WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- The National Republican Senatorial Committee issued the following news release on Feb. 25, 2021: Nevada Senator Catherine Cortez Masto officially announced her 2022 reelection campaign yesterday and no one seemed to notice. So, we figured it was a good time to review her history of supporting far-left policies out of step with Nevada voters. Cortez Masto recently joined fellow liberals in the Senate to use middle-of-the-night votes to boost her radical agenda: * Sending  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Feb. 24 -- Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following news release: Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford joined 30 attorneys general in urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to fund Internet connectivity and Internet-enabled devices to K-12 students whose schools are closed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and who are learning online, at home or in other locations. This month, the FCC asked for comment on petitions urging the commission to  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Feb. 27 -- The Nevada Democratic Party issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2021: Later today Congress is slated to vote on direct payments to Americans, yet Republicans seeking higher office haven't told Nevadans whether they support this critical legislation. Recent polling shows an overwhelming majority of Americans and a majority of Republicans support stimulus checks. As Rep. Mark Amodei plans his bid for governor and failed State Senate candidate April Becker   more

RENO, Nevada, Feb. 25 (TNSRes) -- The University of Nevada issued the following news: Jody Lykes, Coordinator of the African Diaspora Program at the University of Nevada, Reno, has recently completed research on the experiences of Black professors in the field of Hip Hop academia: "Black Scholars in White Spaces: Perspectives on Hip Hop Pedagogy in Higher Education". Lykes' study looked at the perspectives of multiple Black professors who taught Hip Hop courses at the university level, with ea  more

RENO, Nevada, Feb. 26 (TNSJou) -- The University of Nevada issued the following news: Tin Nguyen and his Ph.D. students Duc Tran, Hung Nguyen and Bang Tran have used the data processing power of machine learning to develop a novel tool to support the research of life scientists. Named scDHA (single-cell Decomposition using Hierarchical Autoencoder), the tool uses machine learning to address a key problem life scientists run into during their research: too much data to process. With the results   more

RENO, Nevada, Feb. 24 (TNSRes) -- The University of Nevada issued the following news: "By looking at the cameras... we know immediately how many trucks to respond, whether to order an aircraft; a helicopter, airplanes...all that now is knowable within the first few minutes of a fire," said Graham Kent, director of the Nevada Seismological Laboratory in the University of Nevada, Reno College of Science and chief architect of ALERTWildfire, said in a recent video. Kent was invited to be part of   more

RENO, Nevada, Feb. 24 -- The University of Nevada issued the following news: The College of Science is offering a virtual Discover Science Lecture Series experience amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The virtual Discover Science at Home lectures feature leading scientists in the College. Learn about exciting new research and groundbreaking science from the comfort of your own home. "While we look forward to offering our traditional in-person lectures once safe to do so, the virtual series has been   more

RENO, Nevada, Feb. 26 (TNSPer) -- The University of Nevada issued the following news: Dr. Lillian Wichinsky was recently hired as the new Associate Dean for the School of Social Work. She brings with her more than 25 years of experience in the social work profession with a passion for community practice. She has a Ph.D. in Social Welfare from Florida International University in Miami, a Master's degree in Social Work from California State University in Sacramento, and a Bachelor of Arts degree   more