Annie In the News

Annie and Kevin talk about developments in the 2021 session of the Nevada Legislature.

Annie and Heidi talk about Democrat vote to strip her of ability to vote on bills or speak from the floor for refusing to produce a “vaccine passport” in order to appear in the Assembly Chamber without a mask…

(Bill Dentzer & Steve Sebelius | Las Vegas Review-Journal) – When we last updated you on the saga of Assemblywoman Annie Black, R-Mesquite, she was in legislative limbo, having been stripped of her right to vote and speak on the Assembly floor because of her refusal to either wear a mask or disclose whether she’d

(Colton Lochhead | Las Vegas Review-Journal) – Nevada’s cannabis consumption lounge legislation cleared a major hurdle Thursday, a move that comes a little over a month before a moratorium on social use venues is set to expire. Assembly Bill 341 passed out of the Assembly on a 29-12 vote, with Republicans Tom Roberts, R-Las Vegas, Andy

(Bert Johnson / CapRadio) – Nevada’s Legislature updated its rules on May 19 to allow fully vaccinated people to enter the building without masks in accordance with current guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The next day Democrats, who hold a majority in the Assembly, voted to censure Assemblywoman Annie Black (R–Mesquite)

(Wendell Husebo | Breitbart News) – A Nevada State lawmaker was denied access to the House chamber Wednesday because she did not have a vaccine passport… It started Tuesday, the Las-Vegas Review-Journal reported, “when Black took to the Assembly floor, ripped off her mask and said face coverings are no longer necessary, according to the

Annie joined Alan to discuss Democrats’ vote stripping her of ability to vote on bills or speak from the floor unless she put on a mask or provided a “vaccine passport.”

(USA Today) – Long-simmering disputes over coronavirus restrictions in the Legislature boiled over Thursday when the Democratic majority voted to punish Republican lawmakers for refusing to comply with rules in place to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Under rules announced Wednesday, people in the state Capitol can roam the building without face coverings as

(Las Vegas Review-Journal) – Lawmakers have great leeway to set their own legislative rules in Carson City, but the Democratic majority abused its discretion when it stripped GOP Assemblywoman Annie Black of her voting rights over a mask dispute. … To make her point about heavy-handed COVID restrictions, Ms. Black took to the floor on

(Steve Sebelius | Las Vegas Review-Journal) – Call it the Legislature’s version of a blackout. As in lawmakers giving Mesquite Republican Assemblywoman Annie Black a timeout, stripping her of her privileges to vote and speak on the floor because she refused to wear a face mask. And now, Black and majority Democrats are in a