WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: This week, Axios, the Associated Press, Vanity Fair, and the New Republic reported that 2022 governor's races will be critical to the future of democracy -- stressing the importance of electing and re-electing Democratic governors who will protect and expand voting rights. Axios highlighted Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, who has vetoed Republican voting rights restrictions, and Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak, who mad  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: A straw poll taken at the first Nevada GOP primary debate last week found the crowded field is still wide open, setting up a brutal race to earn far-right support. The poll placed Joey Gilbert on top with 27% of the vote, followed by Fred Simon at 25% and Michele Fiore at 19%. Former U.S. Senator Dean Heller and Joe Lombardo couldn't crack the top three. Lombardo didn't even bother showing up for the debate,  more

LANSING, Michigan, Jan. 11 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is supporting the Commonwealth of Virginia and the states of Illinois and Nevada in an appeal before the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The amicus brief, filed today, asks the Court to reverse the decision of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and declare the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) as t  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- The National Republican Senatorial Committee issued the following news release: The cost of everyday goods is at the highest level since 1982, thanks to Joe Biden's and Catherine Cortez Masto's insistence on recklessly spending trillions of dollars. Nevada families are feeling the pain at the grocery store and at the pump, and they're prepared to hold Democrats like Catherine Cortez Masto accountable this November. One "exasperated" Nevada woman had to cut back on groce  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Jan. 14 -- Gov. Stephen Sisolak, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak announced that more than half a million take-home rapid COVID-19 tests are on the way to the State of Nevada and will be available to those in high need communities. "Through this surge due to the Omicron variant, we have seen a matching surge in demand for COVID-19 testing. I've been working with the team at the State level to ensure we are doing all we can to meet   more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Jan. 12 -- Gov. Stephen Sisolak, D-Nevada, issued the following statement on Jan. 11, 2022: * * * Governor Steve Sisolak issued the following statement in response to the announcement from the Clark County School District regarding a two-day break from in-person learning. The district will hold a virtual professional development day for staff on Friday and use a contingency day on Tuesday. Monday is a scheduled day off in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Schools will   more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Jan. 10 -- Gov. Stephen Sisolak, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak virtually joined an early childhood roundtable hosted by the University of Nevada, Reno, in partnership with the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services. "Childcare and early childhood education are critical priorities for my administration. An early investment in our kids is a long-term investment in our State," the Governor said. "You have all heard me talk   more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Jan. 13 -- Gov. Stephen Sisolak, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Governor Sisolak joined Superintendent of Public Instruction Jhone Ebert and Nevada Director of Health and Human Services Director Richard Whitley in attending a Las Vegas Alliance of Black Educators meeting virtually. There, they had the opportunity to hear from LVABSE President Kamilah Bywaters, LVABSE Vice-President Tracey Lewis, National Action Network LV President Robert Bush, and from The W  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Jan. 13 (TNSRes) -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following news release on Jan. 12, 2022: * * * UNLV graduate student Kristen Tagaytayan's research into energy efficiency lands her a NASA fellowship working on space probe technology. * * * Kristen Tagaytayan carefully unearthed her research sample from a nitrogen glovebox. She gingerly placed the sample onto her workspace and added a nickel chemical solution to it. Using a razor blade, she evened ou  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Jan. 15 (TNSBook) -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following news release: * * * Dr. Rooman Ahad inspired by patients to write a book that builds empathy for those with special needs. * * * She's an author whose professional and academic background seems especially appropriate for the writing of a book on autism and children. Meet Dr. Rooman F. Ahad of the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV, an assistant professor of pediatric neurology at th  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Jan. 14 (TNSRes) -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following commentary: * * * Infectious disease expert Brian Labus' hopes and concerns as UNLV's spring semester starts. * * * By Brian Labus, assistant professor of epidemiology and biostatistics in the School of Public Health A couple years into my first real job in public health, we had an outbreak of norovirus at the health department where I worked. At that point in my young career, I had worked   more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Jan. 14 (TNSRes) -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following news release: * * * UNLV astrophysicist Jason Steffen explains key differences between Webb and Hubble. * * * As children awoke on Christmas morning to presents under the tree, a new NASA telescope began its journey into outer space. When the batteries wear out on those shiny new toys, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will be the gift that keeps on giving -- at least for 10 or so years  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- Verizon, a communications and technology solutions company, issued the following news release: As a small, historic mining town in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, Washington sits at the base of the Yuba River in Northern California's Nevada County. With a year-round population of fewer than 100, this remote town's residents depend primarily on landline phone service for their communication needs. When a recent snowstorm left the town without phone service, Verizon Front  more