{"id":12,"date":"2014-12-30T10:46:11","date_gmt":"2014-12-30T10:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/persitentdemo.com\/Nevada\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2024-11-05T14:36:54","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T22:36:54","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.leg.state.nv.us\/assembly\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <em>Nevada Constitution <\/em>creates three separate branches of government:\u00a0 Legislative, Executive, and Judicial.\u00a0 The legislative authority for the state is vested in the Senate and the Assembly . . . we call these two bodies the houses . . .\u00a0 which together are designated as \u201cThe Legislature of the State of Nevada.\u201d\u00a0 One of the primary functions of the Legislative Branch is to protect the rights and freedoms of the people, and legislatures throughout the country do this by enacting laws and laying down the groundwork for carrying out those laws.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leg.state.nv.us\/assembly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/LCBBldgDusk.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leg.state.nv.us\/assembly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/LCBBldgDusk-1200x550.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45999\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.leg.state.nv.us\/assembly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/LCBBldgDusk-1200x550.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.leg.state.nv.us\/assembly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/LCBBldgDusk-744x341.jpg 744w, https:\/\/www.leg.state.nv.us\/assembly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/LCBBldgDusk-420x193.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.leg.state.nv.us\/assembly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/LCBBldgDusk-768x352.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.leg.state.nv.us\/assembly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/LCBBldgDusk.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nevada Constitution creates three separate branches of government:\u00a0 Legislative, Executive, and Judicial.\u00a0 The legislative authority for the state is vested in the Senate and the Assembly . . . we call these two bodies the houses . . .\u00a0 which together are designated as \u201cThe Legislature of the State&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.5 - 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