For first time, Nevada legislature ousts lawmaker after arrests

Via Laura Zuckerman (Reuters) – The Nevada State Meeting expelled Democratic Assemblyman Steven Brooks on Thursday after he used to be arrested twice this yr, in the first time the chamber ousted a member in the historical past of the state legislature. Brooks' expulsion was once approved by way of a voice vote and the ouster used to be effective in an instant. Lawmakers who spoke on Thursday before the vote did not say why they were transferring to expel Brooks. The action got here a day after a Nevada Assembly Make a Selection Committee met at the back of closed doors and voted 6-1 to recommend the lawmaker's ouster. …