WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: In an interview over the weekend, Nevada Rep. Mark Amodei announced he was still considering running for governor in 2022, and then immediately rushed to defend the behavior of twice-impeached former President Donald Trump and conspiracy theorist Marjorie Taylor Greene, who suggested the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting that killed 58 people was staged. Amodei is aligning himself with far-right extremists early   more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Feb. 18 -- Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following news release: Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford announced that Craig Frank, 53, of Las Vegas, pleaded guilty to Voting More Than Once at Same Election, a category "D" felony. In August, 2019, Frank was indicted in the Eighth Judicial District Court for voting twice in the 2016 general election. "While voter fraud is rare, it undercuts trust in our election system and will not be tolerated by my offi  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Feb. 17 -- Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following statement: * * * Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following statement in favor of Commissioner Richard Segerblom's proposal to rename McCarran International Airport: "America's reckoning with racial justice has brought more urgency to remove Pat McCarran's racist, anti-immigrant and anti-Semitic legacy from Nevada's famous landmarks. I fully support the renaming of McCarran Airport and C  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Feb. 17 -- Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following news release: Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford joined a coalition of 23 attorneys general in a comment letter supporting the Federal Reserve's proposed rule to strengthen regulations under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). The CRA was enacted by Congress to prevent racially discriminatory redlining in housing and to encourage banks and savings associations to help meet the credit needs of all seg  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Feb. 17 -- Gov. Stephen Sisolak, D-Nevada, issued the following statement on Feb. 15, 2021: * * * Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak issued the following statement in support of renaming the airport in Las Vegas in honor of Senator Harry Reid. The full statement is below: "Senator Harry Reid has never forgotten who he is or where he came from. He has spent his life and his career lifting up Nevada to what it has become today. He has helped to shape Las Vegas into a world class  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Feb. 20 -- Gov. Stephen Sisolak, D-Nevada, issued the following statement: * * * Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak issued the following statement after the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) provided guidance on procuring more clean energy resources located in southern Nevada to help California meet its decarbonization goals while creating jobs and stimulating economic activity in Nevada. "I applaud Governor Gavin Newsom, CPUC President Marybel Batjer, and the CPUC  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Feb. 16 -- The Nevada Democratic Party issued the following statement: * * * Nevada State Democratic Party Chair William McCurdy II released the following statement regarding Assembly Bill 126: "Expanding access to the presidential nominating process in Nevada is something NV Dems have worked on for many years and Assembly Bill 126 is a critical next step. Last year, Democrats did incredible work to make our caucuses more accessible by including early voting and introducin  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Feb. 17 -- The Nevada Democratic Party issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2021: Today, Clark County Commissioners voted unanimously to approve renaming McCarran International Airport for former Senator Harry Reid. Excerpts from Commissioners' remarks below: Commissioner Tick Segerblom: "I want to address one of the concerns that has been raised about how this will be paid for. Let me be clear, no taxpayer money will be used for this effort. All expenses associated  more

DAVIS, California, Feb. 18 (TNSJou) -- The University of California Davis issued the following news: Acres of asphalt parking lots, unshaded roads, dense apartment complexes and neighborhoods with few parks have taken their toll on the poor. As climate change accelerates, low-income districts in the Southwestern United States are 4 to 7 degrees hotter in Fahrenheit -- on average -- than wealthy neighborhoods in the same metro regions, University of California, Davis, researchers have found in a  more

RENO, Nevada, Feb. 19 -- The University of Nevada issued the following news: Aiming to connect STEM principles with shooting sports, Extension's 4-H Youth Development Program has launched a virtual workshop series that teaches youth about physics through disciplines such as archery, air pistol, muzzleloader, shotgun and rifle. This first-of-its-kind program in Nevada, was adapted from curriculums from 4-H programs in Colorado and Idaho, making the science, technology, engineering and math conne  more

RENO, Nevada, Feb. 20 -- The University of Nevada issued the following news: While the precise origins of Black at the Pack (often written as #BlackAtThePack) aren't entirely clear, what is clear is that a formalized group of this kind has been desperately needed on campus. Most involved in the Black faculty affinity group agree that things really kicked off when the newly christened Black Leadership Committee put together the 2019 African Diaspora Graduate Celebration. Things have grown a lot   more

RENO, Nevada, Feb. 18 (TNSJou) -- The University of Nevada issued the following news: The millions of people affected by 2020's record-breaking and deadly fires can attest to the fact that wildfire hazards are increasing across western North America. Both climate change and forest management have been blamed, but the relative influence of these drivers is still heavily debated. The results of a recent study show that in some ecosystems, human-caused climate change is the predominant factor; in  more

RENO, Nevada, Feb. 19 (TNSJou) -- The University of Nevada issued the following news: A new research study out of the University of Nevada, Reno's School of Community Health Sciences has just been published by the American Journal of Public Health and addresses state preemption of local sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) taxes, issuing an emerging public health threat. Assistant Professor Eric Crosbie examines commercial determinants of health and public health policy, specifically in industries li  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Feb. 19 (TNSRes) -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following news release: UNLV's radiochemistry program is partnering with the University of California, Berkeley and a consortium of universities and national laboratories for research and development in nuclear science, engineering, and security. The consortium is supported by a five-year, $25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). UNLV's radi  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Feb. 20 (TNSAcc) -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following news release on Feb. 19, 2021: The UNLV School of Medicine has been granted full accreditation by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME), the accrediting body for schools of medicine in the U.S. and Canada. This completes a three-step accreditation process for the medical school, which earned preliminary accreditation in 2016 and welcomed its charter class of students in July 2017.   more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Feb. 20 (TNSRes) -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following news release on Feb. 19, 2021: American history is rife with barbarisms related to the slave trade and its residual effects. Southern slave masters in America stripped every shred of connection and relationship slaves had with their African motherland by treating them like cattle. To further crush any remaining sense of identity, masters forced slaves to take their names. Today, most Black Ame  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Feb. 18 (TNSJou) -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following news release: Thessa Hilgenkamp had her research project all lined up and ready to launch. In March of last year -- we're sure you've heard this refrain before -- the UNLV physical therapy professor was at the doorstep of starting a new study to measure the blood flow of people with Down syndrome during exercise. When it was no longer feasible to bring in people to a live setting and monitor t  more