CARSON CITY, Nevada, Nov. 17 -- Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following news release: Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford is advising consumers to pay careful attention to additional charges merchants are placing on credit card transactions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Credit card surcharges, often presented as a percentage or fee that sellers place on credit card transactions, are legal, but merchants must follow certain guidelines. Credit card companies allow merchants   more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Nov. 19 -- Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following news release on Nov. 18: Today, Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford and a coalition of over 30 attorneys general announced a $113 million settlement with Apple, Inc. over Apple's 2016 decision to throttle consumers' iPhone speeds in order to address unexpected shutdowns in some iPhones. Under the terms of the settlement, Apple will pay $1,577,469.41to the State of Nevada. Through the multistate investi  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Nov. 20 -- Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following news release on Nov. 19: Today, Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford announced that wireless carrier T-Mobile successfully launched its new apprenticeship program in Nevada. The program, which began this month, features paid apprenticeships in Nevada. T-Mobile has already filled 10 paid apprenticeship roles, including seven at its Customer Experience Center and three in Technology Operations. Additionall  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Nov. 21 -- Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following statement on Nov. 20: Today, Attorney General Aaron D. Ford released a statement regarding a suit to throw out Nevada's recent election results. The emergency injunction sought to prevent Secretary of State Cegavske from certifying the results of the November 3rd general election, enjoin the presidential electors from casting their votes for President on December 12, 2020, and prevent any Nevada candidate  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Nov. 18 -- Gov. Stephen Sisolak, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on Nov. 17: Today, Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak announced the appointment of Kevin Benson as General Counsel for the Governor's Office, effective Monday, November 16th, 2020. "I am so pleased to welcome Kevin Benson to the Governor's Office as our new General Counsel," said Governor Sisolak. "As a long time Senior Deputy Attorney General for the Nevada Attorney General's Office, and his extensive  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Nov. 17 -- Gov. Stephen Sisolak, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on Nov. 16: Today, Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak recognized Jhone Ebert, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, following the announcement that she is a 2020 recipient of the prestigious International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Impact Award. The award recognizes educators and organizations from around the world who do outstanding work to improve learning for all students and h  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Nov. 19 -- The Nevada Democratic Party issued the following memo by Executive Director Alana Mounce: To: Interested Parties From: Alana Mounce, NV Dems Executive Director Date: November 18, 2020 Subject: Democrats' Success in Nevada the Result of Strategic Organizing Despite the challenges of a worldwide pandemic, the Nevada State Democratic Party did the work, virtual and in-person, to elect Democrats and secure the presidency for Joe Biden. Nevada is a battleground stat  more

RENO, Nevada, Nov. 18 (TNSAwa)-- The University of Nevada issued the following news: The New American Economy (NAE) and Welcoming America selected the University of Nevada, Reno's Northern Nevada International Center to receive a Gateways for Growth (G4G) Research award as part of the fourth cohort of the initiative. Launched in 2016, G4G is a competitive opportunity for localities to receive research support and/or technical assistance from NAE and Welcoming America to improve immigrant inclus  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Nov. 18 -- The Nevada Democratic Party issued the following statement by Chair William McCurdy II: Nevada State Democratic Party Chair William McCurdy II released the following statement regarding the election results: "I want to thank Nevada's election officials who, despite facing relentless threats and protests on a daily basis, did their job to ensure our election was free and fair. "Yesterday, the Clark County Commission certified the results of all but one contest wit  more

RENO, Nevada, Nov. 21 (TNSRes) -- The University of Nevada issued the following news: Nevada Public Health Training Center's #COVIDCrew has partnered with DoughBoys Donuts local owner Jay Kenny to offer a sweet incentive to students who complete a brief COVID-19 Climate Survey. This survey is interested in engaging with the sought-after 18-24-year-old demographic to gain a better understanding of how the coronavirus has impacted them and what ways the center can help. #COVIDCrew also launched  more

RENO, Nevada, Nov. 18 -- The University of Nevada issued the following news: Native American tribes are facing real struggles in the United States that are often overlooked. Tsanavi Spoonhunter, an enrolled member of the Northern Arapaho Tribe, is a documentary filmmaker who hopes to show representation for Native American people in a modern way. "What I would want people to understand is that the issues that we face are modern issues that are real and that are happening in the backyard of Am  more

RENO, Nevada, Nov. 18 -- The University of Nevada issued the following news: Extension's Living With Fire Program presents the Nevada Network of Fire Adapted Communities Summit. This year's theme is "Creating the Toolbox for a Fire Adapted Nevada." The summit, presented via Zoom in partnership with Nevada Division of Forestry's Fire Adapted Communities, will take place 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Dec. 3. "During the virtual summit, we will be giving people tools to better adapt their communities to surv  more

RENO, Nevada, Nov. 20 (TNSPer) -- The University of Nevada issued the following news: Emilly Borthwick-Wong has been selected to become the permanent executive director of University Advising at the University of Nevada, Reno. Borthwick-Wong joined the faculty at the University in August 2019 as the director of the Exploratory and Pre-Professional Advising Center (previously the University Advising Center). In March 2020, she agreed to serve as the interim executive director as advising moved  more

RENO, Nevada, Nov. 18 -- The University of Nevada issued the following news: Within the University of Nevada, Reno's College of Business, one trade mission, set up by the Governor's Office of Economic Development and then-Governor, now University President, Brian Sandoval, continues to have a lasting impact within the University's College of Business. In 2017, as part of the GOED Trade and Educational Mission to Poland, the College signed a memorandum of understanding with the Warsaw School of   more

RENO, Nevada, Nov. 18 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Nevada issued the following news: Lynda Wiest, professor of Mathematics Education and Educational Equity at the University of Nevada, Reno, received the Willystine Goodsell award and will give an acceptance speech at a national conference for the American Educational Research Association (AERA) this spring. The award aims to recognize educators who support women, girls and education through scholarship, activism or community building. Some of  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Nov. 18 -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following news release: Nevada officials have called on state agencies to reduce their current fiscal-year budgets and plan for reductions in the upcoming biennium in response to the pandemic-driven downturn of the state economy. This month, the governor's finance office asked agencies to plan to reduce their budgets by 12% for fiscal years 2022 and 2023. Each fiscal year, that represents roughly $32 million of   more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Nov. 19 -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following news release: Nevada officials have called on state agencies to reduce their current fiscal-year budgets and plan for reductions in the upcoming biennium in response to the pandemic-driven downturn of the state economy. This month, the governor's finance office asked agencies to plan to reduce their budgets by 12% for fiscal years 2022 and 2023. Each fiscal year, that represents roughly $32 million of   more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Nov. 21 (TNSRes) -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following news release: The statistics are unsettling: Almost 1 in 4 cancer deaths are due to lung cancer, making it the leading cause of cancer death among both men and women. More people die each year of lung cancer than of colon, breast, and prostate cancers combined. In 2020, the American Cancer Society estimates there will be about 135,720 deaths from lung cancer. For Dr. Arthur Oliver Romero, a UN  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Nov. 21 (TNSRes) -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following news release: The U.S. is in the grips of a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, and inching toward the possibility of another grim milestone - hitting up to 200,000 cases a day. It's a potential reality that makes UNLV researcher Edwin Oh's work even more urgent: sequencing the RNA of the SARS-COV-2 virus to find targets that make vaccines more effective. "I can envision a possibility whe  more