SACRAMENTO, California, Sept. 1 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following proclamation: WHEREAS on August 17, 2021, I proclaimed a State of Emergency to exist in El Dorado County due to the Caldor Fire, which has since burned thousands of acres, and continues to burn; and WHEREAS the Caldor Fire continues to grow, impacting Alpine, Amador, and Placer counties; and WHEREAS the Caldor Fire continues to threaten homes and other structures, necessitating the evacuation of thousan  more

ITHACA, New York, Sept. 1 (TNSOps) -- Cornell University issued the following news: By Kathy Hovis The Nevada county commissioner who told Miriam Shearing '56 that women don't belong in the courtroom could never have predicted how those words would motivate Shearing throughout her life, eventually leading her to the state's top judicial position, chief justice of the Nevada Supreme Court. "I knew I wouldn't get an appointment (from that county commission). I realized that if I want the job I  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Sept. 4 -- Missouri Secretary of State Jay R. Ashcroft issued the following news release: Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft's Securities Division issued a consent order against Cryotherm USA, Inc., John (Jianxin) Wang and Dennis R. Di Ricco after issuing more than $2 million in unregistered, non-exempt promissory notes. Between December 1, 2015, and October 31, 2020, the Florida-based Cryotherm USA sold the promissory notes through a Las Vegas, Nevada-based unregistered  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 -- The National Republican Senatorial Committee issued the following news release on Aug. 31, 2021: In the midst of an international humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, Nevada's least effective Senator, Catherine Cortez Masto, only has money on her mind. That's why tonight she's jetting off to San Francisco to rake in money from Nancy Pelosi's far-Left, liberal friends. Instead of answering direct questions from Nevadans about the state of the Democrats' unraveling domestic  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Sept. 3 -- Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following news release: Attorney General Aaron D. Ford announced his support of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court's decision to confirm approval of a bankruptcy plan for Purdue Pharma that will dissolve the opioids manufacturer and maker of Oxycotin. Nevada will receive a portion of the proceeds as part of the bankruptcy settlement plan, which will be used to address the opioid epidemic in the state. The State of Nevada is  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Sept. 2 -- Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following statement: * * * Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following statement on Texas' restrictive abortion law that went into effect early Wednesday. "Texas has directly attacked the constitutional reproductive rights of its residents, who must be allowed to access safe and legal abortions," said AG Ford. "Our office will not sit on the sidelines as these shameful and radical attacks on nece  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Aug. 31 -- Gov. Stephen Sisolak, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak declared a state of emergency in response to the ongoing Caldor Fire and the anticipation of the fire crossing from California into the State of Nevada in the coming days. Declaring a state of emergency ensures resources from the local, state, and federal levels are available to assist as needed during this emergency. "On behalf of the State of Nevada, I would like   more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Sept. 3 -- Gov. Stephen Sisolak, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak signed Emergency Directive 050, which expands the mask exception for large indoor events to now include conventions within counties that have "substantial" or "high" COVID-19 transmission if all attendees are vaccinated. This policy expansion gives an option for convention organizers to choose between requiring masks indoors for all attendees, regardless of vaccinati  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Sept. 2 -- Gov. Stephen Sisolak, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak, along with federal, state and local officials provided an update to Nevadans on the Caldor Fire. Throughout the day, the Governor participated in internal briefings with stakeholders across Nevada led by the Division of Emergency Management, provided an update to the media, surveyed part of the damage with the Nevada National Guard and visited an evacuation shelter   more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Sept. 2 -- The Nevada Democratic Party issued the following statement on Sept. 1, 2021: * * * Wednesday, September 1, 2021, a Texas law prohibiting most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy went into effect after the United States Supreme Court failed to act on a request to block it. This inaction served as an implicit endorsement of the most restrictive abortion law in the nation from the Court, and will now force women's health care clinics in the state to turn awa  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Aug. 30 -- The Nevada Democratic Party issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2021: Nevada State Democratic Party Chair Judith Whitmer released the following statement today regarding the devastation from Hurricane Ida in Louisiana and Mississippi. "Our hearts go out to the people who found themselves in Hurricane Ida's path yesterday and today. We commend the first responders who entered floodwaters to rescue their neighbors and all the unsung heroes who are now read  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Aug. 31 (TNSPro) -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following news release: * * * New UNLV Program Training Next Generation of Occupational Therapists * * * Editor's Note: UNLV's occupational therapy doctoral program is open to those with a bachelor's degree with a minimum GPA of 3.0 and an interest in occupational therapy. A virtual recruitment event (RSVP here) will be held on Sept. 21 at 5:30 p.m. and an in-person event will be held at the occupatio  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Sept. 1 -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following news release: The Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art and the Womxn of Color Arts Festival present the exhibition "Seeing/Seen" Sept. 24, 2021 to Feb. 25, 2022. The opening event is 5 p.m., Sept. 24. A conversation with Faylita Hicks + Erica Vital-Lazare will be at 7 p.m. Dec. 3. Working with a range of found images, videos, slides, archived studio and performance photos, and professional photographic portr  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Sept. 3 (TNSOps) -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following news release on Sept. 2, 2021: As a young boy, Paul Matthew Manno Cabugao, now a third-year student in the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV, rode with his physician-father in a little red VW Beetle to visit patients on the outskirts of the small Filipino mountain village of Kapangan. Cabugao remembers that the VW, owned by the government of the Philippines and the only car in the vill  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Sept. 1 (TNSRes) -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following news release: * * * UNLV scholarly communication librarian connects faculty with tools like ORCID to manage their publications and online presence. * * * With scholarly publishing becoming increasingly diversified and mostly happening online, managing your scholarly reputation has become more challenging. "Proactively managing your scholarly reputation allows you to take more control of y  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Sept. 1 (TNSRes) -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following Q&A with alumna and lecturer Jenny Farrell: * * * UNLV alumna and lecturer explores what works in long-distance relationships. * * * In December 2009, Jenny Farrell stood on the Thomas & Mack stage as the graduate student speaker, saying, "Today is an awesome day. I say the word awesome because I am a child of the 80s -- like many of my fellow graduates." She had been named the Outstanding C  more