CARSON CITY, Nevada, May 4 -- Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following news release: Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued a statement following a judge's ruling granting a request filed by the Trump Department of Justice and Republican attorneys general to dismiss his landmark civil rights lawsuit to have the Equal Rights Amendment recognized as the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. "Our efforts to close the gap between gender equality in the Constitution have been me  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, May 7 -- Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following news release: Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general urging Congress to pass the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021. The legislation is aimed at combatting the high Black maternal mortality rate and increasing access to maternal and perinatal care. As Mother's Day approaches, the coalition is highlighting the need to advance health equity across the country  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, May 6 -- Gov. Stephen Sisolak, D-Nevada, issued the following statement on May 4, 2021: * * * Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak issued the following statement on the 2021 Economic Forum, which determines revenue projections that the Nevada Legislature uses to craft budgets for the next biennium. The Economic Forum's revised two-year revenue estimate is $586.2 million more than the Forum projected in December. By law the December projection is used to develop the Governor's Ex  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, May 7 -- Gov. Stephen Sisolak, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak joined leaders across the State and the country in honor of Juliana Urtubey, who was named the 2021 National Teacher of the Year by the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO). Urtubey, an educator for 11 years, teaches at Kermit R. Booker, Sr. Innovative Elementary School in Las Vegas, where she serves as a co-teacher in pre-kindergarten through fifth-grade spe  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, May 4 -- The Nevada Democratic Party issued the following news release on May 3, 2021: Nevada State Democratic Party Chair Judith Whitmer released a statement on Senate Bill 420, introduced by Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro, to create a public option to ensure that Nevadans always have access to affordable healthcare. The bill, which has received a broad base of support from across the state's Democratic party and progressive organizations, will provide Nevadans wit  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, May 4 -- Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring issued the following news release: Attorney General Mark R. Herring is appealing a lower court ruling that granted a request filed by the Trump Department of Justice and Republican attorneys general to dismiss his landmark civil rights lawsuit to have the Equal Rights Amendment recognized as the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Attorney General Herring joins Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and Nevada Attorney G  more