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ACLU files challenge to Nevada’s Medicaid coverage ban for abortions

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August 29, 2023

ACLU files challenge to Nevada’s Medicaid coverage ban for abortions

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (KOLO) – The ACLU of Nevada has filed a legal challenge to Nevada’s Medicaid coverage ban on abortions.

The lawsuit is being filed on behalf of Silver State Hope Fund in Clark County. The ACLU says the ban violates the state Constitution by creating sex-based discrimination for care.

The Silver State Hope Fund, which the ACLU describes as a nonprofit offering abortion assistance, further argues the law is a violation of Nevada’s Equal Rights Amendment.

They say the majority of their clients cannot get full coverage as they are on Medicaid.

“Nevadans sent a strong message last November that inequality and discrimination have no place in Nevada when we voted to add the Equal Rights Amendment to our state constitution, and now we need to fulfill that promise. For too long, women and people who need access to abortion have been denied coverage just because they get their insurance from the state’s Medicaid program. Nevada’s Medicaid policy has forced organizations like Silver State Hope Fund to step in where the state has failed to provide funding to pregnant Nevadans to cover abortion-related costs, but this shouldn’t be how the system works. Every human deserves dignified access to health care, including abortion care, regardless of their sex, gender, or income level,” said Erin Bilbray-Kohn, vice president and acting executive director, Silver State Hope Fund

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Could Nevada Be the Swing State to Decide the Presidency? | KQED

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July 4, 2024

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Could Nevada Be the Swing State to Decide the Presidency? | KQED

Kevin Spillane is a Republican political consultant who’s spent a lot of time in the swing state of Nevada. What he’s seen there makes him think this presidential election is Donald Trump’s to lose. Marisa talks with Spillane about purple states, shifting voter demographics and ticket splitting.

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Las Vegas man sentenced to prison for defrauding hospital, over $700k lost

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July 3, 2024

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Las Vegas man sentenced to prison for defrauding hospital, over $700k lost

A Las Vegas businessman was sentenced to 21 months in prison on Tuesday for submitting over $700,000 dollars in fraudulent invoices to a hospital.

Roland Sagun Torres mailed invoices to a Nevada hospital for products that were never provided to the hospital, according to a press release from the United States Department of Justice.

From early 2020 to July 2022, Torres used the names of over 100 doctors and patients.

The hospital mailed checks to Torres ultimately amounted to $712,000 dollars.

Torres pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud.

United States District Judge Gloria M. Navarro also sentenced Torres to three years on supervised release and ordered him to pay back $712,000 as restitution.

Contact Annie Vong at avong@reviewjournal.com.

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Nevada lawmakers push for protections for Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge

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July 3, 2024

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Nevada lawmakers push for protections for Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge

WASHINGTON D.C. (KOLO) – Nevada lawmakers are pushing the Biden administration to provide greater protections for the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge.

Senators Catherine Cortez Masto, Jacky Rosen, and Representatives Steven Horsford and Susie Lee all sent a letter to the Department of the Interior asking them to prohibit mining on federal public land on the Amargosa River watershed.

They say doing this would ensure the area’s water source, which is also used by Death Valley, the Timbisha Shoshone Tribe, and the residents of Nye County and Amargosa Valley, is not disrupted.

“The ecosystem at Ash Meadows NWR is entirely dependent on groundwater. Recent proposals for exploratory mineral drilling and extraction near the Refuge boundary pose an immediate threat to the integrity of this fragile ecosystem,” the lawmakers wrote.

“In response to this threat, there is widespread support to enhance protections for this unique ecological system,” they continued. “…Formally withdrawing these lands from new mining and exploration would preserve the crucial and culturally-significant water resources in and around Ash Meadows, Death Valley, and Amargosa Valley from additional harm. Maintaining the integrity of this watershed is not only important for conserving the unique plants and animals that live in this special place, but it also helps protect the water source for the surrounding communities.”

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