented a “Nevada Budget Planning Tool kit” comprised of band aids, bailing wire, duct tape and a beggers cup to the Governor, who speaker after speaker condemned for his lack of leadership in dealing with this crisis. [Read more]
People with histories of legal trouble can restore their right to vote in this year’s presidential election with assistance from the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada.
Under Nevada state law, men and women with a felony record can vote if they were honorably discharged before July 1, 2003, or have a single non-violent felony after that date. The law applies to people convicted in Nevada or any other state.
In order to prove these rights have been restored, people must provide documented proof of honorable discharge or completion of sentence from prison, probation, or parole. PLAN hired Voter Restoration Advocate Meredith McGhan to help men and women get copies of those documents from Nevada, the federal government or any other state and register to vote in the upcoming general election.
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One of PBN’s newest State Alliance partners has been shaking things up out west. On June 27th, Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada turned in petitions with more than 28,000 signatures — about 10,000 more than the 18,093 signatures needed — ensuring that all Nevadans get a vote to require consideration of available water resources for development and land-use planning.
PLAN’s Bob Fulkerson released this statement about the initiative for sustained growth:
“On March 11, the people asked the Washoe County Commissioners to please put a water planning advisory question on the ballot. The response from the Chairman? ‘Go home and watch Oprah.’
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