State Senator Heidi Gansert is responding to the lawsuit filed against her by the Nevada Policy Research Institute, she says the NPRI lawsuit is meritless, and that she has been fully transparent, and has taken an unpaid leave of absence from the University to serve in the Legislature. Gansert has received strong support from colleagues. NPRI says serving in the legislature, while working at the University, violate the separation of powers clause of the state constitution.