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As Minden siren persists, lawmakers hope to close loopholes in ‘sundown siren’ law

Even though lawmakers in 2021 unanimously passed AB88, a bill sponsored by Assemblyman Howard Watts (D-Las Vegas) that prohibited “sundown sirens,” or sounds  citywide to alert people of color to leave town by a certain time, the town of Minden still sounds a siren at 5 p.m.

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Nevada lawmaker calls into question the history of Native American massacres, causing backlash from advocates

But Hansen pushed back on the historical accuracy of the massacres described in Spilsbury’s testimony and by Steele in a letter of support for the bill. During the hearing, Hansen argued that there were anomalies between the testimony and the historical record, including indications that U.S. Cavalry divisions were involved in the 1897 massacre while saying there was no cavalry in the region at that time.

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