CARSON CITY, Nevada, Dec. 16 (TNSPer) -- Gov. Stephen Sisolak, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak announced the judicial appointment of Elham "Ellie" Roohani to the Eighth Judicial District Court, Department 11, effective immediately. The appointment fills the vacant seat previously held by District Judge Betsy Gonzalez who stepped down on September 7, 2021, after 17 years of service in her role. Elham Roohani was selected by Governor Sisolak from one of  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Dec. 17 (TNSPer) -- Gov. Stephen Sisolak, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on Dec. 16, 2021: Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak appointed Lisa Cano Burkhead as the Lt. Governor. "I am tremendously proud and honored to appoint Lisa as our new Lt. Governor. Her extensive experience as an educator and strong ties to the community make her an excellent choice for this position," said Governor Sisolak. "My administration is focused on improving our education system, incre  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 14 (TNSPer) -- Pillsbury, a law firm, issued the following news release on Dec. 13, 2021: Pillsbury announced today that it has hired Ronald Cheng as a Litigation Partner in Los Angeles. Cheng will focus on handling cases for Pillsbury's Chinese clients in the U.S. Cheng was most recently Chief of the Criminal Division in the U.S. Attorney's Office in Nevada and a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California. He is the fourth former federal prosecutor to  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: New reporting from Axios is highlighting how Republicans "are facing crowded and increasingly nasty gubernatorial primaries...-- with candidates sizing each other up over Donald Trump, election conspiracies and COVID-19 mandates" Races in Georgia, Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Idaho, have drawn anywhere from two to 12 Republican candidates vying for the governor's mansion. To win far-right supp  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news on Dec. 16, 2021: Gov. Steve Sisolak appointed longtime educator Lisa Cano Burkhead to serve as Lt. Gov. of Nevada. Raised by immigrant parents, Burkhead is a highly-awarded former Spanish teacher and principal. Here's what people are saying about the appointment: * FOX 5 Las Vegas: "Sisolak said his team 'looked outside of the box' to find a new leader. And they found a bilingual Las Vegas native with a bac  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Dec. 17 -- Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following news release: Attorney General Aaron D. Ford joined a coalition of 23 attorneys general in an amicus brief in support of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) in Texas v. United States. In the brief, filed before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the coalition highlights the critical contributions of hundreds of thousands of DACA recipients to public health efforts, the economy and   more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Dec. 14 -- Gov. Stephen Sisolak, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak is proud to announce "Protect Nevada's Future," a focused, statewide effort to vaccinate children ages 5 to 11 years against COVID-19 before the end of the year. In partnership with Nevada Health Response, the Nevada State Immunization Program, Immunize Nevada and local partners, "Protect Nevada's Future" will focus on a series of vaccine events for kids from Decembe  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Dec. 16 -- Gov. Stephen Sisolak, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak signed a proclamation recognizing the significant threats to the economy of the Sagebrush State and the livelihoods of Nevadans from reduced water availability as the outcome of increasing temperatures. "The fact higher temperatures would pose challenges to Nevada's water availability is an inevitable consequence of the physics of climate. We are the driest state in   more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Dec. 17 -- Verizon, a communications and technology solutions company, issued the following news release: Nearly 26,000--or 10%--of families in Nevada lack a reliable internet connection/1, prompting Verizon and Los Angeles Unified School District, the nation's second-largest school district, to expand their existing partnership to enable eligible families and individuals in Nevada to access discounted mobile broadband plans, voice service plans, and equipment through Nevad  more