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LAS VEGAS — The ACLU of Nevada is proud to announce the launch of the nonprofit’s Emerging Leaders program.

The ACLU of Nevada has been working on solitary confinement issues and fighting for reforms for more than 10 years, and this is not the first session in which Spearman sponsored legislation to reign in the practice.

Assembly Bill 282, sponsored by Assemblywoman Shondra Summers-Armstrong, a Democrat representing historic West Las Vegas, was adopted by the Senate on Wednesday.

Your legislators need to hear from their constituents. Now is the time to use your voice!

Amid skyrocketing rents, which have increased between 20% and 30% in parts of the state since 2020, legislators have been pressed to find solutions to address rampant housing insecurity.

The court issued a stay that ensures access to mifepristone nationwide, reversing lower court rulings about when and how the abortion medication should be available in a case filed by anti-abortion organizations.

Nevada is experiencing a growing housing and economic crisis, and community groups and advocates are taking the fight to the Legislature with the goal of ensuring all Nevadans have access to reliable housing and resources.

Advocates in the Nevada Legislature, however, want to improve access to gender-affirming care for transgender and gender-nonconforming people across the state.

Assembly Bill 161 aims to make traffic stops safer by creating a voluntary DMV designation that will warn police of communication impairment at the start of an encounter.