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As your representative to state government, I’d like to pass on the following meeting notification regarding McCarran Boulevard:
The Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT), is holding a meeting on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the McQueen High School Cafeteria, 6055 Lancer St., Reno to provide information and receive comments on […]

Tomorrow marks an important day in my freshman career as a legislator. After almost a year and a half from when the idea was brought to my attention, Nevada’s living will lock box will be launched (press release, PDF). With this new service, Nevadans wishing to take charge of their medical futures will […]

Check out my interview from yesterday’s Nevada NewsMakers where I discuss the Governor’s budget cuts, renewable energy and the need to diversify Nevada’s economy with Sam Shad and Scott Craigie.
Nevada NewsMakers, March 3, 2008: Zipped wmv, 56mb, Zipped wmv, 8mb

The Nevada Conservation League has released its 2007 legislative scorecard. In addition to including two of my bills (AB 178 - Renewable Energy and AB 217 - Conservation seat for the State Environmental Commission) in their ratings, I’m honored to have been recognized under “Distinguished Deeds”:
Assemblyman David Bobzien (D – Reno), in his first […]

I’m proud to be the Southwest Energy Efficiency Project’s (SWEEP) 2007 Energy Efficiency Award winner. I share this honor with Senator Michael Schneider for our work enacting AB 178, specifically the provision setting energy efficiency standards for light bulbs sold in Nevada.
As related by the organization, “SWEEP is honoring the two of you for […]

One of the most vexing problems for me when I served on the Reno Recreation and Parks Commission was the sad state of our urban neighborhood parks. While new growth comes with shiny new playground equipment and fresh-laid turf for teaching your kids the fine points of throwing a ball, many of our parks in […]

With plenty of wrap up articles available online, here’s a brief overview of how my legislative agenda fared over the course of the legislative session…

PRESS RELEASE: CARSON CITY—Legislation sponsored by Assemblyman David Bobzien (D-Reno) to create a voluntary online registry for living wills in the Secretary of State’s office has been approved by the Nevada Legislature and now goes to the Governor.

In the final days of the Legislature, Governor Jim Gibbons has signed into law AB 217. Representatives from the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection, the Nevada Conservation League and the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada, all supporters of the legislation, were on hand for a signing ceremony yesterday morning in the Governor’s office.

By a vote of 27 to 14 (one abstention), AB 150, a bill to combat the proliferation of methamphetamine labs in Nevada, failed to meet a 2/3 requirement for passage today in the Assembly.
Despite the building of a strong coalition of businesses, law enforcement, substance abuse counselors and families to combat methamphetamine this session, in […]