Category: News

Battle Born Progress calls on Supreme Court to preserve access to mifepristone

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 26, 2024 Contact: Jacob Solis, [email protected], 702.468.9486 Battle Born Progress calls on Supreme Court to preserve access to mifepristone LAS VEGAS, NV – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, the case that will decide whether right-wing activists and Trump-appointed judges will be able […]

Battle Born Progress celebrates 14 years of the Affordable Care Act

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 22, 2024 Contact: Jacob Solis, [email protected], 702.468.9486   Battle Born Progress celebrates 14 years of the Affordable Care Act LAS VEGAS, NV – Ahead of the 14th anniversary of the enactment of the Affordable Care Act, Battle Born Progress is reflecting on how the monumental legislation has dramatically transformed the country’s […]

Nevada Housing Justice Alliance On Governor Lombardo’s Misguided Housing Crisis Letter

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, March 20, 2024   MEDIA CONTACTS Shelbie Swartz, [email protected], 702-419-9410 Mathilda Guerrero, [email protected], 808-897-1630 Jarrett Clark, [email protected], 870-926-0531   Nevada Housing Justice Alliance On Governor Lombardo’s Misguided Housing Crisis Letter   Las Vegas, Nev. — Today, Governor Joe Lombardo announced that his administration sent a letter to the Biden Administration, imploring […]

Nevada Progressive Organizations Respond to Sam Brown’s Attempt to Revise Extremist Anti-Abortion Stance

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, February 22, 2024 MEDIA CONTACT: Shelbie Swartz, [email protected], 702-419-9410 Nevada Progressive Organizations Respond to Sam Brown’s Attempt to Revise Extremist Anti-Abortion Stance Las Vegas, Nev. — This week, following more than a decade of maintaining an anti-abortion stance through his multiple failed electoral campaigns in Texas and Nevada, Sam Brown is […]

Progressive Organizations Joint Statement on Republican Primary

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, February 9, 2024 MEDIA CONTACT: Shelbie Swartz, [email protected], 702-419-9410; Mathilda Guerrero, [email protected] Nevada’s Odd Twist: ‘None of the Above’ Wins, Yet Trump Takes The Cake   LAS VEGAS, NV — Following the First in the West Democratic Primary in Nevada on Tuesday, and the party-led GOP Caucus on Thursday, it is […]

Battle Born Progress Statement on Shooting at the University of Nevada Las Vegas Campus

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 6, 2023 Contact: Amber Falgout, [email protected], 775.657.0433 Battle Born Progress Statement on Shooting at the University of Nevada Las Vegas Campus  LAS VEGAS, NV – Around noon today, reports began coming in concerning a shooting on the campus of the University of Las Vegas Nevada. Currently, there are no confirmed reports […]

Battle Born Progress and Institute for a Progressive Nevada Announce New Executive Director

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 13, 2023 Contact: Amber Falgout, [email protected], 775.657.0433 Battle Born Progress and Institute for a Progressive Nevada Announce New Executive Director  After a lengthy search, we have found an Executive Director to Continue Leading Crucial Communications Work in Nevada  LAS VEGAS, NV – In May 2023 Battle Born Progress and Institute for […]

1 October Anniversary Reminds Us We Have a Long Way To Go To End Gun Violence

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 1st, 2023 Contact: Amber Falgout, [email protected], 775.657.0433 1 October Anniversary Reminds Us We Have a Long Way To Go To End Gun Violence LAS VEGAS, NV – On the 6th anniversary of the Route 91 Harvest Festival mass shooting, we are reminded that we have a long way to go in […]

**VIDEO INCLUDED** Nevada Secretary of State Addresses Honorees at Battle Born Progress Annual Fundraiser

NEVADA – This evening, Battle Born Progress hosted its annual fundraising event, Celebrate Progress, at the Paiute Golf Resort and virtually. The event honored the work of several of Nevada’s community leaders, as well as activists, volunteers, journalists, and organizations. Each year this event allows our organization to fundraise and also honor important leaders in […]

Biden Names First Ten Prescription Drugs for Long-awaited Medicare Negotiations to Lower Prices

LAS VEGAS, NV – Today, President Joe Biden’s administration announced the first ten drugs in Part D that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have selected for lower prices through Medicare negotiations. This historic move forward will allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices for the first time ever, thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act of […]