Marcos Lopez
Policy Fellow
Marcos Lopez serves as a Policy Fellow for Nevada Policy. For over a decade, Marcos has fought to advance free-market principles, limited government, and secure individual rights through electioneering, lobbying, and grassroots mobilization at all levels of government across nine states and Washington D.C.Originally from Miami, Marcos moved to Nevada in 2015 and has lived in Reno and Las Vegas, where he currently resides. His main areas of focus include economic opportunity, criminal justice reform, and school choice. Marcos’ work and efforts have been recognized and featured in The New York Times, The Las Vegas Review Journal, The Nevada Independent, This is Reno, and The Nevada Current.
Nevada’s 82nd Legislative Session: Week 13
There is only one month left in the 82nd legislative session. Join Marcos Lopez for this week’s legislative briefing as he discusses: What the outcome of the Economic Forum…
Nevada’s 82nd Legislative Session: Week 12
The third month of Nevada’s legislative session is wrapping up. Join Marcos Lopez for this month’s Under the Dome webinar. He discusses the biggest news from session with legislators and…
Nevada’s 82nd Legislative Session: Week 11
During this week’s episode of Under the Dome, Marcos Lopez reviews what happened after Nevada legislature’s first committee-passage deadline, including: How many bills made it…
Reviewing More Good Bills from ’23 Legislative Session
Today, Nevada Policy continues its examination of the 10 best bills of the 2023 legislative session. We went through the first five yesterday and look at the second five…
A Look at the Top Bills of this Legislative Session
Can you believe we are halfway through the legislative session? Just about every bill that will be introduced this session has been, but with 951 different pieces of proposed legislation,…
Nevada's 82nd Legislative Session: Week 10
It’s been a big week in Nevada’s legislature, with the week ending with the first committee passage deadline. As many as 30 percent of the bills introduced this session are now officially dead. Marcos Lopez summarizes…
Nevada's 82nd Legislative Session: Week 9
The Nevada legislature saw a busy first week of April. Marcos Lopez summarizes the most important bills heard this week, including: Which contentious price control bills could hurt people in…
Nevada's 82nd Legislative Session: Week 8
As the second month of the 2023 wraps up, Nevada Policy’s Marcos Lopez is joined by legislators and lobbyists to give an insider’s look into what’s been happening. Marcos Lopez…
Onerous Regulations Hinder Budding Nevada Barbers
Notice recently that your barber’s prices have gone up? It’s not just inflation but also a consequence of burdensome barriers intended to protect entrenched industry incumbents by limiting competition. Nevada…